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ROBERT COOPER A CONSISTENT PLATER. Equals Track Record at Hamilton in Winning Mile and Eighth Race Over the Turf Course. Hamilton. Out.. August 19.— Ideal racing weather brought out one of the bauuer crowds of tne Hamilton meeting this afternoon. The attendance equaled in poiai of aimrtretl that of the opening day. there being some 5.0H persons present. The sport was in keeping with con, lit ions, a majority of the races furnishing interesting contests, with the winners home by small margins. Four favorites won. which is an excellent showing in these days of big fields and short dashes. The card, which was made up of the usual eight races, had as features the Brighton Steeplechase, the Niagara Handicap and the CoO-aaught Selling Pane. The Hamilton Jockey Club, which has been extremely liberal with the horsemen, added close to ,000 to the races, no small sum when one stops to consider that all were overnight affairs. In the race oyer the turf course the consistent Robert Cooper took another purse, scoring an easy victory. Robert Cooper indulged Cay Deceiver and King of Mist with the lead until entering the homestretch, where he assumed command to win by a lerfgth and a half. The mile and an eighth was run in 1:52, equaling the track record for the distance. John Griffin II.. the speedy sprinter that D. C. Cottle purchased out of a hucksters wagon in Okla-noma. beat a band of fast ones in the Niagara ■Handicap. He did not get off in front and not until after they had gone an eighth did he show in the lead. When once in that position, however, lie retained it. stalling off a determined challenge from Ben Double at the end. The Schorr stable cut loose a good thing in the opening race in Bdda, a filly that came from A. B. ijfcretheia Napa Stock Farm in California. This was Hildas tirst effort on the Canadian circuit. She broke slowly, was taken up on the outside, and in the stretch ran into a jam at the furlong post. a here she went to her knees. Fortunately for her backers she recovered quickly and came on to win by a nose. After Caper Sauce won the Connaught Selling Purse he was boosted to 00 by James Gorinley. and was protected with the customary advance of by his trainer. Owner C. A. Crew objected to the lather protecting the horse to that figure, but after warn decided to retain the horse at the traiuers bid of 5. Kenneth Dawes, owner of Cismont, entered a complaint with the stewards about Jockey tiroes handling of his colt. Mr. Dawes said tnat he did not consider that Cross put forth bis best, effort and pointed to The fact that Cismont drop ted liaek after outbreaking bis company. The stewards looked into the matter and had the bookmakers sheets investigated, but nothing of a suspicious nature developed, so the matter was dropped. .1. W. Schorr is endeavoring to secure the contract that Carter Hall holds on the apprentice rider, Dunn. The latter lias won a couple of races with Schorrs Res|xmsful and bids fair to develop into a useful jockey. George Innes left for Lexington tonight with the stable that George II. Whitney has been racing on the Canadian circuit. The big band of yearlings thai are romping oyer the "fields of Mr. Whitneys farm in Kentucky will be taken no and broken and preparations made for a campaign at one of the winter tracks. Several of the Seagiam horses have been shipped back to their owners farm at Waterloo, where they will be rested up until next spring. Oakhurst. one of the starters in todays steeplechase, fell at the fifth fence and in scrambling back into the saddle. Hughes pulled the horses bridle off. Hughes was unable to pull the horse up aati] after he had taken the next two fences. Hughes has beta engaged by Carter Hall to do his riding for the remainder of the season.
