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AKTIIUR STABLES GOOD DAY CAPTURES TWO FORT ERIE RACES THROUGH THE SPEED OF PROHIBITION AND ENCORE. Track Still Heavy but Improving and May Be Good Today — Popular Innovation in the Mutuel Department — Small Talk of the Track. Fort Frie. Out.. August 5. — The stable of James Arthur, whose horses are in good form just now. furnished two of the winners at Fort Erie this afternoon when Prohibition won the second race and Encore the third. Itoth horses had to be ridden out and ProhibHona victory came only in the tinal stride, when he got up to beat Sands of Pleasure a no-e. The going was bad, the track lumpy, and in spots heavy. It was dryout fast, however, and should be in fair condition by tomorrow. The card was. la the main, made up of selling races, in which ordinary fields went to the post. Interesting eon-t"sts resulted, however, and several of the finishes were close. One of the few runups of the season came after Encore won. when he was boosted 05 over his entered price of 9899. Sam Louis, whose Videt finished la-t. was responsible for the bidding. Mr. Arlhur protected the horse. Among the visitors were William Northey. secretary of the Montreal Jockey Club, who stopped over for the day in inspect the mutuel plant. Mr. Northey is on his way to Saratoga to interest the horsemen there iu the stakes to be run during the fall ini-eting at Hlue Hoiinets. James Murphy, who some few years ago raced that good horse Back Masses, was also at the course. Mr. Murphy came from New Orleans. He left last night for Saratoga, where be will remain during the meeting at the Spa. Mr. Murphy has not missed a meeting at Saratoga in a number of years. An innovation has been introduced at Colt Erie which has proven popular with race-goers. It is in connection with the mutuel betting, when at intervals during the betting before each race, the ap-pn limate odds are c mspieuously posted on a blackboard in the betting enclosure. The "line" was a gi od guide throughout and tin- figures varied but slightly from the actual calculations. apt. W. F. Iresgrave tirst introduced this probable oil. Is plan at limlico. and since then it has been adopted by several other associations. George M. Hendrie. president of the Windsor Jockey Club and partner with Walter O. Farmer in the Kdenwobl Stud in Tennessee, left for Saratoga tonight to be on baud for the sale of the Edenwold yearlings, which wiil he held on Saturday. Before leaving Mr. Hendre imparted the information to the horsemen that the overnight purses at the Windsor meeting, which immediately f Hows that at Fort Erie, would be raised to au average i t *Tnti This will make the Windsor meeting rank with the most important in the country and it would n it be surprising to find seme of the eastern stables shipping west to participate in the racing there. The mare Galaxy went amiss after lieing worked this morning and her people fear that she has broken down. She was BO lame that the stewards excused her from starting in the first race. W. H. Sallce will leave for Nashville. Teiin.. at the conclusion of the I-.irt Krie meeting to take up and break nine yearlings that Francis J. Ions has at his farm. Trainer Bailee probably will turn over a couple of the horses he has here to Owen Pons and semi the remainder back to the Pons farm, where they will be rested for a campaign at New Orleans next winter. The Thorncliffe Stable will be siroiig in honie-breil two-year-olds next year. There are nine rmrttast af the Davies farm near Toronto, two of which are by lianiiockburn. one by Ornie Shore, -one by Neataa. ami six by the Meddler stallion. Detective. Henry Mclkiiiiel lkiught two at the New York sales tVr Mr. D. ivies, one by GlorlBer and another by Glorio. The Dyiiient stable has six Canadian bred yearlings, four by the Imported stallion Red Fox II. . ■ son of Flying Fox. and two by Kelton. The stake blanks for the fall meeting at Laurel and the condition luioks for the Ottawa meeting arrived today and were distributed among the horsemen by Joseph McLennan. The following owners will ship from here to Ottawa. St the conclusion of the meeting: James Arthur. W. P. Heed. F. A. Fair anil George 1". Sherman. Joseph McLennan received word this afternoon of his appointment as racing secretary at Laurel. Mr. McLennan is also racing secretary of the Bowie track in Maryland.
