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THEY SPEAK, BUT THERE IS A "COOLNESS." Manager Brooks Explains Rumors About Ascot Says Judge Hamilton Asked Him to Leave the Stand. Los Angeles, Cal., February 7. Ever since Dick Williams took his stable to San Francisco there have been whispers that his sudden departure caused trouble between Judge Hamilton and Manager Brooks. These stories were helped out by the report that the two officials were not on speaking terms. Statements covering the matter were made by both officials and published this morning. Tills is what Manager Brooks has to say about the rumors of trouble: "It Is true that for over a week I did not go into the judges stand at Ascot Park, but it is not true that the Dick Williams affair had anything to .do with It. Along about January 22 I was in the judges stand with some other gentlemen. Judge Hamilton called an owner into the stand and turning to us he said: Please let us have the stand, gentlemen. "I walked out and today was the first day I have been in the stand since that happeucd. I do not know how the Williams affair came to be tangled up with this. Now, as to AVilllams leaving Ascot Park for the north, it will be remembered that his boy, Walsh, had been set down two times. On January 24 Jockey Wiley, who had the mount on Hector, Interfered witli Big Ben and after investigation Wiley was suspended indefinitely. This angered Williams and was the cause of his leaving Ascot. I am the manager of the track and Judge Hamilton Is the presiding judge. I have never attempted to hamper his action in any way, nor do I intend to do so, and he In his turn accords the same treatment. The rumor that we are not on speaking terms is uot true, for I was in the stand today to see him about some matters. That is all there is to it so far as I am concerned." Judge Hamiltons statement was along the same line.
