Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-04
PLATE GLASS COPS
First Under Wire in Canadian
Sportsman Handicap.
FORT ERIE GETAWAY DAY
Busy Trims a Number of Distance
Runners in the Fifth
Race.


FORT ERIE, Ont. August 1.-The clos
ing day OF the Niagara Jockey Club final
meeting for the season OF 1912 brought
ont large crowd TO Fort Erie. A splen-
did program was provided. and. despite
the heavy condition OF the track, keen
contests were in order.
\ handicap AZ one mile and a furlong
divided interest with the Canadian
Sportsman's handicap. the feature race
Of the program All of the best horses
that have been shown here this season.
With the single exception of Love Tie.
were named to go TO the post in this race,
among them Froglegs and Star Charter,
from the lucky Schorr stable. A ma
jority of the owners racing here will ship
10 Hamilton. Some few will go to Mary
land and Kentucky but they will delay
their departure Tor couple of weeks
yet.
SusPending Jockeys Butweli and Ambrose
Yesterday has met with strong common
dation from, race mon. Butwell is &C
cused of passing his whip over to Jockey
Roorel in a race In which the latter rode
Leopold Butwell had the mount on Lord
Elam in this event The latter is whip
horse and resulted in the horse finishing
outside of the money. Ambrose, who rode
tnTlIty Yesterday, II aCcuSeu OF SIabuiifS
Moncrief's bride III the stretch run.
The pair were racing head and head all
tine last fuTlong, and McncTief managed
10 get up in the final stride TO win by
nose. The cases of both boys have been
referred 10 the Canadian Racing Asso-
citation.
Pate Glass won the Canadian sports
man handicap in handy fashion. When
the break came. Lahore flashed in front,
hut was taken back, giving way to Plate
~ u1 front
the entire trip. Lahore n contendinS
position ran one of his best races, closed
with good burst of speed and easily
disposed OF Countless. The latter i'm turn
gave way to S-ar Charter, who was out
run in the early stages, but closed big
gap in the final drive. John Furlong
could never get up.
Busy. running IN bandages. came back
from mis- last race and tooK good bunch
Of long-diStance horses into camp Vol
thorpe set all the early RUM ng with
Font and Busy trailing a. ong- Busy as
stunned the lead at the top of the stretch,
outdistanced the firing favorite, Font
Bounder, outrun the early part, closed a
big gap. Results:
First race, two-year-olds; handicap six fur
ionssIcontinentai. 20 sMeCahey,, i to !. to
70 10 ;. to and TO 3, second; Leo Chares.
lis ,Loftnsl, 5 TO 2. to and I to 3. third
Time, liz 3-5- Law Suit and Monocacy also
ran.
Second race. four-year-olds and upward;
steepleehase; handicap: short course High
Bridge, $50 Simpson, 10 B, to D and 10
4. won: Luekoia, las tMcAfeel, to ], 10 3
and TO 3, second; Idle Michael, 142 tAllanl.
Is TO 3, 5 10 10 and j to 5, third. Time.
Sd S-5. OConnor, Kemp Ridgeiey and Navy
Blue also
TurJ race. three-year-Olds and upward; sell
ing: six furlongs-Pluvious. H. Turner, IS to
., 10 ) and 3 to o. won; Senator Sparks, 1o4
Mooney. i 10 l, to ! and TO l, second:
Moncr.ef. I12 tTeahan,, to p even and to
.. third. Time. 1.15 i-A Adolante. Mindi-
nette, Blanche Frances and Maiene Casey also
Fourth race, Canadian Sportkman's Handicap;
ihree-y r-olds and upward; one and one-s.x-
reenth miles-Plate Glass, 119 CMartinl. to i,
to 5 and to 10, wen; Lahore, 1o6 tNcrsg-
gartl. IS to 5. TO and to 5. second; star
Charter, 123 uoftusi. 8 to 3, 3 to ; and i to 4,
third. Time. 1-5o Countless and John Fur
long also ran.
Fifth race, three-year-olds and upward: handi
cap; and .ghtb miles-Busy, 100 Tea
loo turner. IL to ., to and to 4. sec
end: Font. a; tHapkjnsl, to 3, to and out.
third. Time, 1.5s SIS. Creme de Mentue and
Bounder also
sixth race. three year-ods and upward; sell
ing; six furlongs-Rosseaux, ia tMcCaheyt.
even. 1 to 2 and l TO 4. won; Erceland, 10S
u,oftusl.-5 TO /. to l and to 5. second;
third. Time. LIS 50. Wiley. Sherwood, Spring
board and Coppertown also ran
Seventh race, three-y ear-olds and UPWARD
selling, and one-sixteenth niiles-War Horn,
loo fMcCaheyI. 3 to I, even and I to z, won;
Stairs, 100 (Turnerl. 10 to !, TO and to 8,
second: Lord Elam, l02 fTeahan), to 2, to
3 and 9 to ). third Time. 1.5s George Emo.