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HAMILTON DERBY SURPRISE Seagram Stables Imported English Horse Golden Sphere Is the Winner HAMILTON Ont Tune 24 It was a typical British victory in the thirteenth renewal of the Hamilton Derby the big racing attraction of the opening day The Seagram stable supplied the win ¬ ner In the Englishbred Golden Sphere a son of Oliver Goldsmith Sphere of Influence which won by a length from Planet with Pliniico third Lan ¬ caster who had tho mount on the winner went to the front with a rush and the Britisher opened up j a commanding lead with a dazzling display of speed that left ills opponents groggy behind him Planet was the one to take up tin chase and at the top of the stretch the crowd was brought to their feet with the cry Hes beat Lancaster went to work with the whip and the foreigner responded in a game manner and drew away at the end Planet ran a creditable race while Pimlico easily was best of the others The race was at a distance of a mile and a quarter and the time of 205 was a creditable performance The winners share of the stake was 4710 4710Golden Golden Sphere was backed with rare confidence and netted his admirers a dividend of 540 for the usual 2 investment This was his first start in America and his private trials had been quite encouraging encouragingThe The opening days program offered Iiy the Ham ¬ ilton Jockey Club was iin exceptionally gwd tine and brought together well balanced fields and the keenest of racing resulted Apart from the IHrliy the Salisbury Handicap and the Mount Hope Stee ¬ plechase were offered Motor Cop J K L Ross speed marvel was returned winner of the former He shouldered 133 pounds and ran his opponents dizzy in the first hnlf mile and was under re ¬ straint at the end Ultra Gold and Mock Orange supplied the battle for second place with the former lasting out to win by a short head headThat That the public is in favor of steeplechasing was demonstrated with the running of tho Mount Hope This race marked the reappearance of leepers in Hamilton in some years and brought out more enthusiasm than the running of the Derby DerbyCommander Commander J K L Ross accompanied by his family arrived from Montreal and will remain for the meeting meetingJ J S Ward and Gallaher Brothers arrived from Kentucky with their stables and will finish out the remainder of the Canadian circuit circuitH H G Bedwell acting for several western parties made an offer of 75000 to P T Chinn for the crop of yearlings some twentythree in number which are located in Kentucky The offer was made while Bedwell was in Kentucky assisting J F Payne in laying out a breeding farm at Kenton Mr Chinn refused the offer the crop going east to the auction block this summer summerThe The following list of temporary licenses to jock ¬ eys and trainers was granted today todayTrainers Trainers T P Cowan C Horton A S Day W McNeil M Gpodpaster A Swenke W R Finne gan J C Gallagher C Buxton C Sanford A V Thomas R Goose GooseJockeys Jockeys M Buxton L Allen E Donohue II J Burke J D Mooney A Gantner GantnerJ J K L Ross good threeyearold Star Voter pulled up quite lame following his last trial for the Derby and will be on the shelf for some time He bowed slightly
