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i THRILLING FINISH IN STAKE ROBERT DAVIES FURNISHES WINNER OF IRQ QUOIS HOTEL HANDICAP AT FORT ERIE His Ogden Saratoga Belle Colt The Usher Prevails PrevailsOver Over Miss Gqyle by Narrowest of Margin Jockey Kederis in Form Buffalo X Y August 11 Robert Davics racy looking Ogden Saratoga Belle colt Tlie Uslicr riilikii by P Moody was returned winner of the Iro quois Hotel Stakes Handicap the feature event at Fort Erie this afternoon It was a thoroughly good day of sport and despite numerous withdrawals from the various races the majority of the finishes were f the thrilling variety One of the most interesting races of the afternoon marked the run nlng of the Iroquois Stakes Of the eight named to face the starter only four accepted the issue When the start came Miss Gayle got off well In her stride and opened up a gap of three lengths in the first sixteenth In the meantime Moody was rating The Usher behind Miss Gayle and Czar Miehnol In this order they raced into the stretch Czar Michael there found the pace too hot aiut gave way to The Usher Miss Gayle held to her placo and from the sixteenth post to the finish it was one of the most spectacular of stretch duels between The I slier and Miss Gayle It was only in Hit last stride that The Usher got up to get the verdict by the shortest of margins while Miss Gayle which had swerved badly in the closing strides wart six lengths in advance of Czar Michael MichaelThe The tabled history of the Iroquois Hotel Handicap Is shown below Year Winner Wt Jockey Val Time 1001 Lemuel 101 Troxler 055 105 105JJI02 JJI02 Heservatlon 105 Gormley 055 105 1903 Searfell 114 Mmm 1150 l08Vi 1904 Olseau 120 Mnnro 1150 109 19W5 10919W5 Father Catchem112 Munro 1150 107 1900 Restoration 113 Hogg 1150107 107 Mollere 100 Moreland 1150109 1905 Irrigaior 102 O Ross 1150 l0gi 1900 Sager 102 Kennedy 11150 108 1910 Edda 110 G Burns 1150 110 1911 Moisant 122 Gt Burns 1150 107 1912 Rock View 118 T McTagrt 1150 107 1913 The Usher 112 P Moody 1155 111 111The The riding of jockey Kederis was one of the out ¬ standing features of the afternoons sport the young western jocke piloting the lirst three winners Dark Rosaleen Mother Katcham and Pan Zareta while he also tlnisheil second on the heavily backed Marshon The layers had a fairly profitable day The track was heavy following heavy rain on Sun ¬ day J E Seagram won the opening dash with Dark Rosaleen 1 p Newmans silks were in the limelight when Mother Katcham and Pan Zareta won the second and third races racesThe The race at a mile and seventy yards went to Miller Morelands Just Red while P J Miles Be accounted for the sixth and Tactics an out ¬ sider for the closing dash dashThe The lirst runup of the meeting occurred when Just Red was returned a winner John W Schorr advanced him to 2005 at which figure he was bought in by his owner ownerJockey Jockey F Teahan lias been suspended by the stewards of the Niagara Racing Association and his case referred to the stewards of the Canadian Racing Associations for striking Sarolta and his rider FridayThe H Gray in a race last Friday The announcement that the stewards had warned trainers Tom Shannon E Rathman and Luke Le Blond off the turf was erroneous The trio aro in good standing on all tracks but here hereThe The horses of W E Scott and T P Hayes were shipped to Windsor tonight tonightLewis Lewis Garth has sold the jumper Julia Armour to Howard Oots and she will be shipped to the latters farm to be used for breeding purposes Mortimer purposesMortimer M Mahoney who has charge of the Windsor betting enclosure was among the arrivals from New York this afternoon afternoonPat Pat Clvtll lias purchased Brawny and Gerrard from J W Schorr at private sale
