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FORT ERIE MEETING ENDS BORROW WINS HIS FIRST RACE OF THIS YEARS CAMPAIGN. R. 1. Baker Claims Peep Sights-Stables Departing for Windsor and Ottawa Horsemen Dislike Operation of the New Claiming- Rule. Fort Erie, Ont., August 12. Harry Pavne AVhit-ney s Borrow, after many disappointments this year, finally made good when he won the Edward A. Maglnn Memorial Handicap, the feature race of the closing days program of the Niagara Racing Association here this afternoon. Borrow was an odd-on favorite, was ridden by F. Robinson, made all the pace and won under a pull. He ran the mile and a sixteenth in 1:44 which was within two-fifths of a second of the track record for the distance. There were only four starters and Pif Jr. and King Gorin. the R. L. Raker entry, finished second and third. Buffalo racegoers turned out in large numbers, the attendance being equal to that of anv day of the meeting. It was their last opportunity for seeing the thoroughbreds at Fort Erie until next year. Racing conditions could not have been improved upon, the weather being ideal for outdoor sport and the track was in perfect condition. Close finishes attended the running of a majority of the races. R. L. Baker, who has lost several horses through claiming, took Peep Sight out of the second rare. The horse cost him 1,250. Mr. Bakers claim was the only one made for the horse. Jockey S. AAolsteholm was suspended for the remainder of the meeting on Friday by the stewards for rough riding. C. O. Smith was a visitqr at Fort Eric today. He left tonight for Columbus, to attend the trotting meeting in that city. The stables, of George M. Hendrie and J. S. Hendrie were shipped to AAindsor this morning. Several more carloads letf tonight for the same place and included in the latter shipment were the stables of K. Rathman, AY. R. Mizell and George Phillips. The promising apprentice rider, 15. Kop-plemau, accompanied the latter to AVindsor. H. G. Bedwell received word from Saratoga that jockey E. Taplin had left for Detroit and would join the Bedwell stable at Windsor. Francis J. Pons left for his farm in Tennessee to arrange for the shipment of the Tony Bonero yearlings to Saratoga, where they will he disposed of at auction August 21.- Barney Schreiber left for Saratoga tonight to remain for the rest of the meeting. Mr. Schreiber will probably go to Tijuana next winter. Tin; friends of Peter MeOrath are much alarmed over his condition. Mr. McGrath was stricken a few days ago with an attack of heart failure and is at present confined in the Touraine hotel in Buffalo, when? he is attended by a trained nurse and a couple of doctors. An effort is being made to locate some of his relatives. The horsemen generally are dissatisfied with the claiming rule recently adopted at the request of some of their members. The members of the Canadian branch of the Thoroughbred Horse Association, who will leave for Saratoga tomorrow, will make an effort to have the matter straightened out at the meeting to be held at Saratoga Springs, on Monday. The members of the Canadian committee are H. G. Bedwell. James Arthur, Harry Giddings, Jr.. Capt. AY. J. Press and D. A. OMeara. Frank Garrett has shipped the mare Mary AVar-ren to Baltimore to join the stable that Jack Mclherson is training at the Gentlemens Driving Park track near Baltimore. Mclherson left here a week or ten days ago to take up Southern Gold and Tom Hancock . The following stables will ship from Fort Erie to Ottawa on Tuesday next: 0. F. Brant, L. A. Oapps, L. E. Fine, C. N. Freeman, AY. Garth, AY. J. Press, II. Rites, G. P. Sherman and J. Sin-nott. AVilliam Murray was an arrival from Montreal this morning. He is here in the interest of the Back River Jockey Club, whose meeting at the Mount Royal track is scheduled to begin August 10. Purses ranging in value from 400 to 300 will be given and steeplechasing will be featured.
