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FORT ERIE TRACK DRENCHED " * PESKY IS LUCKY IN DEFEATING DODGE NAR- + H KOWLY FOR THE NIAGARA STAKES. , of 0 I. I. Seventh Stake Race for McBrides Two-Year-Olds — i if Handbook Men Threatened with Ejectment— Shipping to Windsor. * Fort Brie, »ut.. July s. — Mward UcBride. whose st alil«- has been particularly strung in two-year-old Material this Reason, fnrnliihrd the winner of the Niagara Racing Associations featare race tliis afternoon when his Broomstick lilly. Pesky, won the Niagara Stakes. The Niagara carried with it ,500 in added mooes ami called for a dash ,,f live eighths. Mr. ItcBride had two other strings to his i u in George Smith and Tom Klvvard. bu1 these two w.rc withdrawn. II. J. Bedwell added Golden l.isi and the latter threatened to make a runaway affair ol th race, for she raced into a lead of ■ eonide of lengths before they had sons a sixteenth and retained tliis advantage until liny were straightened oat in the homestretch before she began to tire. In tic- anal eighth Burns sent Pesky t" the front and. alter disposing of Golden List, he was forced to go to a drive to outstay Dodge. The latter labored a hit in the going in the early running, hut finished in resolute fashion juhI at the end was catching the winner with every stride. Golden List was third. This marked the first defeat for Dodge. In the colts three previous starts in Kentucky he won. and it was the opinion of horsemen that he was one of the best eolts that came from Latoala to Canada. The Niagara was th - seventh stake that the McBride youngsters have won this year and the second one thai Pesky has won. Tin- rate was worth ,040 ii t. The heavy tains that fell last night rained whatever chance there was for a Rood track daring the remainder of the meeting. The footing was deep and heavy and it to k a horse true at heart o win over it. interesting contests were in order and several of the races were marked hj lose finishes. Complaint was made to the management that several uriscropulous persons, who were handbooking. had welched. Those who were foolish enough to wager with them were held a- mnefa at fault as the weiieis. ill- Ilnkertona i ere bony daring the afternoon warning several of the smaller fry id liookinaki is. who wen seen laying wagers, tli.it unless they stopped the practice fhej would he ejected from tin grounds. The better class of bookmakers recognise the unwritten rule that thej .should not lay odds at a coarse where the niutucls are in operation, hut then- are always some ly-by-uight o; Mia tors who are willing to tike a chance. Several owners have arranged to ship their hois--from here to Winds r within the next fen days. Willie Martin and II. S. Newman will leave tomorrow and A. ;. Weston will ship Saturday morning. John Waller- hit with the George M. Hendrie stalde last night. Rancher, a candidate for the Frontier Handicap, to he run on the opening day of the Windsor meeting, was given a stiff work-out through tin- mini before being shipped. Great Britain, which was ailing after his arrival from Kentucky, is going along well again and should 1 lie in good condition for the Windsor meeting. A. I!. Stelle announced that he has arranged to ship t" Saratoga at the conclusion of the Windsor meeting. Several of the Stelle horses have been rested for the Saratoga meeting. Starter Hade lifted the suspension of Jockey Shilling so that lie- boy could ride Milcst me in tin-Niagara . Stakes. H. S. Newman announced that at tin- conclusion 1 of the Canadian meetings lie would arrange to go , abroad to secure a stallion to take the place d Abe Prank, recently killed by lightning. It is Mr. Newmans intention to purchase a horse that lias already proven a success in the stud. He has ; a couple of untried stallions at his place now. The bt imares • •!. tic- .Newman farm at Sweet water, Texas, number 125. W. L. Oliver and Alii.- Gates will ship their horses from lien- to Hamilton to rest until racing is - resumed at that track. .1. I. Sweeney Ii.t - shipped the plater Harry Lauder from Benning, consigned to A. R. Bresler, who will train the horse on the Canadian circuit. Bresler holds the contract on the promising apprentice, McHeim-itt.
