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BABY MINE IS TRIUMPHANT , Easily Accounts for Border Cities Handicap at Devonshire. Peace Pal and Mary Maxim in Tight Finish Firebrand for Frontier Handicap. DEVONSHIRE, Ont., Jnly G. The Border Cities Handicap, which was featured at Devonshire this afternoon, resulted in an easy victory for Baby Mine, which races in the colors of the Sunnyside Stable. The conditions of this race called for Canadian-breds and it was a dash of one mile. Baby Mine was ridden by Chalmers, followed along in the middle of the field until entering the homestretch, where she was taken to the outside and, finishing with a rush, drew away into a lengths lead and won in a canter from Greybourne. A large crowd turned out at Devonshire this afternoon. Racing conditions were ideal and speculation keen. C. T. Worthington furnished the winner of the first race in Settle. The latter, a bic fractious at the post, left the barrier speedily and, going to the front the first sixteenth, was never headed. He had a couple of lengths to spare at the end. The second race brought a well-matched field of two-year-olds to the post and it resulted in a rousins stretch finish, in which "Water Girl came from behind and beat Ail-sie Vernor by a scant half length. The latter was half a length in front of Miss Beu-lah, which beat Judge Hanecy by a head for third place. Peace Pal, Mary Maxim and Theo fought it out from the top of the homestretch and the first named just managed to get up in the final stride to beat Mary Maxim by the smallest of margins. Theo quit at the end and North "Wales wrested third place from her. Reservations at the "Windsor Jockey Club on Saturday, July 15, have been made for 200 Elks from Chicago, who are coming to Detroit that day with their band, headed by Exalted Ruler William J. Sinek. Jefferson Livingston has wired secretary Walter O. Parmer for twelve stalls at the Windsor Jockey Club track. Mr. Livingston expects to start Firebrand in the 0,000 Frontier Handicap. SAFEGUARDING THE SPORT. The rule prohibiting the running of more than one horse in the same interests or trained by the same trainer in selling races will be strictly enforced. Owners and trainers are warned against fake transfer of horses. Those offending will be denied all privileges The stewards will appreciate and regard as confidential any information from horsemen in regard to strange or unidentified horses and any offers from ruled off persons to take and race horses. The entries of the filly Bright Morning have been refused. Stables are beginning to arrive at both the Windsor and Kenilworth tracks from Kentucky. George Zeigler wired that he would arrive from New York with five horses next week. M. N. Macfarlan has been engaged to act as presiding steward and judge at a meeting to be given at Ashland, Ky., under the management of S. N. Holman. The meeting Is scheduled to begin July 10 and continue for one week. Starter Geor?e Miller has been doing excellent work at the barrier. He has succeeded in getting particularly good starts, especially in fields where there have been bad actors. He has not found it necessary to either fine or suspend a jockey so far during the meeting. Jockey J. II. Burke left here last night for Kentucky to ride Supercargo and several other horses for the J. II. Rosseter stable. Thirty-five stalls have been prepared at the Windsor track for the big string that W. Perkins is bringing up from Latonia. The Perkins horses are duo here Monday morning. Joe Rowan has been engaged to ride El Jesmar in the Canadian Derby. Champlain and Wrangle came out of their last races sore. Bob Smith has ordered two of the Miller starting gates. They will be shipped to the Smith farm at Newark, Del.
