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I B e V I r s a i v 1 to " ! s 1 • s 1 1 ,. ii d f 1 ,1 e ,. h in n |- s of * e " - • l_ 1 to a of i TIMELY COMMENT ON CANADIAN RACING. Although it has been beset by some of the most t unfortunate racing weather which has ever bothered 1 this section, the Niagara Lacing Association has s lived up t • expectation* iu thai it has furnished one • of the be-l seasons of the Canadian year al Fort t Erie. Track coadttoas, it is true, have kept many V of the best horses iu liie barns, but there has been n sport of an exceUent qaaUty and in the stake events so far decided no bad horse has f.und an opportunity r lo gallop off with the prize. Waterblossom. the Canadian Derby winner: Waterbass. Hie fourth of f .lnl victor; Pesky, in the Niagara Stakes: Water r Lady, in the fort Brie Selling staU.-: Borrow, ill I, the Dominion Handicap, and Dodge, in the Iroquois s Slakes, constitute a galaxy of e.piine tahnt that it t would be difficult to match. In the mailer of attendance he fori Erie meet ings P. date have done splendidly and it would ap-- i- pear thai there is abundant local enthusiasm for the e horse. Canada itself has quite evidently approved d of racing as its great public pastime during the e dread war limes, and. while continuation of the e great European conflict will nndoabtedly have its s effect on the immediate future of racing in the e Dominion, the Canadians lo this period, with all !l their trials and tribulations, have really set a be e example to their American cousins in the mailer of .f conduct of Hie lurf. Ill another respect, the belting - angle, Canada ha- . very maaoa to feel encouraged. I- Unquestionably, there was tome apprehension as to 0 how the public would receive the pari niulnel ma - chines as a sole medium for apecafattloa, hut the « welcome has been unmistakable and the signs are • already apparent that with another year not one " of the big tracks across the border but will have the machine system Introduced in its latest perfec- lion. II is hut justice iu commenting on the fori Erie season to say a word in praise regarding the hand ling of the sporl by J. B. Campbell, the southern " racing expert, to whose lot fell the difficult task "j of succeeding the Incomparable B. W. Magiun at * Hie h.lm. Mr. Campbell brought with him to his J new field a wealth of practical experience of which he has made judicious use. and. in construction of programs ami handicapping, especially, be ha- met 1 excellently 1 .al expectation, fhe Niagara Racing ■ Association would appear to have made no mistake ." in the selection «.f the successor lo the ever-mourned St. I.ouis veteran. W. Horace I.erch in Buffalo 0 Express.
