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GREAT CROWD VISITS BELMONT PARK Hamkin Wins the Bouquet Selling Stakes Old Eosebud Defeats Peter Piper HELMOXT PAHK L L X Y May 27 H T Wilsons Hamkln won the Houquet Selling Stakes the feature of the program at Kelmout Park to ¬ day and the race was witnessed by the largest crowd of the meeting The finish was of the hair raising kind the winner finishing next to the out ¬ side fence and getting the decision iu the final fifty yards through the energetic ride of Turner who rode like a demon to catch Polythia a promis ¬ ing looking filly from the W H Coe stable 4 ry Moon the stable companion to the winner finished third Mr Wilson declaring to win with Hauikin HauikinThe The Ilahyloit Highweight Handicap at IhieV quarters on the straight course attracted a field of eight of the best sprinters at the track with Peter Piper most in demand The veteran cam ¬ paigner Old Kosebud outstayed the favorite at the end and after following hiui closely came with a great end rush and finally drew away easily Peter Piper tired with his heavy impost but hung on resolutely and held second place safe from Leading Star 1 T Kermath has taken over nine horses the property of H 15 Strassburger to train trainWin Win Shields purchased Inglecrest for E H Thomas from Lewis Garth and sold Headman to S Veitch who will train the latter for steeple chasing chasingJ J J Hertz claimed The Wit out of the first race a French claiming affair for 221 221Milton Milton Smith was a visitor from Toronto His horses will be trained by W A llnrttschcll during his absenc 5 H Urysou also arrived from Canndn IT turned the four horses he intends campaigning in Canada over to W Cedar to train trainJ J Mclaughlin Jr is a firsttime visitor to the track today todayGene Gene Lutz is an arrival from Haltimore and is in quest of horses and a lightweight jockey for tho Canadian circuit circuitJ J A Coburn claimed Martin A Noonan yester ¬ day for 2483
