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KNIGHTS DIFFER IS WINNER OF HANDICAP Davies Racer Carries Top Weight to Victory in Race at Hamilton Hamilton Out June 30 Favorites won three of the purses at Hamilton this afternoon They scored in the second third and fourth races and all three won easily Hasson and Kingcasli were the best backed of the trip the latter especially carrying some of tho heaviest commissions wagered during the meeting There were only three starters in the Kingcash raw the Barton Steeplechase over the two and a half miles course Kingcash was ridden by Kernuitli and was rated behind the pacemaker until the last half mile when he moved up and assum ¬ ing an easy lead drew away at his leisure in the run through the homestretch Bookmaker Tom Shaw accepted one wager of 3500 on the winner which was made by Nick the Greek The latter also won a big wager when Osaple beat Pat Hut ledge a head in the first race a dash of live and a half furlongs for twoyearolds Onaple made all of endThe the pace but was tiring badly at the end The tabled history of tho Barton Steeplechase is as follows Year Winner AWt Jockey Val Time 1907 Dawson 8 15S P Hbgun 070 439 1908 Bilberry 0 152 T Kae 070 427 1909 Waterway 0 157 E Heider 800430 1910 Expansionist 9 i57 Hughes 830431 1911 Ticket of Leaver 102 Dupree 770 505jJ 1912 The Welkin 7KOH McAfee 750433 1913 Kingcash 4 137 Kennath 940 454 454The The Ontario Handicap brought out a field of ofsmart smart sprinters and Knights Differ the topweight proved best winning easily after leading from the start Kingly said to be one of the smartest threeyearolds in training on the Canadian cir ¬ cuit made his first appearance of the season in this race He is owned by Mrs L A Livingston and was to have been a starter in the Hamilton Derby but went amiss during his preparation for the race He broke slowly today but closed a big gap and finishing like a lion got up in time to beat As ¬ trologer a nose for second place Trainer Matt Foals es is pointing Kingly for the Canadian Derby to be run at Fort Erie next week and if nothing happens to the colt in the meantime he will be a certain starter in that event eventThe The seventh race which was a mile dash over the turf course was marked by a heavy plunge on Speaker Clark a colt In Otto Stifels stablo Speaker Clark Battered bis backers for a while but in the homestretch he tired badly and Kavenal found it easy to beat him a length and a half The latter was left at the post and closed a tre mcndous gap in the last IiaK1 mile Will Wallaces Duqueiise hit himself while go ¬ ing to the iwst in the fifth race and pulled up lame lameOsaple Osaple winner of the first race was bid up from 700 to 1300 and liouglit by Sam Louis The OsapleE latters Pat Itutledge finished second to Osaple E Brown left for Fort Eric this morning with the twoyearolds Little Nephew and Yankee Tree Several other horsemen have arranged to ship there on Wednesday WednesdayGwyn Gwyn Tompkins lias arranged to send Kingcash and Old Suit to Montreal at the conclusion of the Hamilton meeting Tompkins entered his horses in four steeplechase stakes run on the circuit dur ¬ ing the early meetings and won all four of them He will race his steeplechasers at Saratoga jind three threeyearold jumpers that he left at his Virginia farm will be shipped to Saratoga during tho latter part of July JulyWillie Willie Shields and E J McGraw returned from New York this morning McGraw purchased the tilly by Boanerges LaTour that Jack McUiunis se ¬ cured at the Kohler sale
