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HAMILTON JOCKEY CLUB CHANGES. The upheaval in the Hamilton Jockey Club continues to be a subject for speculation, but jockey clubs are exclusive organizations, which conduct matters in their own way.. They are wise in their generation and adhere all the time to the strict letter of the law. They require their officials to do. the. same. They- know- that unless that policy is pursued and followed to the limit their racing days are short in the land. Consequently in carrying out their line of conduct they are not telling anything more than they have to, because telling leads to controversy, to heated argument and to the saying cf things that it is Inadvisable to have said. Consequently just now the Hamilton Jockey Club is saying nothing as to why Mr. Loudon, secretary, director and manager, was frozen out. In the first instance it was said that his interests were bought by J. F. Shea in order that that gentleman might qualify as a director. Now it appears that Mr. Shea was presented with enough shares, or bought them from other directors to qualify on. In other words, the indications at present are that Judge Monck and J. F. Mclntyre, who formerly acted with Mr. Loudon, have become tired of their associate. Twas ever thus, the builder gets to lie a man of no account. But Mr. Loudon has not been badly treated. He still has a liberal number of shares and their value, thanks to the trend of affairs, is at least a hundred times more than they were worth when he cither bought or secured them on allotment. Official denial is made of the suggestion that Gordon Henderson, a returned director aud s. Hamilton horse owner of repute, is to lie Mr. Loudons successor. Doubtless a good, close-monthed gentleman will be appointed and the club will continue its money-making progress. Harry Good in Montreal Mail.
