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AYMOND TRIUMPHS BY HEAD • Young Kitty Second in Feature Contest at Fort Erie. ♦ Entire Program Given Over to Horses From Plater Ranks— Majority of Fields Are Small. FORT ERIE. Ont., July 12.— Mrs. J. Ba-dames silks were carried to victory in the best offering at the Fort Erie course of the Niagara Racing Association today when Aymond, seven-year-old son of Roselyon, conquered a shitty band of home-bred distance performers in the Fort Erie Purse, a test under claiming conditions that was fifth on a card that was governed entirely by the claiming clause. Opposed by five others of Canadian parentage, Aymond carried 117 pounds and ran the distance in 1:45 flat to earn his victory at the direct expense of E. F. Seagrams veteran campaigner, Young Kitty. At the end of the race both were under hard drives, with the gelding lasting to defeat the nine-year-old by a scant margin of a head. Two lengths back of the fighting pair to land the short end of the purse came T. S. Co-chenours Quatra Bras, another veteran, while the four-year-old, Carhan Queen, one of the younger rivals, led home Frigid Frosty and Khaki John, the only others of the half dozen that contested. In the Fort Erie Purse a good start found the six away in alignment, and Khaki John sped out at a sprinting pace. His speed, . however, was calculated to bring disastrous results when he went out five lengths before Aymond and the others in the first quarter mile. Aymond was going along smoothly in back of the pacemaker, while Young Kitty was holding third place, but in very close quarters, as Erickson elected to hold passage along the inner rail. Khaki John was setting a swift pace as he continued in the van down the back stretch, but his margin was being cut down steadily as Aymond improved his speed. Reaching the turn it was evident that Khaki John had enough, and it took little effort from the Badame performer to reach the front after a mild engagement. Kept under a strong drive, Aymond stuck to his task gamely and gallantly met the futile but game effort of the Seagram mare. With the card embracing four events for "home-bred performers, a series of claiming events had little effect on the attendance for the eighth day of the meeting. A blazing sun that was dulled by shifting clouds tempered the warm breeees and racing, despite the small fields, was well received. Juvenile maidens of Canadian parentage met in the introductory offering, and it witnessed the graduation of Miss Mary Ellis Bandman at long odds. Making the running virtually throughout the short sprint under the handling of N. Foden, the Ellis performer triumphed in a hard drive to score at the expense of the heavily backed R. S. McLaughlin filly, Romola. At the end the first two were separated by a length, while Crystal Beach, in the livery of the Beach Stable, was just a neck farther back as she took the measure of D. Raymonds Faine and the five others that contested the issue.
