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HAMILTON MEETING COMES TO CLOSE. Record-Breaking Crowd in Attendance — Seismic Wins the National Handicap Impressively. Hamilton. Ont.. June 25.— The closing day of the* Hamilton Jockey Clubs mc-ting brought out a tei-ord breaking crowd, the attendance U-ing bv far the largest of the mooting. Hie Burlington iialidi cap. over the full curse, and tbe National Handicap. at a mile and an eighth, were offen-il as features of an ei-ht-raee program. Several of the races furnished close finishes, the second and third especially The National Handicap proved easy for Joseph E. Seagrams home-bred Seismic, which won in a canter by three lengths. Seismics victory, following his success in the Dominion Plate of yesterday, when he shouldered 127 |m uuiIs and maiVe his opjxisition look cheap, stamps him as a shifty sort of a h« r-e and one that will have to be reckoned with in the handicaps at Fort Erie ami Windsor. He is by Mr. Seagrams ,,|,| horse. Havoc, out of Scmloy. and is rated by some as good a horse as Inferno was. The Montr.-al owned Ballycastle beat a band of g HMl juiniM-rs in the Burlington Handicap. The old horse fenced well and showed good speed all the way. George II. Whitney, of Kentucky, won his first race on the circuit when Henry Hutchison galloped home with a three-lengths lead in the opening dash. A majority of the horsemen will delay their departure for Fort Erie until Monday, when three specials will leave here for that point. John F. Ryan, of the Canadian National Bureau of Breeding, left lor Montreal today. Before his departure lie aminunl for the shipiu.-iit of Van.e Guard, a three-year old by Advance Guard, and tbe Ben Strome stallion. Ruble, to the northwest. Sig. P.aniv.-s .Mil Light We..| will probably lie donated to the bureau at Fort Erie. Previous to the races this alternixm Zacate.-as and Elgin were sold in the p;:dd.«k. The former was purchased bj S. A. Clopton for $.mmi. while William Walker m -cured Llgin for si;2 . Stellaland was sold at private sale by William Garth to Mrs. G. W. Wilson and the horse ran in her interest this after n.H.n. M.-de Nicol sold the three-vear -old Clem Bcach.y. p. T. J. Elward. of Toronto, who will race him 011 the second circuit. Josei.h A. Murphy left tonight f,,r Latonia. where lie will remain tor a eav and then g,, to St I.oiii . It is just possible that Mr. Murphv mav preside at the liulleiin Park n-.-tin-. Juh ;i |a but as vet no definite arrangements have been entered into John W. S.horr today purchased the contract that Sam Louis held .m jockey Peas.-. It js reported that J*r- * iiV.,1,;.":l"l -•""• f" ll"- "•* n,is "II make R. D. Williams* ,-all on Pe/|s. void.
