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KING GOPJFS STAKE RACE COMES FROM BEHIND AND WINS THE D. and C. STAKES IN THE LAST STRIDE. Frigerio at Odds-On Defeated by Sol fiilsoy Father Rileys Victory Maker, a Double for Owner Baker. Detroit, Midi., .Inly 1!. Todays feature race at Windsor, the I. :inil . Stakes Willi .5110 added, brought :i smart hand of milers 1 tin- post :uid incidentally furnished Hie best contest .if the mooting. , There won nine starters and It. I,, Raker furnished tin? winner in King Gorin. which came troni behind and just managed to got up in tho tiniil stride to lie:it Veneti:i Iiy n head. Fountain Fay was third :i half length away and a wise in advance of Prince Albert. Then followed Water Lady and Indolence right on top of the leaders. Prince Alliert and Water Lady both had bad lin k, the former stunibliiiir in the last twenty yards, while Water Lady was on the inside anil pinned against the rail through the last eighth. The outstanding disappointment of the afternoon was the defeat of the two-year-old Krigerio in the opening dash. Incidentally Krigerio was the shortest -priced horse that has tone to the post on 1he Canadian circuit this season, lie was a 1 to 5 favorite. The one to take him into camp was the Murklein youngster, Sol Gilsey. Mhieh came from behind and won drawing out bv a half length. The It. L. Raker stable scored a double when tather It Hey followed up King Conns victory, by making a runaway affair of the fifth race, lie never was in trouble and beat Ilocnir bv a length ami a half. The attendance was again large and speculation brisk. Weather and track comlit ions were all that could be desired. A light shower fell just aft-r the running of the first race, but it was only sufficient to lay the dust. Jockey M. Anderson, who was injured as a result of a fall at Ottawa, was an arrival at Wind-Kir this morning. Ho is still a bit lame but has lecovered enough to be able to accept mounts again. Capt. W. r. Presgravo, acting for Lieut. .1. K. L. Ross, has purchased th itiie ciop of yearlings bred .by. Mrs. L. A. Livings!. m. at her farm near Pobourg, Out. There are five in the band, and they are said to be extra good lookers. Thev will be shipped to the P.lue I.onuets track in Montreal, where they will be broken :id tried vii t apt. Presgravo also purchased at private Mil" froln Samuel Louis the plater Handful!. Jockey Ted Kice was suspended for two days by the starter for disobedience :it the post in the seventh race yesterday. A. If. London In-fore returning to Hamilton announced that extensive improvements were being made to the plant of the Hamilton .locker Club. Macadamized roads are being constructed all through the grounds and about. Hie stables and a number of flower beds have been laid out. Capt. W. I". Presgravo leaves for Haltimoro tomorrow night to look over the improvements made on the plant at Iiiulico The miituel building will be lengthened sixty-six feet and a new bleacher stand of concrete and steel will be erected. The present grandstand will be moved back twenty feet at th. upper end and will Ik; placed on an angle j as to afford a perfect view of all the racing. The members of the Thoroughbred Horse Association will hold a meeting at the Windsor Athletic Club on Iitt street at S oclock Friday night.
