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NOVELTY FINALLY IS BEATEN GEORGE ODOMS FLEET TILLY, FOLLIE LEVY, TAKES HIS MEASURE AT HAMILTON. Jockey Glass Suspended for Disobeying Instructions : in Riding: G. M. Miller, a Beaten Favorite Runups and Claims Enliven Proceedings. Hamilton, Out., August IS. Several extraordinary happenings marked ttit: racing hero this afternoon. First oC all Novelty, the champion three-year-old in S. G. IJildreths stable, was beaten in the Niagara. Handicap by George Odonis fast sprinter, Follie I-evy. Then Shelby, winner of the closing race, a mile and an eighth dash over the turf course, was advanced by Albert Simons, who took him out of the race for 00. An announcement then came from the stewards that jockey J. Glass, who had the mount on G.M. Miller, the supposed "good thing" of the race, had been suspended for his ride on the horse and his ease referred to the Canadian Racing Associations. Finally, eight different owners put in a claim for the beaten favorite and It. F. Carman secured him. Secretary Loudon provided an evenly balanced program and stirring contests resulted. In all but one instance a length or less separated the first two horses. It was a disastrous day for the followers or favorites, Melton Street being the only one of the eight choices that tiuished first. ltesides the Brighton Steeplechase and the Con-naught Soiling Purse there was offered as an attraction the Niagara Handicap over the three-quarters mile course. Some of the best sprinters in training here just now went to the post iu this race. S. 0. llildreth had three named in Restl-gouche. Shannon and Novelty. lie withdrew two, leaving Novelty to go. Novelty had swept everything before him this season and is looked upon as the best horse in the llildreth barn. He bad worked better recently than .at any time this summer and despite the fact that he was asked to concede much weight to everything in the race he was made an odds-on favorite and heavily backed. iNnveltv showed a fine turn of speed, dashing to the front Sind showing the way into the homestretch. Then Follie Lew moved up and joined him. The r lirst half, mile was run in 4iiJ and the weight began to tell on the colt. Follie Asvy hung on with determined courage and iu the final drive beat Novelty a neck. , , There were oulv three starters in the Brighton Steeplechase and Merry Man proved much the best, winning easilv from the favorite. The Welkin. The Conuaught selling purse, which was for Canadian-owned horses, was little more than a canter for Melton Street. The latter was forced to overcome some early interference and drew away into a long lead in the stretch. The Mackenzie stable lias been in good form here. Melton Street being the third winner to carry the Winnipeg turfmans colors during the meeting. .ludge Murphy, in explaining his action against jockev Glass, said that the boy disobeyed instructions" in that lie made too much early use of his mount. Glass was told to place the horse, but left the post whipping and when lie made a move on the backstretch. he made up too much ground in too short a space. The matter will be fully investigated. Glass is under contract to II. K. Knapp, one of the stewards of the Jockey Club and has been riding in Canada only since the close of the Kentucky tracks. A large crowd gathered about the secretarys building after the running of the eighth race. There was a suspicion that a claim might 1h put ill Tor G. M. Miller and those who expected an occurrence or this nature were not disappointed. When a count was made it was found that there were ebht envelopes bulging with greenbacks and on examination it was found that all were claims for the horse G. M. Miller. Everyone took the matter in a good natured spirit and when the balls were shaken It. V. Carman proved the luckiest and necured the horse for ,0:15. Besides Mr. Carman, the following turfmen were among the claimants: , ,1. W. Hedrick, Rail Iarr. I. B. Bradfield, J. B. Restess, K. C. llildreth. Thomas Carroll and Sam Joseph McLennan, who will act as secretary of the meeting to lie held at Laurel, announced that ihree stakes would be run at the new track f during the lirst week of the meeting. He is preparing the program lxiok and promises to have them in print within a lew days. Charles Boots was among the visitors at Hamilton this afternoon. He came up from New York and his mission is to trv to interest some capitalists in a new race track venture at Tia Juana. It is said that a charter has been obtained and tliat A. B. Spreekcls is interested in the plan. The stake blanks of the Latonia Jockey Club arrived this morning and were eagerly sought after by horsemen from Kentucky. Six stakes will be rim during the meeting. Frank Brav, M. Burns and Gil Summers have arranged to ship their horses to Baltimore at the conclusion of the Hamilton meeting. Jockev Fain has signed a contract to ride for James S. Everman and will leave for Kentucky next week. Jockey Kennedy was set down for the rest of the meeting for cutting across with Novelty in the Niagara" Handicap, lie was niso lined 0 by the starter for disobedience at the post. The meeting of the Canadian Racing Associations which was to have been held this afternoon was Itostponed until tomorrow for the reason that some of the members found it impossible to be present.
