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PRISCILLIAN EQUALS AN AMERICAN RECORD. Runs Three-quarters of a Mile in 1:11 in Taking Stake Feature of Hamilton Program. Hamilton, Out.. June 1ft. — Brilliant sport was provided at Hamilton this afternoon. In the Went-worth Plate, at three-quarters of a mile. August Belmonts Iriscilliaii. an added starter, ciiualcd the American record for the distance by running it in 1:11. Priadlllan was eoejnled with Watervale as the Belmont entry, and the race was merely a battle between trainers Whalen and Ilildreth. Pris-cillian being trained by the latter and Watervale by Whalen. The three year-old was giving Iriscilliaii two pounds in actual weight and was only beaten a head, so his showing was really mare meritorious than the winners, iriscilliaii was ridden by C. H. Shilling and had the inside position. When the break came the pair left the harrier like a team and they raced heads apart for the entire distance, first one showing in front and then the other. At the finish Iriscilliaii appeared to be going easily, while Began was riding Watervale hard. S. . I lil dreth saddled another winner in Hampton Court, which made a runaway victory of the Hotel Royal Handicap. The Dnudas Handicap Steeplechase went to Waterway, which won under wraps from Stalker. Diana Ken. the only other starter, struck one of the wings at the first fence and this put him out of the struggle. The attendance was again large and speculation was brisk. Four favorites scored. Cam peon, winner of the first race, was boosted $".00 over his entered price of tO by Willie Martin, whose Rye Straw was bid up after his victory on Saturday. R. F. Carman hid in his horse at ,005. During the races this afternoon, a man named Stevens was caught sending advance Information from a house located on the road which parallels the backstretch. He and a woman companion were arrested. The suthoritles claimed that the sending of advance Information constitutes a violation of the Miller bill. Word was received at the track today of the death of Al Sachse. an old-time Iinkerton officer who was one of the force that policed the tracks iu Canada and the west for many years. He died al the Huron Road Hospital in Cleveland June 12 and a subscription is being taken up for his widow. Steeplechase jockey Harvey Royle was suspended for the rest of the meeting by Steward Murphy for carrying Thistledalc against one of the Hags on Saturday last. Ral D. Parr came up from Maryland to see his Broomstick filly Annagh run in the eighth race. I.ad of Langden, R. B. Watkins old campaigner, was jumped on and cut down in the race over tin-grass coarse on Saturday. It is said that the Ontario Jockey Club is after a new site for a track and that an option has been obtained on land located at Lorn Dark, which is seven miles from Toronto. Jockey Steele was suspended for live days by the starter and Pickens for three days. Cross was given three days by the steward for striking at Iickcns with his whip during the running of the seventh race. Rose Queen, recently claimed by Sain Louis, has been sold to J. W. Burtfsehell.
