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G. r SIMMS AUCILLA "Proves Best in Oakville Handicap, I Chief Offering at Hamilton.- Joy Smoke and Harry Baker Follow "Winner Home In Order Named Care Free Again Leads Field Home. HAMILTON, Ont., June 27. Aucilla, racing in the interest of C. .C. Smithson, scored an , Impressive victory when he proved best of the four other starters that contested the Oakville Handicap, the outstanding attraction which was offered for the entertainment of a large Monday gathering at the course of the Hamilton Jockey- Club. Only five starters faced the barrier In the feature. Joy Smoke was accorded the most .support with Harry Baker second in esteem, .while the eventual winner came in for strong support right near post time and his price dropped fast. The start found the field away rather awkwardly, due to Harry Baker swerving across the track with the release of the webbing. This gave Joy Smoke, Wandering Minstrel and Nozieres very little chance to break clearly, while Aucilla, profiting by having the rail position, readily sprinted into the lead going to the first turn. Joy Smoke was rushed along after his slow get-away until, on reaching the back stretch, he was within a head of Aucilla, Nozieres was leading the others by a small margin. In the run down the back stretch, O. Brown, who was astride his second winning mount, permitted the son of Broomstick to lengthen strides and he opened a good gap. Joy Smoke was kept under pressure but was unable to make up any ground, and at the end he was beaten a little more than a length, while Harry Baker came along with good speed to take down third money without being hard pressed. BROWN IN LIMELIGHT. Jockey Orville Brown, the diminutive youngster that is held under contract by J. E. Beal, was much in the limelight during the day, when he piloted his third successive winning mount in the sixth race in which he had the mount on John F. Kleaver, which incidentally proved to be the second successful choice of the day to make good. His previous winning mounts were Taurus and Aucilla. The second race on the program, a dash over the three-quarter mile route, attracted a field of seven well matched speedsters and, with the running, came another surprise when Tetra Glass, racing for the Seagram Stable, was returned the winner in a severe drive over the public choice, Heartache, by a neck. .Man finished third and well lapped on the leading pair as they flashed past the finishing mark. There was much rough riding during the contest and for a few minutes it appeared as though the purse would be taken away from the Seagram starter, as he was guilty of crossing over on Heartache and Sun Lynn as he moved up on the outside of the pair at the stretch turn. However, after a few minutes deliberation with the crowd .howling for the numbers to be taken down the stewards decided otherwise and the placing was allowed to stand. Jockeys Chalmers and O. Brown lodged claims of foul but both "cases were dismissed. Taurus, after two years in attempting to earn brackets, finally accomplished his purpose and broke out of the maiden class when he was returned an easy winner of the mile and seventy yards offering that had decision as he fourth race. It was styled the Beams-vllle Purse and was exclusively for province breds. This was the semi-feature of the day and it was a rather good field that strove for honors. Taurus was conceded strong support, and his victory was one of the most popular of the day. Away to a good start. Brown, who piloted the winner, kept his mount in close pursuit of the pace cut out by Bloomtip and Gay Parisian, and when he got down the final drive shook off his opponents to score by three lengths. OUTSIDER HOME FIRST. Those who rely on outsiders started the afternoon off auspiciously, when Eiderbard, sadly neglected for the five-eighths dash which opened the afternoons proceedings, and which was exclusively for two-year-olds, made good when he took a slight lead soon after tho rise of the barrier, only to be displaced from the leadership by the favorite Omars Double on rounding the turn out of the back stretch. Eiderbard was evidently destined to earn brackets, as he came again and. regaining command in the stretch, beat the favorite by a good length. Third part of the purse fell to Lucie Dunbar, with Air-flight an exceedingly close fourth and the others strung out badly. Prince Carol and Runanelf came to grief shortly after the start, when Prince Carol stumbled and Runanelf fell over him. Both of their pilots escaped injury. Care Free, bad tempered son of Colin Domino Noire, which races for Mrs. A. E. Alexandra added another set of brackets to his already long list of victories that have been compiled at many different tracks. He showed the way to a good band of sprinters in the third race. This marked the fourth consecutive victory for the Alexandra color-bearer in his last four starts and he was accorded strong support. Beginning well, he raced along with Lemn"5s, which raced into an early lead, and, taking command rounding the lower turn, finished with a margin of a little more than a length to spare over Nlm-rod, which raced into second place, outstaying Gymkhana by a nose. Lemnos finished fourth, while the others were never serious factors.
