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HEAVY RAIN AFFECTS WINDSOR RACING. Change in Track Conditions Result in Many Withdrawals Doublo Event to Rex Gaiety. Windsor, Ont., July 10. Tho races at Windsor this afternoon were run over a sloppy track. Heavy rains set in during the running of the first race and the change in the footing resulted in many withdrawals. The fourth race,- a dash of a mile and a sixteenth, stood out over the Double Event as the afternoons feature. The latter was one of those Futurity affairs for Canadiiin-bred three-year-olds, the first half of the stake being run last year for two-year-olds. Rex Gaiety won todays running of the stake, making all the pace and beating Loncland in easy fashion. There were only four starters and the Seagram pair, Sturdee and Gala Dress, finished third and fourth. Eight of the thirteen programed in the fourth race were withdrawn, which left Hodge in what looked like a soft spot. The latter won after withstanding pressing opposition from Marion Goosby, which made the early pace and hung on resolutely until straightened out in the homestretch. J. G. Bussy bid Pomp, winner of the first race, 05 over his entered price of . Pomp was bought in. W. Stormont claimed Reno after she was beaten on Saturday. Al Dobson, Frank Kittleman and Jake Holtman Avero among the visitors. Kittleman come on from New York, while Holtman came from Chicago, where he was engaged in superintending the improvements being made to the Hawthorne plant. Gainer was claimed by W. McKinney after he won the seventh race on Saturday. This horse has had a half dozen different owners in the last two weeks. Veteran Trainer Matt Fcakes 111. Matt Feakes, the veteran trainer, was taken sick here yesterday and removed to the hospital. His son came on from Jobstown, New Jersey, to look after the old gentlemens comfort. There will be a meeting of the members of the Thoroughbred Horsemens Association in the Hotel Pontchartrain Tuesday night at 8:30. It will profc-ably be the last meeting on this circuit this vear and several matters of importance will come up for discussion. Jockey Charles Peak. is here to appear before the members of the Canadian Racing Associations tomorrow for a hearing. If he succeeds in straightening out his difficulties, he will join the stable of W. E. Applegate. W P. Ony "who- Icft-di: New York at the" conclusion of the Fort Erie meeting, got in this morning and will remain in Detroit until the conclusion of the Kenllworth meeting. O. E. Pons reports that Meddling Miss suffered injuries severe enough in her last race to make it doubtful if she ever stands training again. An effort is being made to save her for a broodmare. One of her tendons was almost cut in two when she was jumped on. The division of the Macomber stable that was sent here from New York and Fort Erie was shipped to Saratoga this morning. Albert Simons left tonight for Saratoga with Broiuo. W- D. Bernhardt, of New Orleans, has turned over the two-year-old filly Alma Louise to John Powers, who will train her in the future.
