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; ] , j FORT ERIE INAUGURATION Fourteen Days of Racing to Begin Today at Popular Track Across From Buffalo. BUFFALO, N. Y.f July 3.— The Niagara Racing Association enters upon its first fourteen-day meeting at the Fort Erie course across the river tomorrow and, judging by the response of horsemen to the first call for entries, the meeting will produce the best sport seen at the course in many years. Fort Erie, alone, of the Ontario tracks, availed itself of the new legislation permitting the fourteen allotted days of continuous racing instead of two seven-day periods, and the change, it goes without saying, has proved eminently popular with the horsemen, and nothing but favorable comment has been heard from the racing public. As a feature of the inaugural program, the association offers a handicap which takes its name from the American holiday. It is at one mile and seventy yards, and the field is highly representative of the best handicap material racing in Canada at this time, with W. I. Newmarchs successful filly, Crout au Pot, carrying the top impost of 111 pounds. She has won five of her twelve starts this year, finished second three times and third once, and has accounted for ,700 to date. She will doubtless be favored to add the winners share to her earnings in todays engagement for conditions are ideal all around for this consistent daughter of Pot au Feu. Her opposition is of such caliber as to assure she will not have matters all her own way, however, and all indications are that the event will produce a contest worthy of its feature position on the program. American visitors to the course throughout the meeting will be pleased with the arrangement to be paid off in American currency, if desired, on winning tickets. The customary large holiday contingent from Buffalo and vicinity is expected to take in the first days sport. Another detail that will prove popular with the patrons is the reduction of the paddock entrance fee to fifty cents. Racing will stprt promptly each day at 2:30 p. m. The officials are as follows: Stewards Representing the Canadian Racing Associations— David S. Gillies, John P. Turner. Honorary Steward— H. Montgomery Gerrans. Judges — Davis A. Boyle, John P. Mclnerney. Honorary Judge — William J. Kelly. Starter — Thomas Rowe. Racing Secretary and Handicapper— John P. Turner. Clerk of Scales — John Farrell. Patrol and Paddock Judge— W. G. Kelly.
