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DOMINION DAY HONORED AT HAMILTON. Great Assemblage Sees Commonada Take National Handicap from Runes and Rancher. Hamilton, Out., July 1. Dominion Day brought out an immense gathering at the Hamilton race course. It was a record-breaking crowd and all the available space was packed with a solid mass of humanity. The club provided a high-class program for the hoiiilay race-goers, with the National Handicap as the feature. The race brought together a field of the best .horses here. Rancher ruled first choice, despite his heavy impost of 121 pounds. The result proved something of a surprise, the winner turning up in Commonada, which made a runaway affair of the race. The finish found the first three under a hard drive, with Commonada lasting long enough to beat Runes a scant half length. The latter was a nose in advance of Rancher. Parrington, who had the mount on Runes, lost his whip just as the barrier was sprung. Runes is a whip horse and the loss of the whip encompassed his defeat. James Hewitt, acth-g for J. Barrick. has purchased from Mrs. L. A. Livingston Prime Mover and Wise Man. A. M. Orpen and Jack Haro were among the visitors. They came from Detroit and report that the new course they are constructing at Windsor is fully completed. Some 200 men are at work on the grandstand and more than 200 stalls are already finished. E. K. Crawford was unable to obtain stalls at the Empire City track, which caused a change in his plans, so he shipped his stable to Fort Erie. At the conclusion of the latter meeting he will go to Saratoga. G. M. Ilcndrie was among the visitors at the course this afternoon. Mr. Ilcndrie has been confined to his home for several days suffering from an attack of neuritis. C. R. Anderson and E. P.. Elkins, whose stables arrived at Fort Erie yesterday, came over to participate in the closing day of racing here. Both report that their horses shipped in good condition from Kentucky. J. Shannon announced today that he -would continue to race on the Canadian circuit. Shannon has the two-year-old Beautiful Morn and Kentucky Boy. the property of W. W. Loiic-y of Kentucky. The book for the second -meeting of the Hamilton Jockey Club was distributed among the horsemen today by secretary A. R. Loudon. The overnight purses range in value from 1916.sh00 to 00. At a meeting of the Thoroughbred Horse Association held last night Messrs. N. Macfarlane and I. A. OMeara were elected members of the committee which will pass on all matters relating to Canadian racing in the future. Harvey Sproule, a Toronto newspaper man, was elected secretary of the committee. A majority of the jockeys riding here that are over twenty-one years old also joined at last nights meeting. The jockeys have a grievance which they want straightened out. They claim that the charges for valets are excessive and that they have to pay about thirty per-cent. of their earnings to them. They aver that a valets trust practically prevails and that the matter should be remedied by the proper authorities.
