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HAMILTON ONTARIO MEETING Canadian Derby Principal Attraction of Opening Day Program Pop ¬ ular Canadian Track The field for the Canadian Derby Handicap for threeyearolds and over owned in Canada at one and onesix ¬ teenth miles follows PP Horse Wt Jockey 1 Miss Monoa 98 F Madeley tSun Abbot 99 N Wall 3 Live One 107 A Snider 4 Crout au PoL 108 N Foden 5 JHokuao 116 F Mann 6 Finalist 104 R Watson 7 Khorasan 122 P Remillard 8 Crofter 106 E Barnes 9 Stealingaway 104 T Vercher 10 iShady Well 107 N Wall IE F Seagram entry JW I Newmarch entry HAMILTON OnL June 25 The first summer meeting of the Hamilton Jockey Club will be inaugurated here Tuesday Dominion Day arid a fine program with the Canadian Derby as the chief attraction will be offered offeredRacing Racing secretary and handicapper John P Turner have arranged an attractive and well balanced card of seven races with a field of ten carded to go postward in the Derby Khorasan from the Mrs J Ba dame stable has been allotted the post of honor with the high impost of 122 pounds six more than that of the W I Newmarch entry Hokuao which comes in with 116 pounds then follows his stablemate Grout au Pot with 108 Next in line is Live One from the A J Sansone string with 107 fol ¬ lowed by E F Seagrams Shady Well at the same weight and which will have as run ¬ ning mate the threeyearold Sun Abbot carrying Tiinetynine pounds Crofter the Canadianbred which took the measure of the famous Horometer has been allotted 106 pounds poundsMuch Much of the interest in the Derby has been robbed by the forced withdrawal of Horometer which suffered a foot injury during the past week while working out in preparation for the event Nevertheless the ten carded to face the starter will give the fans plenty to speculate about the ultimate result resultThere There wil be the usual daily event con ¬ tested over the turf course which before the advent of Hialeah Park the Hamilton course boasted of having the only races on the grass track in North America AmericaThe The Daily Double will be of the 2 de ¬ nomination and be on the first and third races The first race wil be called to the post at 230 p m eastern daylight saving time timeTrack Track superintendent Paddy Maloney has had a staff of landscape workers busy for the past month setting out the various flow ¬ ers and plants about the infield and the en ¬ tire course in all its history never looked better
