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1 1 - c c j 1 c J 1 c 6 1 j . t 1 ! 1 1 j 1 1 j 1 ! i DONGES FAILS AT WINDSOR ! Eoneywood Oolt Oakwood Lowers . His Colors at Devonshire Adonis Beats Last One. WINDSOR, Ont., July 3. Dongts, a recent arrival from Kentucky, which came here I with the reputation of being a high-class ; coit, lowered his colors to the LToneywooiT i colt, Oakwood, in the running of the Prince ; Edward Hotel Handicap at Devonshire this ; : afternoon. The race was a dash of five ar.d one-half furlongs, to which ?3,o00 was added, ; and it brought together a field of the best youngsters racing here. Donges carried lJ5 pounds and conceded lumps of weight to his opponents. Although beaten he ran a smashing race and would have won with a better : start. Oakwood left the barrier. Hying and rushed away in front. He set a fast clip the first quarter in 2.1 and the half in 46s witn Heeltaps forcing the pace. At the top of the stretch Donges came through on the inside and at the eighth post was on almost equal terms with the leader. In the last sixteenth the weight began to tell on Donges and he tired. At the end Oakwood won by three-quarters of a length. Wrangle, after starting fiatfooted, closed an mmense gap and got up In time to beat Elizabeth Jewell for third money. Sharing Interest with the two-year-old contest the American Racing Record Handicap of ,000 added provided a spectacular duel between Adonis and Last One, the former scoring in tho last strides of a hard-fought finish, the result of which was in doubt until the otneial placing was announced. Last One set the pace to the last sixteenth before giving way to Adonis victorious rush. Champlain, the favorite, was third and was unlucky to lose as he was apparently best, but was cut off when his rider attempted to come through on the inside in the stretch after having raced under restraint uuring the early running.. The entry of Bryngar has been ordered refused by the stewards on account of his being a bleeder. OWNER AND TRAINER REINSTATED. Vivell wired the stewards that he had accepted the explanations of owner .Cox and trainer Marlman in shipping the mare Puzzle from Conneaut Lake without scratching her and had restored them to good standing. The stewards instructed the racing secretary to accept only one entry in a selling race from George Phillips and J. P. Phillips and to couple the horses in their care in handicaps and condition races. The entries of the horses Garfield and Steeple have been ordered refused by the stewards as dangerous to life and limb. Todays visitors included William Moore, president of the Thorncliffe Jockey Club, and Frederick Livingston, secretary of th same organization. They are here for a few days racing and will return to Toronto at the conclusion of the meeting. The condition bock for the Maplo Heights meeting is being compiled and Will be ready fjr distribution among the horsemen next week. The dates for the fall meeting at Thorncliffe have been announced. The meeting will begin September 9 and continue to September 10. The horses owned by J. Lazton, which race in the nom de course of the Sunnyland Stable, got in from Hamilton this morning. Thomas Hare is here locking after the improvements being made to the Kenilworth plant. Work on the mile chute is about completed and several new stables have been built. Jockey J. Stack was an arrival from Ken-i tuclcy. He came with the stable of M. Low-enstein. Captain Rogers of the Pinkerton forces ar- rested Robert Ross, a colored pickpocket from Louisville. He caught him in the act of lifting a mans purse and at the trial, held in Windsor this morning, Ross was sentenced to two years imprisonment.
