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! POPULAR TiPPITY W1TCHET Provides Surprise by Capturing Main Race at Keniiworth Park. Fast Early Backig Beats Miss Jemima Limetta Breaks the Winning Streak of Petie. WINDSOR, Ont, July 25. L. T. Bauers Tippity Witchet, always a popular racer both in Canada and the United States, furnished quite a surprise at Keniiworth Park when he captured the principal race of todays program, taking the measure of E. F. Whitneys Mainmast, J. K. L. Ross Baby Grand, which finished second and third respectively, while the favorite, Miss Jemima, was badly beaten. The race was at seven-eighths of a mile and provided a thrilling contest, in which the winner got up in the final strides to win by a short neck. Tippity Witchet was ridden by G. Walls and was accorded but scant consideration by the public and returned a dividend of 5SG.40 for the usual investment. In winning todays race Tippity Witchet ran the seven-eighths in 1 :26, which marked a new track record, clipping two-fifths from the mark established by Diadema. The big disappointment of the race was Miss Jemima, the warmly supbrted favorite. She finisned fourth and her defeat was due to suicidal tactics of her rider, who permitted her to race the quarter 22, the half in 47, despite her heavy burden of 120 pounds. The result was when the last quarter was reached the mare had little left, nor did Mainmast, for that matter, and old Tippity Witchet, which had been wisely saved behind the leaders, gave a flash of old speed, just long enough to snatch victory from Mainmast, with Baby Grand right at their heels. OIL MSS TOUGH LUCK. The third race, the secondary attraction of the day, was a thriller for the spectators; First of all they were thrown into a frenzy of despair when the odds-on favorite. Oil Man, was practically left at the post, and then their enthusiasm knew no bounds when the Pelican Stables three-year-old, overcoming the early handicap, just faileu to get up in a finish that proved more trying to his admirers than it apparently did to the colt. It was without doubt the most exciting race witnessed in Canada this year. Whle the spectators wero disappointed over the defeat of the favorite, the great finish of the colt took the sting out of it and convinced all that with a even start Oil Man would have surely won. The long winning streak of Petie was broken this afternoon when she failed to gather a portion of the purse and finished a distant last. Lunetta proved to be the winner and at the end had a two-length lead over Make Up, while Eleanor S. was third. The mile and seventy yards route was ruii in 1 :4J, establishing a new track record and clipping one-fifth from the old mark of Mint Cat. The Brookdale Stables Vespra scored an easy victory from a small band of Canadian-breds at five-eighths. Prismar took second place, with Anaprisa third. The winner dominated the running throughout. NICKNAME BY INCHES. Nickname accounted for a purse for the Thorncliffe Stable in a desperate finish with Racket in the opening dash. Mabel K. was third. Trainer M. C. Kelly reported that the exercise Boy B. Buelle left his employ without permission and warns other trainers not to harbor him. Kelly has a three-year contract on the boy. C. T. Worthington has decided to ship his stable from here to Lexington, where his horses will be rested up until the resumption of racing in Kentucky in the fall. Several stables will remain nere unt.l the next Windsor meeting, among them that of W. Perkins and A. L. Austin. A rumor has been going the rounds that a ten days running meeting will be given in connection with the Michigan State Fair in Detroit in September. Jockey Joe Rowan left for his home at Mineola, L. I., where he will remain until racing is resumed at Hamilton. The charter of the Hamilton Athletic and Driving Association has been purchased by T. Duffy of Hamilton. The latter has no intention of using it for running horse pur-; poses, but may use it for harness horso racing. Jockey H. Shilling, who has been ailing all summer, left for his home at Paris, Texas, to recuperate. It is doubtful if Shilling will be seen in the saddle again, as he finds it difficult to keep down to riding weight. Frank Garrett is sending the two-year-old Princess Anne to; Maryland, where she will be turned out foe the remainder of the year. BelaToCTrraut of his last race in bad condition antPwill be laid up for a while. It is doubtful if he. crimes back to the race3 Continued on twelfth pace. POPULAR TIPPITY WIT CHE T Continued from first page. until next winter. Dr. H. J. McCarthy, who came up from Maryland to fire the racer Vitimin in the F. Miller stable, returned to Baltimore tonight. Joseph Martin, secretary of the Niagara Racing Association, stopped over at Kcnil-worth on his way from St. Louis to Buffalo. J. B. Campbell will arrive here on Saturday morning and accept entries for the opening day aC Hamilton. Jockey George Corey arrived this morning from Cleveland. Trainer Henry McDanicl will ship a division of the J. K. L. Ross stable from here to Hamilton. Walter Scofield will rest up the remainder at this point until the resumption of racing here. Julius Reeder has patented a new sanitary saddle cloth, which was used for the first time on Brilliant Jester, winner of yesterdays handicap. This cloth is used but one 1 time and then thrown away. Reeder claims j that it will in a measure be a preventive of the spread of skin disease so prevalent among thoroughbreds.
