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SIR JOHN JOHNSON WINS STAR OF BEVERWYCK STABLE SHOWS HIS OLD-TIME SPEED AT HAMILTON. Guy Burns Handles Him to Advantage in a Fast Run Race Ocean Bound Scores Easy Victory Gossip from Canadian Circuit. ..y Hamilton, Ont., August 10. The Beverwyck Staples good racer, Sir John Johnson, showed a Uash of his olil-tline form in the Midsummer Handicap, one of the feature races of the program provided by the Hamilton Jockey Club this afternoon. The long-striding son of Isidor shouldered top weight, mads all of his own pace and beat the speedy Restigouchc a length and a half. Sir John Johnson was ridden by Guy liurns. a jockey that lias had but few opportunities of late to show his merit as a rider. Hums was alert at the post and when the barrier was lifted he was away .with tli front division. Before they had gone a sixteenth he had opened a lead of four lengths. The pace was fast from the start, the fractional lime being 231, 4"i, 1:128 and 1:232. In the stretch Sir John Johnson weakened, but Burns, who is one of the most powerful finishers riding today, got him to last long enough to stall off Rcstigouches determined challenge. The North American selling steeplechase furnished a pretty contest. Vilhalla, a recent arrival from Maryland, had schooled well over the course and came in for strong support. She flattered her backers by going into u long lead the first time around and retained her advantage until the last half mile wheii she began to tire. In the stretch both Lizzie Flat and Dr. Koch closed on her and in the last sixteenth the Flippen mare drew away to win by three lengths from Dr. Koch. Woodford "lay dropped Ocean Bound into a soft spot in the second race, a mile and a sixteenth dash. She outclassed her company and jockey Glass, after assuming an easy lead in the run to the first turn, look her in hand and had her under stout restraint at the finish. This good horse is training nicely again and Woodford Clay attributes it to the con-rditiuu of the track here, which is kept iu splendid kiVliape by the management. Mr. Clay has decided to remain in Canada for the rest of the season and at the conclusion of the meeting at Woodbine will ship to Maryland and race at Iimlico. J. 15, Itespess is another Kentuckian who is well pleased with the condition of the course and he will likely remain here? for the rest of the Canadian season. It. J. Mackenzie, as good a sportsman as is racing today, won " two purses this afternoon, one with Veneta Stromc and another with Flying Footsteps. Both won with great ease, the former having a four-lengths margin at the end, while Flying Footsteps scored by five lengths. The chief upset of the afternoon came in the running of the race over the turf course. Leah upset calculations by dashing to the front at the start and leading ail the way. Blackford, the odds-on favorite, came strong at the end. but his effort was tardy and he was beaten a length iu a driving finish. The Canadian Kacing Associations will hold a meeting here on Friday when several matters laid over from the previous meeting will be taken up. Max Hirsli, who holds a contract on jockey Van Bensehoten, has lodged a protest against Ills being harbored by an owner racing hero. Van Itenschoteu ran away from his employer at Juarez last March. Joseph E. Seagram has decided to ship his horses from here to Montreal at the conclusion of the Hamilton meeting. William Walker will also go from here to Montreal. Ho will take up three horses he has at Toronto on his way north. Floridas Beauty was lame going to the post which accounts for her poor race. Directly after the start in the Midsummer Handicap. Rcdwine stumbled and fell heavily. McCahcy, who had the mount, escaped unhurt, but the colt came out of the accident with a badly wrenched back and it is doubtful if lie races for a long time. Harry Littletield is pointing Joseph E. Seagrams recent acquisition, Roekville, for a race on Saturday. The colt has been doing nicely since lie joined tin Seagram stable. None of the horses sold at the Stanford stable at Kcnilworth have been to the post "as yet and much interest will be taken by racegoers in Roekville debut. A stable lad named Cheney, in the employ of S. C. Hildreth, was savaged yesterday by the horse Joe Madden and bruised ipiite a bit. Joe Madden got the lad down in his stall and bit him about the body in several places. II. I. Brown and Joseph A. Murphy had a confer-once last Sunday at Saratoga with Thomas Clyde and Capt. M. F. Prosgrave, representing the Maryland Jockey Club, with regard to a division of dates this fall with Mr. Browns new track at Laurel, Md. The Iimlico meeting is to bo held October 7 to October 23, and Mr. Brown was anxious for an arrangement that would prevent a conflict, but would not consider any proposal to alter his meeting to a later date, as his charter only allows him to race in October. The. Iimlico meeting, however, will bo held as originally announced, and Laurel will ask the Jockey Club for dates from October 2 to October ."1. Mr. Clyde said he would, if the Laurel people desired, -xsenil some of his horses to race there, but would not .consider any proposal to alter the Pim-lico dates. T. C. McDowell will be steward at Laurel, Joseph A. Murphy judge, and, when not engaged at Iimlico, Mr. Dade will be starter at Laurel.
