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ATTENDANCE OYER 20,000 Immense Gathering Sees Labor Day Program at Devonshire. War Mask Repeats Success of Saturday in Feature Event H. Neusteter Scores Twice. t -l 1 1 I . :.JS WINDSOR, Ontario, September 0. A crowd of over 20.000, the greatest gathering ever in attendance at Devonshire Park, witnessed the running of the Labor Day program this afternoon. The accommodations of the plant were entirely inadequate and several thousand swarmed into the infield to get a glimpse of the thoroughbreds in action. The transportation facilities were unequal to the occasion and after the departure of the tl.ird nnd last special train, packed to suffocation, fully ten thousand were left behind at the Michigan Central depot in Detroit. A heavy rain yesterday left the track muddy and the card as a result was riddled by extensive scratching. The ,000 Labor Day Handicap, the fifth and feature attraction, suffered greatly in this respect, the field being reduced to five starters. In the running of the race Johnny Dundees War Mask repeated his victorious performance of Saturday, but only after a keen stretch struggle did he succeed in beating Breeze by a length, with Gain de Cause a bang-up third. Despite the small fields which contested the majority of the races the speculation in the mutuels also reached record proportions. The machines handled 10,000 on the Labor Day Handicap alone. R. D. Williams furnished the winner of the ,000 Fort Wayne Handicap, for two-year-olds at five and a half furlongs, in the colt Napoo. The son of Martinet drew. away easily after entering the stretch, while Tharon came from far back to beat Judge Budrow for second money. H. Neusteter scored a double during the afternoon, easily taking, the initial dash with Keep, while his Wrack filly Undine annexed the following race for maiden two-year-olds. Jockey Heinisch, who rode both the Neusteter representatives, piloted his third winner in Bobby Allen when he scored in the sixth race. CLOSEST FINISH OF THE DAY. Inquiry and Escarpolette furnished the closest finish of the day when the former scored a nose decision over George E. Browns filly in the third race. R. L. Baker served as the steward in the stand today representing the horsemen. D. McDermid and S. J. Kelly shipped their stables today to Toronto. Jockey G. Mangan is on the ailing list with a sore knee and will be unable to ride for some time. J. A. Coburns Alcatraz was withdrawn from the Fort Wayne Handicap due to having wrenched an ankle while galloping this morning. J. B. Respess today sold the filly First Pullett to C. It. Daly and Eleve to Mrs. G. B. Cochran. It. F. Carman, G. P. Sherman and the Sunnyland stable trained by Bob Smith will ship to Havre de Grace at the conclusion of this meeting. Among those stables which will return to Kentucky are J. Masterson, W. F. Knebelkamp, Williams Bros., J. Lowe. M. C. Moore, E. Brown, R. T. Baker, Miller Henderson, G. Denny and W. Perkins. The books of the Thorncliffe meeting, which opens at Toronto on September 17, were distributed among horsemen here today and the following have arranged to ship from here to Toronto: E. W. Moore. W. L. Drake. II. Neusteter, J. C. Ferris. T. F. Bornmau, F. Garrett, D. Hammond, J. ORrien. F. Musante, J. M. Booker. J. Arthur, F. J. "refer, W. M. Cain and F. Staton. I .
