Kingly Shows Good Form: Mrs. L. A. Livingston Uncovers Promising Candidate For Canadian Derby Honors.; Colt Is Returned Winner of National Handicap at Hamilton and Wins Many Friends--Hamilton Attendance Records Are Shattered., Daily Racing Form, 1913-07-02

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KINGLY SHOWS GOOD FORM MRS L A LIVINGSTON UNCOVERS PROMISING CANDIDATE FOR CANADIAN DERBY HONORS Colt Is Returned Winner of National Handicap at atHamilton Hamilton and Wins Many Friends Hamilton HamiltonAttendance Attendance Records Are Shattered Hamilton Out July 1 All records for atten ¬ dance were smashed at the Hamilton course thla afternoon Dominion Day brought out a tremendous gathering that packed every available space wlthiu the enclosure The first three races were held back to await the arrival of a second special train from Toronto that was delayed en route and the horses were not called to the post for the fourth race until 441 A splendid program was provldeil by the club the feature of wnich was the National Handicap a dash of one mile and an eighth to which 2000 was added Only five of the eight carded went to the post with Kleburne having the call with the bettors The race was a spiritcil struggle from the moment the barrier was sprung Kingly going into the lead anc racing head and head with Kleburne until the last ffity yards where the favorite faltered Kingly went on with rare courage and in the final drive withstood Buskins rush to win by a neck The fractional time of the raco was 24 4S 112 138 151 Froglegs the top weight was fourth With good racing luck he probably would have won Buxton made the mis ¬ take of trying to go through on the inside of Buskin on the turn out of the backstretch and was prompt ¬ ly shut off Mr Schorrs colt pulled up lame after the race Kingly is being prepared for his engage ¬ ment in the Canadian Derby to be run at Fort Erie on Wednesday July 9 and on his performance this afternoon he looks capable of giving any of the threeyearolds shown a good argument The argumentThe brief history of the National Handicap is as follows Year Winner AWt Jockey Val Time 1909 Plaudmore 3 93 T Chandlerl340 151 1910 Seismic 5 109 Musgrave 1240 152 1911 Meridian 3 114 G Archibd 1815 151 1912 Ocean Bound 5 115 McTaggart 1790 150 1913 Kingly 3 95 Montour 1610 151 The Davles stable figured prominently in the after ¬ noons results It furnished the winner of the first race In Perpetual while the Davies entry First Sight and Calgary ran first and second la tlio Beamsville Purse a dash of one mile and a six ¬ teenth teenthLizzie Lizzie Flat duplicated her victory of the opening1 day when she won the Mount Hope Steeplechase over the twomiles course She and First Sight were the only winning favorites of the afternoon The closest finish of the day came with the running of the seventh race whicJl was over the grass course Mollle S with Obert in the saddle camo through the homestretch with a great rush and just managed to get up In time to beat Ta Nun Da a nose noseAmos Amos Turueys great threeyearold Horron worked a mile over the Hamilton track this morning as follows 34 59 112 125 139 This was his final move iu preparation for the Fourth of July Han ¬ dicap FridayWillie to be run at Fort Erie on Friday Willie Shields left with the McGraw and Ryan horses for Fort Erie this morning B W Moore Roddy P Marshall Earl Linnell and A G Westou will leave with their strings tomorrow J W Graver has arranged to take up the year ¬ lings owned by George M aud J S Hendrie There are thirteen in the lot and they will be shipped to the Woodbine track at Toronto on Thursday ThursdayWill Will Wallace will turn The Widow Moon out at the conclusion of the Fort Erie meeting She will be rested until the reopening of racing on the Ken ¬ tucky tracks


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