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; OUTSIDERS IN THE LIMELIGHT ♦ Pat Gaiety Furnishes Upset in the Oakville Handicap. ♦ Severe Storm Causes Change in Track Conditions at Hamilton — Dark Mission in Front. • HAMILTON, Ont., June 26.— Todays entertainment at Hamilton was built around the running of the Oakville Handicap, at one mile and seventy yards, for the better class home-breds. This race held the premier position on the program, and the result was one of the many surprises that took place during the afternoon. In the Oakville Handicap a field of five of the better type home-breds started, and it saw Pat Gaiety, a despised outsider, in the small field, the victor when in a belated spurt the Glassco starter got up in the final sixteenth to overtake R. H. News Aymond to win by a length. Just a neck back of the favorite came R. W. R. Cowies Kingsway, while the unfortunate Shorelint, after being away in poor fashion, covered an immense amount of ground to finish closely lapped on the trio at the end. The start was a good one, and Shorelint left with the others. Aimers, however, lost his balance, and by falling back caused Shorelint to swerve to the outside, and before he could be straightened out he had lost a great deal of ground. Aymond was setting the pace, and he raced along with Kingsway forcing the running. This was the order until midway of the back stretch, and it was Shorelint that moved up to displace Lindsay for the only change. Kings-way and Aymond were both showing the effects of the pace, and for a moment it appeared as if Shorelint was going to be good enough. This, however, did not materialize as Pat Gaiety, coming resolutely, got up in the last sixteenth. Aymond was under a drive to save second. Shorelint was beaten by two lengths. Heavy rains and eletrical storms visited Hamilton Thursday night and early Friday morning and caused the first change in track conditions for the current meeting and for the first time racing took place over a muddy track. The attendance was up to the average, with outsiders dominating in the various races. Twelve maiden three-year-olds and over started in the sprint that opened activities. Each had the services of maiden riders, and the winning combination was made up of P. B. Codds Colono and R. Munroe. Colono, starting from his outside position in good fashion, raced close behind Ability, displaced the latter when entering the stretch and in the final stages drew away to score by a length and one-half. The Barton Plate, for juveniles and the first of the dual features, was run as the third race. A popular victory took place here when Dark Mission, racing for J. Whyte and held at small odds, was an easy winner. Coming from behind the pace set by Chile Gold and Bill Nora, the Whyte gelding finished the route with a two and one-half lengths margin over the Geneseo starter. Bill Nora, in the P. P. Faulconer silks, easily led home Jaffa and the three others that started. Twelve sprinters of medium grade furnished the contention for the three-quarters of the second race after a delay of over twelve minutes at the barrier through the unruliness of several of the contestants. Fair Jack, from the H. G. Bedwell stable, was the one to earn brackets when he displayed a rare effort through the sticky footing to lead for every stride of the way and round out his triumph by leading Mint Magi, from the Seagram Stable, across the winning line by two and one-half lengths. Third fell to the lot of J. E. Small-mans Toki, and J. Wormsers Black and Blue led the others.
