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HAMILTON WAS DADE PUPIL Assistant of Famous Starter Gains Fame in His Own Name as Wielder of Barrier. HENDERSON, Ky., July 18.— William Hamilton, who has been starting the races at Dade Park for several years, received his training under one of the greatest starters of all time, A. Barret Dade, for whom Dade Park was named. Hamilton was an assistant under Dade for nine years. Dade, who was born at Henderson, died in 1923 and Hamilton, who had become proficient in the art of sending the thoroughbreds away from the post in alignment, was given the assignment of starter at many of the leading tracks of the country. Hamilton has sent the horses away from the post in the Kentucky Derby eight times. His first assignment was at the Blue Grass Fair in Lexington, a short time before the death of Dade. He has worked at all of the Kentucky track, Florida, New Orleans, Bowie, Chicago, Rockingham Park, Cleveland and Coney Island. Hamilton was born in Michigan, but the last seventeen years has made his home at Hot Springs, Ark. During his time off, which is seldom, he spends it hunting and fishing in the wilds of Arkansas, far removed from race tracks and the thundering hoof beats. "I am certainly glad th«y will have a starting gate at Dade Park this summer," Hamilton said recently in commenting on returning to the western Kentucky track for the meeting which will start Saturday, August 4 and continue twenty-six days.
