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HAMILTON EING HARD HIT LAYERS ON CANADIAN CIRCUIT ARE SUSTAINING HEAVY LOSSES. Defeats of Thco Cook and Westbury Saving: Incidents in Day of "Disaster for Bookmakers Several -Good Things Go Through. . Hamilton. Out.. September 20. Well-backed horses won most of the races at the Hamilton track this afternoon. This meant that the layers again suffered heavy losses. The defeats of Thco Cook and Westbury. meant much to the ring. Had these two horses won the chances are that less than twenty layers would have been in line tomorrow. As it was there was a falling off of ten from the opening day, which was one of the most disastrous of the season for the bookmakers. Several good things were put over dnring the afternoon, notably Dixie Knight. Wm. Pitt and Injury. The Chiun confederacy scorched the ring over Dixie Knights victory iu the opening race, while the Texas delegation got theirs when Injury won the race over the grass course. Showers set in at noon, and while the rain that fell rather improved the going, still It had Its effect on .the attendance, which showed a big falling off: from the opening day. Fast time was the rule during the afternoon. The three slx-furlongs dashes were all run In close to 1:12. In the third race the Valley Farm Stable sent a good-looking Commoner colt to the post In Wm. Pitt. There was a strong and steady play on Wm. Pitt- and his victory was mainly due to the vigorous ride that jockey Guy Burns gave him. The Barton Purse, the feature race of the afternoon, furnished an exciting finish, in which Wool-winder. Thco Cook aud Jeanette M. finished in the order named heads apart. Thco Cook was an odds-on favorite ami was heavily backed by the big let-tors. He led until the last furlong,, where the others" closed up. In a terrific drive Woolwinder Just managed to get up in the closing strides. . . The wildest tip of the season was circulated on Westbury in the sixth race, but Westbury proved a disappointment. He was off forwardly and showed .prominently for about half a mile, but then retired and finished among the tail-cnders. Cooney K. proved the winner in this race. lie led his flelcT throughout and had plenty in reserve at the end. Joseph A. Murphy will be the presiding judge at Windsor this fall. George M. Hendric. presldenfof the AVindsor Racing Association, arranged today-with Judge Murphy to go from here to Windsor. At the conclusion of the latter meeting Mr. Murphy will spend a couple of weeks on a hunting trip In the St. Frances River country, preparatory to leaving for Jacksonville, Fla.
