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LARGE CROWD AT HAMILTON Stoneage Takes Feature Race — Heads Separate Placed Horses in Third Race. HAMILTON, Ohio, May 30.— Making his debut at this meeting, W. A. Baumgartners Stoneage accounted for the Memorial Day Purse, which featuied the card at the Fair Grounds this afternoon. Dynamo and Pay-man divided the minor portions of the purse. The Granite gelding was far back in the early running, but he finished with rare courage under good riding by jockey Pevic through the stretch and outgamed Dynamo in the final drive. Payman was prominent in the early stages, but tired after showing the way into the stretch. Marvelite and Tom Hayes tired when the real contest began. So large was the holiday crowd that the attendance records for this course was exceeded and the accommodation of the spacious stand and enclosure greatly overtaxed. Under no circumstances could the conditions have been improved upon. The weather was delightful, the track at its best and the racing provided was of a spirited nature. One of the best finishes of the day came in the second race, in which Liborio, Little Avon and Cobhari reached the wire heads apart. Liborio led the way throughout, with Little Avon closely following, but he barely lasted. Cothari was a fast-finishing third. Col. Taylor snapped off an ankle while racing on the first turn and had to be destroyed. Jockey Zucchini, who had the mount, was uninjured. Although he led throughout in the initial race, Col. Pat was hard pressed at the end to outstay Harp of the North by the smallest of margins. My Friend Pat, although tiring rapidly, saved third place. Another rousing finish came in the third, in which Mally S., the favorite, headed Peralta, the pacemaker, in the last few yards. Spring Bud was a fast-finishing third. After being badly outpaced for the first half mile of the fourth race, Gladstone finished with a rush on the outside and headed Viennese in the last few strides. Robert Maxwell and El Astro were prominent in the early stages, the former lasting to be third. Steadily improving her position, Little Hat-tie outstayed Anglep.ane in the final drive to take the fifth race under mild urging. Mar-garetta E., the pacemaker, was third. My Destiny was messed about all over the track, and Sound, under Pevics guidance, showed a performance very much below par. Closely following the pace of Kalakaua to the stretch in the seventh race, May Bruen had the most in reserve for the final drive and got up in the final strides. It was a rousing finish and a popular victory, the third straight for the Ballot mare. A
