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TRIPLE FOR R. T. WILSONS STABLE. Olamhala, Caliph and New River Score at Hamilton for President of Saratoga Association. Hamilton, Out., August 14. The colors of R. T. Wilson were highly successful at Hamilton this afternoon. The president or the Saratoga Association won three purses, two with the two-year-olds Caliph and New River, and the other with Olamhala. The latters victory came with the running of the San-dringham Plate, the feature race of the program, a mile and an eighth dash, to which 00 was added. There were only two starters in this race. Olamhala and Lahore. The Wilson crack ruled an odds-on favorite. lie was ridden by jockey Class, made all of his own pace and won with his rider looking hack through the homestretch. Olamhala was a good horse today and at no part of the race was he fully extended. Literal odds were quoted against Caliph and New River, so the followers of the stable profited handsomely. Albert Simons also furnished two of the after noons winners in Wrap and !. M. Miller, both of which were favorites. Roth scored witli plenty to spare. Wrap made all of the pace in Iter race, while G. M. .Miller came from behind. The best finish of the day came with the running of the Reaver Handicap Steeplechase, in which the favorite. Ticket of Leave, heat Dinna Ken a neck after a stirring stretch drive. Simpson, a Canadian rider, had the mount on Dinna Ken and he succeeded In making the son of Forget go the course without mishap. Simpson was careful going to the different jumps and had he more confidence in the horse he probably would have won. As it was. lie rode a sjdonclhl race and lie probably will do S. C. Illhlreths riding through tin; field in the future. Ticket of Leave shouldered Hit pounds and established a new track record by running in 4:07, which was one second faster .Mum. the previous mark. The surprise of the afternoon was furnished by Carlton ., which beat a fast lot of sprinters in the sixth race, a dash of three-quarters. After trailing along in lust place in the early part of the race. Carlton I. closed with a rush and lieat Cam-peou a length. The otlicial time for the race was 1:12-, bnt many of the dockers made it 1:114. George Odom lias shipped Maxims Pride to Elliot C. Cowdin at .Mount Kisco, N. Y. The colt probably will be schooled as a jumper. The Canadian Racing Associations have raised the ban on the horse Judge Mouek and the latter wi be permitted to start on Canadian tracks. llookmaker .T. Scully has been barred from booking on the tracks that are members of the Canadian Racing Associations. The action against Scully came about, it is said, through his criticism of some of the officials, which was deemed unwarranted. Jockey W. Van Rensehoten, who is on the ground, has not been permitted to accept mounts. The lad is under contract to Max Hirsch and has left the latters employ. Air. Hirsch lias taken up the matter with the officials. Lawrence Reinheimer, who accompanied jockey Guy Garner to France recently, has returned to this country. He reports that Garner is meeting with great success abroad. The boy won witli the second mount that, he had in France. It was on a two-year-old filly owned by August Helmont and incidentally it was the first victory that Air. I.elmont scored in France. Garner then won with several succeeding mounts. He will return to America in a few weeks and will ride during the Pimlico meeting at Balti-niore. J. Re Id has ridden eight winners in France. The stable for which Reid is riding has started only a few horses and Reid lias not had any great number of chances. Ral Parr came over from Maryland to see his good fencer. Ticket of Leave, race. Several other Alary-landers were present, among them C. C. Smithson. The latter lias disposed of his Voter colt. Judge Walser. to II. C. llallenbeck for the reported price of 1911.sh,750. The sale was made through trainer Frank AI. Taylor. Caliph, winner of the first race, pulled up lame after his victory, hut the injury is thought to be only a slight one. John Whalen. trainer of August Belmonts stable, has decided to ship his horses from here to Montreal. Several of his three-year-olds, are pn the shelf and he hoped to bring them back to racing form for the fall meetings at ISluo Eoimets and Woodbine. According to a story given out by Joseph A. Murphy this afternoon, the meetings at Pimlico aud Laurel will conflict.
