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HAMILTONS BANNER MEETING ENDS Closing Day Attendance large Despite Threatening Weather Feature Race to Primo HAMILTON Ontario July 2 The most suc ¬ cessful meeting in the history of the Hamilton Jockey Club from the viewpoint of attendance and volume of inutuel betting was brought to a close this afternoon with the running off of an ordinary card featuring the Dominion Plate at a mile and an eighth for three year olds and upward foaled and owned in the Dominion Heavy showers about daybreak slowed the course a great deal and the presence of clouds in the skies throughout the morning brought about predictions that the closing would be a failure but the devotees of the sport turned out in such large numbers that they taxed the comfortable accommodations of the plant Scratches were more frequent than usual and all the fields were small but good racing resulted in spite of the small number to face the starter and the condition of the track trackThe The colors of Harry Giddings were carried to victory in the Dominion Plate by Primo a three yearold colt by Plaudmore My Honey Jockey Romanelli took Primo into the lead at the first turn and made all the pace winning by six lengths Ladder of Light finished second and Am ¬ munition which was coupled with Somme as the G M Hendrie entry and backed into favoritism because of his easy victory a few days ago could land no better than a bad third thirdAnother Another likely looking twoyearold was uncov ¬ ered in the first race when Witch Flower led from start to finish in the opening race at five eighths for twoyearolds twoyearoldsAV AV O Blender will be in charge of the express shipment of horses leaving here tonight for Fort Erie over the Grand Trunk Mr Blender reports that the Grand Trunk will run six special trains daily from Buffalo to the Fort Erie course courseJudge Judge Joseph A Murphy leaves here tonight for Devonshire to serve in the stand there After that meeting he will go to his home in St Louis for a short visit visitIrwin Irwin Proctor a local amateur aviator who saw service with the British air forces flew his plane j vor thacourse today aiHl landfc iitythc irfioliJ before the first race The apprentice allowance on Vansylvla was waived in the sixth race raceG G W Forman this morning disposed of Buck board to R J Ferriss and Hindoostan to W Mc Kinney at private sale The former ran in the in ¬ terest of his new owner today W S Heath trainer for the Nevada Stock Farm Stable has engaged E P Denny to ride the twoyearolds which make lip his string They will bo raced at Devonshire Park next week weekW W L Oliver will ship his stable to Fort Erie ErieThe The jockeys who have been riding at the meeting here will be divided about equally between Fort Erie and Devonshire The following are some of the riders going to Fort Erie O Willis M Anderson R Romanelli J Butwell H Thurber E De Mayo and I Fletcher FletcherThe The following will go to Devonshire K Barnes BarnesD D Stirling C Dishmon G Mangan It Simpson SimpsonE E Pollard S Mitchell W Moore W Hinphy A Richcreek E Fa tor R McCrann and J H Burke BurkeJockey Jockey G Stack will go to Devonshire to ride Paul Weidel in the National Handicap Monday and will accompany the Loweustein crack to Fort Erie to ride him in the Canadian Derby DerbyF F J Kclley will go to the Devonshire Park meeting where lie will make the mounts for the two good apprentices W Moore and G Mangan ManganP P L Munson will handle the book of jockey Stearns at the Devonshire meeting
