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HAMILTONS AUTUMN MEETING IS CLOSED. Big Crowd Sees the Sport on Getaway Day Horses Fall as Result of Rough Riding. Hamilton, Out., October 3. nils was the closing day of the Hamilton Jockey Clubs fall meeting and the attendance was the largest of the period. The weather aud track conditions were perfect. Favorites fared badly, only two scoring. The biggest surprise of the day came in the seventh race when Mrs. it. Bradleys Away, unbacked at 20 to 1, romped home a winner. Good things were rife, but all failed to land. Peter Knight was the hottest tip.jof the day. He was heavily hacked, but finished in the ruck. Solon Shingle took the feature at a mile with his rider looking backward, Bryan, the lukewarm favorite, finishing third. The steeplechase was the best ever seen hen;. Five started and all stood up the entire route with Knobhampton first. Bery Waddell, backed Into favoritism at even money,. finishing last. After the steeplechase Allle Gates and W. W. Worthlugton, trainers of Gold Hun aud Knobhainp-ten, respectively, engaged in a wordy war as to the jumping ubility of the two horses; The result of it was an agreement to run a match race at Hamilton some day this week. A bad spill occurred in the first -when three went down, all caused by Fischers rough riding. For the offense he was lined 5. M. Murphy and Pen-dergast were badly injured and unable to fill their other engagements. M. Welsh, whose horse Kilts was claimed out of the last race Tuesday, protested the claim today, contending that it was not regular, as the horses name was not spelled out in full in the claim. The stewards decided against him, however, and allowed the claim.
