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■ VIRGINIANS HAVE A FIELD DAY. William Garth Saddles a Trio of Winners at Hamilton and S. C. Hildreth Scores a Double. Hamilton. Ont., June 21. — Virginia carried off the honors at the Hamilton Jockey Clubs course this afternoon. The winners of throe of the races were furnished by William Carth in Ticket of Leave. Supervisor and Muskmelon. The latter races in Mr. earths colors and lie also handles Ticket of Leave for Hal Parr and Supervisor for Woods Stockton, both of whom are also Virginians. Ticket of Leaves victory came with the running of the Barton •Steeplechase. The race was one of the best ever witnessed through the field in Canada. The contestants were well bunched all the wav and the finish resolved itself into a duet between Ticket of Leave and Waterway, in which the former just did manage to outlast the favorite. The pair raced head and head throughout the final furlong. S. C. Hildreth took two purses during the after Boon, winning the Grimsby Handicap with Zeus and the fifth race with Woodcraft. The latter was .nt. red to be sold for ,000 and lie was lioosted 110 over his entered price by Sam Louis, but was protected and bought in. The first disqualification of the meeting came with the running of the sixth race, a four and a half furlongs dash for two-year-old fillies, in which Flower Girl bumped Floridas Keauty when Shilling attempted to get through on the inside at the furlong post. The stewards allowed Shillings claim of foul and gave the race to Floridas Beauty. The change in the placing gave Miss Joe second money and Dipper third. The stewards ruled that Jockey F. Dugans ser-vi.-es for the remainder of the meeting be confined to the stable of his contract employer. August Belmont. Shilling is another rider that will not be permitted to accept outside mounts. This ruling was made by tic stewards of the Canadian Racing Asso nations at their meeting this afternoon and came as a result of the rough riding tactics indulged in by these boys at Blue Bonnets. II. A. Silvers, a young American who is racing a stable of horses in Chile, was a visitor here yesterday. He at one time rode for the late Thomas Mannix and came here to purchase some horses for shipment to South America, bur not finding anything suitable, he has gone on to Ken tacky. He probably will buy some bnxidmares from Barney Schreiber. He has shipped over 200 thoroughbreds to Chile in the past eight vears. He reports that Nanno. a brother to Gold Oak which be purchased a few years ago. has developed into a 0,000 horse, also that a three-year-old by Algol — Sydayras is one of the best of his age iti Chile. with a score of thirteen straight victories to his credit this season. ■lams* P. Ross, superintendent of the Lexington track. Is here interesting horsemen in some of tin-stakes to be run at the Kentucky Association course next year and in l.H.i. They are the Camden Stakes and the Blue Grass Stakes to lie run in 1012 and the Futurity to be run the year following. The condition of the Blue Grass are patterned after the Memphis Derby, in that it is a three-year-old race, with no penalties or allowances. R. F. Carman wired his foreman, whom he left at Blue Bonnets with thirteen horses, to prepare for shipment to Fort Krie tomorrow. The horses of P. S. P. Randolph will be sent down at the same time. Starter William Murray was here today on his way to Montreal, where he goes to do the starting at the King Edward Park meeting, which will open on Saturday. John Dyment has arranged to turn Chief Kee over to William Garth. The remainder of his string will lie turned out until tall. Mr. Dvment will leave for Calgary next week to superintend the transfer of 1.000 noma which were located on the Dyment ranch in that country. The entire lot has been sold to Medicine Hat stockmen. The Ontario Jockey Club has obtained an option on a site at Long Branch, but the stewards of the club announce that there is no intention of vacating Woodbine for some time to come. Reports from the Seagram farm are that twenty-two foals have arrived this spring, thirteen being colts and nine fillies. Six of them are bv Inferno and the remainder are by Havoc and Ypsilanti II. John Dyment has lost a cackling bv the English stallion Red Fox out or the American mare. Elf. dam of Broomstick. Havrock lias been sent to the Bra gram farm and will be saved for next years Kites Plate.
