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LAWT0N WIGGINS GREATLY IMPROVED RACER Rejuvenated Son of Planudes Beats Good Opposition in Feature Race at Hamilton. Hamilton. Ont.. June 20.— Lawton Wiggins, a rejuvenated son of Planudes, showed his heels to a band of good racers in the Gibson Handicap, the feature event of the Hamilton Jockey Clubs card this afternoon. He was one of the outsiders iu the betting, canie from the rear in the stretch and heat Lahore and Kverett in a driving liuish. Last season Lawton Wiggins was racing on minor tracks and was bought by his present owner during the Norfolk meeting for 50. In todays race he ran seven eighths in 1:254;, a good performance over any track. Upsets were recorded all afternoon, only two of the eight favorites leading their fields as the winning mark was passed. In the Dominion Handicap, the three year-old St. Bass avenged his defeat by Don-ham on the opening day of the meeting. Fain had the mount on St. Bass and the colt ran back to the form he displayed at Woodbine and Blue Bonnets. He followed Deuham to the furlong post, then dashed to the front anil won with plenty to spare at the finish. Jockeys Shilling and Sweeney each rode two winners. Shillings Victories were scored on Puggins and Roebuck, while Sweeney had the mount on Law-ton Wiggins and G. M. Miller. The latter beat a shifty lot in the dosing dash, over the grass course. It was a selling affair and owner Albert Simons was farced to bid 81.805 to retain his horse. This was an advance of 05 over the entered price. William Walker, former owner of the horse, was responsible for the boost. The brief history of the Dominion Plato is as follows: Year. Winner. Wt. Jockey. Val. Time. 1900 Glimmer .-.5 127 J. Reid ...? 780 1:54] 1010 Seismic 5 127 Maagrave .. 810 1:57 1011 St. Bass 3 117 Fain 1.018 1:881 Ri -hard Pending, a former steeplechase rider, was ■anted at Baltimore on Thursday last to Miss Louisa Lusby of Arlington. Md. T. J. L. Brown of Tampa, was an arrival today. He has just returned from a trip to Cuba and Stopped at Jacksonville on his way north. Ho reports that a force of men are at work at Mon-crief Park clearing away the ruins of the grandstand that was recently burned. Also that the people in Jacksonville have every confidence that a sixty-days meeting will be given in Florida next winter. J. Wixxls Garth was also an arrival. He brought the juniper Ticket of Leave from Brookline. There will bo a mooting of the stewards of the Canadian Racing Associations tomorrow ami a complaint lodged by Sam Louis against S. . Ilildreth that the latter placed a blister on one of the forelegs of the filly Rose Queen after Lvwis claimed her at Montreal will be looked into. The net value of the Wentworth Plate, won by Priscillian yesterday, was 8885, instead of the amount previously published.
