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BQSC0BEL SURPRISE WINNER Furnishes Upset by Displaying Stay- . ing Power at Hamilton. Largest Week Day Crowd of Meeting Witnesses Good ProgramDeduce Also Surprises in the Sixth Race. HAMILTON, Ont., June 29. W. C. Dun-ford furnished the winner of the Prince of. Wales Purse, under claiming conditions, that served as the principal attraction for the fourth day of the meeting. In this the Dun-ford colors were carried by Boscobel and the daughter of Sir Greysteel, never partial to a route, turned in a sparkling effort to lead six other distance performers over the mile and one-sixteenth journey, furnishing one of the many upsets of the meeting. Leading every stage of the distance, after moving into the lead entering the back stretch, Boscobel reached the end before Partisan, from the H. C. Hatch stable, with a length and one-half to spare. Deedie, coming from last place, raced into third place to capture that portion of the spoils . from Happen, of the Mrs. G. Fox stable. Dark Mission, from the Seagram Stable, was fifth and then followed Louis Merryman and Black Diamond. Run as the fifth race the field went to the first turn closely grouped, although Black Diamond, from his inside position, was last of the seven. Boscobel was rushed up by J. Mattioli and, going along smoothly, resisted challenges from Happen, while Partisan was right with the pair in the first three-quarters. Dark Mission had suffered some crowding in the early stages, but t was able to hold fourth place. Boscobel was holding command resolutely as the final turn was reached and that appeared about her best distance. Mattioli, however, held the filly under restraint and when threatened by Partisan, moved away easily. Deedie made a belated effort to catch the first two and right at the end was just a half-length short of overtaking Partisan, while Happen was a half dozen lengths further back. While cloudy and threatening overhead conditions ruled, these conditions failed to have any serious effect on the "attendance, which reached its highest peak for a week day. The silks of C. V. Whitney were carried to a popular triumph for their initial success of the meeting when New Sun, overcoming early interference and well ridden by E. Barnes, was returned a driving winner in the York Plate, first race of the day. This saw six others opposing the son of Broomstick and, fighting it out bitterly with the Whitney colt, followed home by Maebee, from the R. S. McLaughlin stable and Siss, from the H. C. Hatch barn, just noses apart as they earned second and third, respectively. Archwood was a half dozen lengths away as he led the others. Kings Bounty, from the W. H. Wright stable, turned in an impressive triumph to graduate from the maiden ranks when he defeated seven other smart home-bred juveniles in the second race at five furlongs. Ridden by L. Schaefer and last of the eight contestants to get under way, the W. H. Wright colt displayed a high turn of speed after his slow beginning, that came about when he dwelt and, gradually overtaking his rivals through the final half mile, was on by the pacemakers inside the closing furlong to register by a length and one-half. Old Fashioned earned second for J. C. Fletcher when he raced in the thick of contention for the entire way and third was garnered by R. S. McLaughlins Rompridge when he out-finished the tiring pacemaker Hidden City. The winner, on the strength of several fast trials, came in for strong support and his triumph was exceedingly popular. Another choice registered when J. E. Smallmans veteran mare, Toki, found a field that could not match her speed successfully and she was good enough to race along in advance of her company for the six and one-half furlongs of the third race to round out a rather easy score. Going to the front immediately and kept under a slight early restraint, the Smallman sprinter opened up a lead of three lengths after completing six furlongs and thereafter was not threatened, as she finished the distance; two and one-half lengths before Bubbling Out, from the Four L. Stable. Playing landed in third position, a head before W. Garths Larry Damm, while Stuart, one of the well-fancied entries, was never a factor at any stage. Opposed by six ordinary performers in the fourth race for home-breds that had not won this year, Bronze, the well backed choice for the race, failed his admirers when he could do no better than finish in fourth place. His- defeat was attributed to Aimers, when, after racing at the heels of Frigid Frosty and Single Sea and well clear of the four other aspirants, he elected to send his mount to the -inside of the pacemakers when approaching the final turn. This proved the deciding blow for the choice, as he suffered interference and before he could be righted and brought back into full stride, he was passed by both Pampered Pet and Gilded Casino and at the end gave way to Granite Rock for third. Pampered Pet, in a hard drive, outstayed Gilded Casino to earn, the major award. Granite Rock was three lengths back as the first two crossed the finish separated by a head.
