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g c i , t ! . ; , t . ] , . , i i ■ ; I I , SLOPPY TKACK AT WINDSOR CHANGED GOING CAUSES MUCH SCRATCHING BUT THE RACING PROVES ENTERTAINING. Hampton Dame Defeats Lady Curzon in the Feature Race of the Day — Philistine Runs a Good Race — Many Licenses Granted. Windsor. Int.. July 1.1. — The ran- h re thi- afternoon were run over a sloppy track. The change iu the going accounted for numerous withdrawals, tbe ■elds in a majority of the races being materiaUy reduced by scratches. Ihe program lacked the luster of the opening day, bOl What it was delieient in class of contestants, was in a aaeasare evened up by well balanced fields with the result that iu-terestlng contests resulted. Well-backed borsts won a majority of tin- races and most of them led from the rise of the barrier to the end. One of the closest finishes of the a f ter-Booa came with the running of the second race, iu which Comniensia, after racing into a lone; lead in the early running, managed to last lonu- lanogk to beat Richwood by a head. The feature race, a handicap at one mile for Canadian. leds. went tu Hampton Dame, which wen in a canter bom the odds-oa favorite. Lady Carson. The latter appeared to labor a hit iu tho gates; and. unlike most of the Ret of Plaudit, she i.s best on a fast track. The Seagram stables two-year 1. 1,1 Ihiii-tine showed a ood performance iji the fifth race, when he beat a big band of yoaag--leis. Jockey Smyth rushed him to the front at the start and. never headed, he won easily from the highly tooted Ocean Pi have. Broom Straw scored a lucky win in the sixth race. Little Bigger and Man Atkiu. both of which finished behind Broom Straw, would have beaten hex with a little better, racing link at the start. Jockey Ambrose wa- givea a bearing by the -tew aid- thi- afternoon, but no report oa his case wai Issued. No license wa- granted to K. Martin, who came i; to Fort Erie and role Wa to! blo-*.om for T. C. McDowell in the Canadian Derby. At a meeting of the steward- of the Canadian Racing Assoc! itimis held this afternoon the follow-big applications for licenses were acted upon tavoi ably. Trainers R. P.. Campbell, w. It. Finer, J. C. Cahn, F W. Foster, J. Oasa, J. B. Gray, T. P. Haves. M. Lowenstein. it. McMillan, W. McDani-.l. P. J. Miles. George Mayherry, A. C. Niehaaw, F I »* inner?. I.. F. ol.eary. R. J. Powers, J. fit. k. -|.,.— . w. E. siiuus. ].. Schnmaker, R. Stickiiev, II. .1. Sargeant, J. J. Troxler and II. Webb. J. .keys— J. Maker, L. Gentry, Frank Prior, W. Kelsey, P. Lowder. K. Lapailie, F. Robtoson, II. stein-, w. w. Taylor and W. Warrington. The apprentice rider II. Donaldson wa- also granted a license. Tin- next meeting of tin- Canadian Racing Associations will is- held in the clubhouse at Hamilton Jockev Club coarse on Saturday. Jab 24. Santa SotiBe of Charleston was a visiter here yesterday and wa- much int. rested in the working oi ihe i, iu:u I-. The track -it Charleston, it is said, will be sold to Pie Seaboard Railway. A. J. PUque. who once held the contract .« the colo ed rider J. Lee, several years ag:o, is bene for the meeting. Mr. PBqne re entered raring when New orhans resumed racing la-t winter. A F. Dayton has annul decided tu ship hi- -table to San Francisco at th.- inn. lu-ion "P th.. Hamilton meeting. Lige Brewster, with the J. J. Ryan siring, win accompany Mr. Dayton to the coast. Mr. Ryan received a inane,.- from John Considlne a f.-w days ago that the natl Iter, was i certainty. Jockey Metcall was forced to cancel his engage ments this afternoon. The lad was taken sick as a result of excessive redocing iu order to make the weight in ride Ranoher iu the Frontier Handicap JTI -a. da-. . J. It. Respess has secured second call on jockey Gay Garner for the Windsor and Hamilton meet bags.
