The Detroit times., 1915-08-13

was not expected. ~ Mr.. Bsdweli
bad not sisniAsd his intsation Of
coming here. He had expected to
ship the stable to Ottaws to rest
up preparatory 70 the opening OF
that meeting.
The Bedwell consignment to ar.
rive here. consisted OF II horses.
and includes several that have been
frequent winners on the circuit this
summer. The consistent Bushy
Head. winner OF three consecutive
races. and the crack two1ear-old
Golden List. which ran second 70
Dodge In the Niagara stakes at Fort
Erie. Jockey Wostsnholm. the
stables regular rider. accompanied
the shipment.
Included In the other early ar.
rivals from Fort Erie were the fol.
lowing stables: p. Sheridan 10.
Sam Louis IL. Rome Rsspees 10.
Bob Mcmillan 2. w. Bonnet ., W..
r. Miseli .. w. l.. Lewis II. J. o..
Keene 6, p. N. Civil. 7. T. J..
Byrnes I. A. Brent 3. @. Alexander
Z, J. J. Troxler 6. A. Welsh 2, A..
Keener .. J. d. Riley I. Jack Phil.
lips I. Miller Henderson IL. and
Capt. J. w. Press Z.
The pretentious strings Of @. M !.
Hendrie. Brookdals stable. Thorn.
Cliff stable, J.. j. Arthur. H. s..
Newman. and r. B. Eikins are due
to arrive today.
Yesterdays arrivals also included
several consignments from Sara
toga and New York. Trainer Kay
Spence got In from Belmont park
with nve horses belonging to w. j.
Weber. the San Antonio (Texas)
turfman. including the crack geld
Ing Hodge. which was considered
the best all.round handicap horse
on the Kentucky tracks last spring
Hodge comes TO Windsor primarily
to All his engagement in the Ferry
handicap. In which he will have to
carry 11s pounds. but he will also
be seen In several other events dur
ing the meeting. The good selling
platter. Furlong. In also numbered
among the Weber string.
Every train and boat from Buffalo
this morning unloaded 4 goodly pro
portion Of horSemen and race fol-
lowers. and Detroit 10 rapidly filling
up with racing devotees from other
cities.
The ofYicials who will serve at the
meeting, are the same who per-
formed their tasks ut the FIRST ses.
sion. and most Of these are now In
the city.
Judge Charles r. Price. who has
been spending the interval at At.
lantic City. IL already upon the
scene. while Judges Joseph Murphy
and Francis Nelson are due to reach
here tonight. Jos. Mcclellan. the
eficient clerk of the scales. il a
late arrival from Fort Erie. where
ne served In similar capacity.
Frank Bruen. auditor at Windsor
arrived Wednesday from Cincinnati.
where he had been engaged In bus.
mess connected with the Latonia
and Douglas Park fall meetings.
Starter Dade and his assistants
have also reached here from Fort
Erie.
The heavy downpour Of wednes-
day and Thursday nights. left the
Windsor track In miserable condi.
tion. the course this morning being
a veritable sea Of mud. In conse-
qnence, training operations are for
the time being practically sus.
pended. and with the dogs" up
near the inner rail. there will be
very few workouts during the day.
Horsemen are hoping for sunshine
and lots Of II to insure a fast track
for opening day. and II Is believed
that II no more rain falls. that their
hopes will be realised. In the event
of favorable track conditions Satur.
day afternoon. II is declared that
the field will face the barrier In the
Ferry handicap will be the largest
and best that has ever contested In
stake In these parts for many
years.
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