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UPSET AT HAMILTON TRACK ■ ♦ Eliza Jane Furnishes Big Surprise in Oakville Purse. * Filly Easily Defeats Odtls-On Favorite In Outstanding Attraction — Contemplate Best in Third Rare. HAMILTON, Ont., June 26.— The Oakville Purse was the title for the one mile and a sixteenth fourth race of the afternoon and for this five of the better grade province-breds answered, under allowance conditions, and with the running a surprise resulted when R. W. R. Cowies Eliza Jane was returned the winner in easy fashion by four lengths over Ryland H. Nevvs Troutlet, while the odds-on choice for the race. Beau of the West, in the silks of the Seagram Stable, under his steadying impost of 117 pounds, was unable to concede the weight and, after showing the way under restraint to the head of the stretch, tired badly in the final drive and had to be content with third honrs, being beaten by a neck for the place award, while Taurus easily led Hanna Deebe, the remaining starter, to the end of the route. Glacial, installed a prohibitive choice for the five-eighths first race, disappointed her admirers, for the best she could do was to take down the second portion of the purse when she was led to the end of the distance by Mrs. C. V. B. Cushmans Showery. Leading the others in the field of eight came Noirette, carrying the silks of D. Garrity. Showery, displaying fine speed from the start, opened up a lead of eight lengths in the first naif mile and this advantage stood her in good stead when she began tiring in the final quarter mile and in the drive that followed she was able to stall off Glacials final rush to beat the latter by a length, while Noirette, after a slow beginning, finished with splendid courage on the heels of the leading pair. Mrs. J. W. Daytons Sea Lady, confidently supported for the mile and a sixteenth second race, made good in a stubborn drive when she just managed to get up in the last strides to take the measure of the well-meant Gnome Second, which races for C. K. Moore. Just a length in back of the latter, taking the minor share of the purse, was G. C. Brentons Altissimo, which only had a margin of a head over Royal Flag, with the others more or less strung out. Civility in this particular race went out to show the way and opened up a lead of three lengths, which she held until reaching the far turn. There she began to tire. Gnome Second assumed a slight lead at the eighth post. Sea Lady, in the meantime, had worked her way into a prominent position and, securing racing room on the inside of her rivals, finished fast and was just able to drop her nose down at the opportune moment. Eight good sprinters faced the barrier for the third race, a test of three-quarters, for which G. W. Foremans Contemplate was the Continued on twenty-fourth page. UPSET AT HAMILTON TRACK Continued from first page. one most in demand with the players, and the result brought true predictions when the good son of Rire Aux Larmes — Quietude scored in a hard drive by a neck from C. V. B. Cushmans Pledge, while Donetta accounted for the third share of the purse. Contemplate, away with the leaders and racing in third place, closely lapped on Balai dOr and Pledge, came to the outside for the final drive and, standing the drive in excellent fashion, managed to displace Pledge in the final sixteenth, after the latter had disposed of the faint hearted Salmon starter, and was slowly drawing clear. Polls, which races for H. C. Hatch of Toronto, earned the main share of the purse in the mile and seventy yards Beamsville Purse, the secondary feature and an affair for the better grade long distance runners. For the race there were four others to oppose the Hatch starter after Charlemagne, of the W. J. Salmon stable, was withdrawn. Polls was accorded strong support and went to the post an odds-on choice. He justified this confidence when he reached the winning line by a length and a half in front of W. H. Wrights Royal Watch, while into third place and leading Noine came Milaria, which performs for A. G. Weston. Broom Whisk, which came in for extensive support from the New York contingent, tired in the early stages after assuming a slight lead. He was racing well when he fell lame after three-quarters had been run, and jockey F. Mann was forced to dismount. There was a decided change in the atmosphere for the second day of the meeting at the Hamilton Jockey Club track when during the course of the afternoon high winds blew over the track. However, this did not detract from the good program offered.
