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1 J " " • 1 1 1 1 ■ ■ 1 s • 1 1 s - I t DISAPPOINTING RESULTS AT HAMILTON. Pan Zareti, Hearts of Oak and Barnegat Three Well-Backed Choices That Are Beaten. Hamilton, Ont.. June 27. — It was a day of disappointments at tin- Hamilton course. In the opening dash of the day a held of speedy sprinters faced the barrier, with the Texas bred mare Pan /.art-la an odds tin choice. She was taken into camp by a deep had outsider. Back Bay. which led from siart to finish. The defeat of this favorite was I hard blow to the talent. Callahan, who had the mount, lost his whip at the head of the stretch. In spite of threatealag weather, a iar;,t- and ea- thusiaatie Board journeyed to the course to witness the decision of the card of seven races offered by the management. Toronto ami Buffalo were represented by large delegations. The racing was keenly contested and several nose finishes left the winders in doubt till the oftit ial placing was displayed. The earned feature of the day. the Connanght Stake--, one mile and a sixteenth, brought together a mediocre li.id. with Baraegal ruling the public choice. Privet Petal, which turned up as the win tier, outran his company from tin- start ami kept Increasing his lend every f M t of the way. Barne- gat could never get to the leader and appeared to be bothered by his weijiht. The running of the second race of the day. f--r Canadian-bred horses, resulted in a real surprise for the public when Irish Heart, a sixty to one Chance. took the sang end of the purse, with Hearts of oak. tin- tirst choice, two lengths back. M. B. timber has asked the stewards to conduct an Investigation into the raaaiag of his oalt, Sam McMeekin. here. The apprentice allowance ot faekey K. Watts ,. piicd today. The lad has been under contract to Willie Martin. S.vctal Of Martins horses have gone amiss of late, among them Mediator, whose leg lill-i tip and The Bump, which came oat ot his last race with a spread foot. Martin has derided to turn these two out until fall. 1! V.. Pi-dwell will leave tor Maryland shortly to look over the horses he left at Havre tie Grace. Loan Shark and Jeaaii have been gelded and Billy Vanderveers ankles have been Mistered. Mr. Bed well lias eight horses at the Maryland track and he also has several at his farm near Laurel. Alhert Simons has decided to race a stable at owe of the winter tracks. Ha lias been wintering at Norfolk for the past four years and will likeiy ghip to Jnarea next fall. Jack Counsel, one of the promoters of the proposed new track at London, tint., has submitted a new proposition to the Canadian Pa.-ific Railroad for a spar to the site selected ami an answer prill be givea bv the railua.v ollicials in ten days. In the event of its being lav. raid.-, work will be rushed on the n.-w coarse, the Intention being to have the plant completed for a meeting next soring. Steeplechase Jockey Bryant arrived from Hew York this nmrntag. He will ride Use fnaanera that T. .1. Doaol Shipped to Canada last week. The J. Sweeney anil J. W. Bean stable will be shipped from here to the I-.iuplr-- City track at the conclusion of the Hamilton meeting.
