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BABY GRAND IS DEFEATED AGAIN Loses by Smnll Margin to Auntie May in Feature Race at Hamilton Bondage Wins HAMILTON Ontario Juiu 21 Baliy Ornnd tlu game little ranite Bain twoyearold colt suf ¬ fered the second defeat of his brilliant career in the running of the Spring Brewery Stakes which featured the card of the Hamilton Jockey Club this afternoon The winner turned up in Auntie May C T Worthliigtous fmle Mny Hcmpstead filly which has raced so consistently over this Canadian courses Baby Grand saved second place from Herendesy A spirited drive marked tin fin ¬ ish of the nice llaby Jrand was rushed away from the barrier by Jockey Claver nnd made the pace almost to the end although he was tiring under ills impost of 125 pounds Throughout the last threesixteenths of the race Chiver plied his whip forcefully and the J K L lloss color bearer responded as gamely as a horse ever did but Auntie May after following the pace closely from the start came with greater speed up to the stands nnd well ridden by jockey Dishnion flashed by his tiring competitor in the last stride to win by a head headThe The largest crowd In the history of the Hamilton Jockey Club was iu attendance this afternoon The devotees of the sport filled the grandstand and clubhouse to capacity The rail in front of the clubhouse enclosure was lined and the ground between the stand and track was packed from the judges stand to the eighth post In addition there was an overfloow to the center field fieldTo To Bondage the sturdy campaigner from James Arthurs string fell the Crimsby Handicap the other feature of the program Like the main event this contest saw the upset of the Hoss colors when Triuceps finished second to Bondage nnd like thu succeeding race this one furnished a spirited battle in the stretch Bondage outrun to the head of tho stretch came with his usual rush nnd took the lead from Prineeps but lUchcreek allowed Bondages heavy head to drop in the last sixteenth and 1rin ceps coming again under hard urging was wearing him down in the closing strides Belario finished finishedi i third TWkey 7UcGrjuvJiVTis suspendedTor the remaTmief of the meeting for cutting across the others after the start in the third race in which lie rode Bread Line LineBradley Bradley Wilson came here today in the interest of the Devonshire Park meeting meetingJ J Bussey is an arrival from New York He con ¬ templates the purchase of a small string of horses horsesWilliam William Newman will make the trip to Windsor for the meeting at Devonshire Park when the meet ¬ ing closes here hereJ J Welter assistant to starter Milton had n busy time this morning at the schooling gate Fortyfive horses were handed over to him Many of this number had not been schooled since the in ¬ terruption of racing in Canada due to the war warSir Sir John Hendrie lias decided to dispose of ail his thoroughbred horse holdings At a dispersal sale in the paddock on June 30 a trio of threeyear olds a like number of yearlings and a pair of two yearolds will be offered The brood mares foals and studs on the Valley Farm will be so d pri ¬ vately The Fcrt Erie books were distributed here today aud made a strong impression on owners of the better grade of horses The condition book shows the small daily distribution to be 10000 This is a record for added money to overnight races in tlie Dominion DominionN N Breedin owner of Miss La Rue M contem ¬ plates a return to his ranch in Alberta at the close of the present meeting for the purpose of taking up three threeyearolds and four twoyearolds which have been turned out there These five are the progeny of Herman M Johnson aud the dams Emperor of Norfolk mares
