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PAUL WEIDEL VICTORIOUS Adds Hamilton Derby to His Fast Increasing List of Successes f fStacks Stacks Intelligent Riding Is Big Help to Winner Peace Pen ¬ nant in Third Place HAMILTON Ontario June 25 Paul Weidel the crack threeyearold Golden Maxim Lady Lexing ¬ ton colt from the M Lowenstein string added an ¬ other impressive victory to his rapidly increasing string in winning tlie twelfth running of the Ham iltou Derby here this afternoon The race was at a mile and a quarter and brought a field of four to the post Master Bill Peace Pennant and Royal Jester being tlie other three They finished in tlie order named namedJockey Jockey Stack rode the winner and played an im ¬ portant part in the victory Alertly he took the Lowenstein color bearer away from the barrier and went to the first turn under restraint with the advantage of an open lead Throughout tlie run ¬ ning Stack displayed intelligence in rating his mount and although Paul Weidel experienced the fatigue necessary in a race of such length lie strode firmly through tlie last sixteenth and won without being challenged The others seemed to be waiting for the winner to tire When it became apparent at the turn for home that he was not going to tire Thurber on Peace Pennant and Wil ¬ liams on Master Bill launched their charges Master Bill came on gallantly imder liard jirKing bur PeacePennaiittaggerfed under the whip and the Louchheim gelding eased up In the last few strides with the place safely in liis grasp anil the winner across the line five lengths to the good goodPaul Paul Weidels time for tlie distance was 207Js The record for the race in 205 made by Whist in 1911 with 110 pounds tip The time for todays race does not compare favorably with many of the timings hung up in other years but it is prob ¬ able that Paul Weidel could have done much bet ¬ ter if pressed at any part of the race The win ¬ ner was a lukewarm favorite over Peace Pennant Master Bill was the outsider outsiderThe The Hamilton Derby was first run In 1907 and its history briefly condensed is as follows Year Wt Jockey Val Time 1907 Tonrenne 117 S Kunz 1450 210 1908 Uncle Toby 114 D Nicol 1450 207 1909 Detective 110 D McCarthy 1450 208 1910 Chief Kee 122 P Musgrve 1950 201 1911 Whist 110 E Dugan 1950 205 1912 Froglegs 117 J Butwell 2190 209 1913 Buskin 119 R Small 2290 205 1914 Sandbar 112 E Ambrose 3310 200 1915 The Finn 125 G Byrne 3C30 205 191 Achievement 122 J Metcalf 3700 20i 1917 Iron Cross II 115 R Estep 3770 213 1920 Paul Weidel 121 G Stack 4480 207 Not run in 1918 and 1919 1919The The Salisbury Handicap the secondary attraction of the afternoon resulted in an easily achieved victory for the even money favorite Midnight Sim which showed a clean pair of heels to his opponents throughout and drew away into a three lengths lead at the end endThe The Ross filly Thorny Way took the measure of Blarney Stone in the opener but had to be ridden out to do so Had the latter got in his stride more quickly the result would have been reversed reversedOnico Onico with Butwell up was first home in the second getting the decision in a close finish under a hustling ride rideAconi Aconi ran poorly in the third race in which lie was a decided favorite tlie winner turning up in Bengali BengaliF F W Gerliardy and D S Gillies will serve as judges at the meeting here Joseph A Murphy is the steward representing the Hamilton Jockey CJub and Francis Nelson the steward for the Canadian Racing Associations The other officials are Start ¬ er Jas Million handicapiKT F W Gerliardy physician Dr II J Sullivan paddock judge J W Groves patrol judge W Martin clerk of the scales Jos McLennan timer II II Davis DavisThere There will be a meeting of tlie stewards of the Canadian Racing Associations at the Hamilton course Tuesday Among the matters to be taken up is tlie recommendation of the stewaxrds at the Conuaught Park Jockey Club meeting that trainer Stafford Doyles license be revoked for ills o era tions in connection with the Little Boy race of last Monday MondayYowcll Yowcll was claimed back out of the last race at ConiiMught Park yesterday by A V Thomas Edward McBride got in this morning from Bal ¬ timore timoreFormer Former jockey J Cruise who rode for J F Day ¬ ton has retired from the turf and has gone into partnership with an uncle in a cigar store in To ¬ ronto rontoDee Dee Hammond on his arrival here from New York reported the purchase of tlie good plater Redland from Sam Louis LouisN N 1C Beals Gallagher was unloaded here yes ¬ terday witli fever necessitating his being scratched from the Hamilton Derby
