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GOSSIP OF THE TURF Of the fate of the mutuels mutes at Latonia Antonia the Enquirer says saysThe sashes The mutuel mutual machines have been once more stored away until some time in the indefinite future The Latonia Antonia management announced some time ago that at the current meeting the public meeting would be given an opportunity to make their own odds and to that end the mutuel mutual machines were put on at the opening of the meeting There were three machines in line for the first two or three days but the play in them was not sufficiently great to realize any ¬ thing like running expenses from the 5 per cent commission charged No attempt of any kind was made to discourage the public from play ¬ ing King in them but it was evident from the first that they would not take People would stand around and complain about the odds offered in the books but instead of trying to remedy the evil of which they complained so much by going to the mutuels mutes and playing on a 5 per cent basis they continued to do their betting in the books for the single reason that they wanted to know when they bet just what odds they were getting against their money The management to reduce expenses took off two of the machines but even then the commissions on the play were not sufficient to pay the salaries of the force required to oper doper ¬ ate the machines and finally after a trial of eleven days at a considerable loss the mutuels mutes were abandoned entirely yesterday Of the business done by the machines the Commercial Tribune says In the eleven days in which the mutuels mutes were in vogue they handled 13920 or about 1265 each day Of the total amount the association received 393 in commissions barely covering the operating expenses Tom McDowells McDowell good twoyearold toehold filly Rush who ran second in the Zoo Zoo Stakes Thurs day had a narrow escape from serious injury in the race During some part of it or while at the post she was jumped on and was cut near the right hind tendon Tho Theo blow was a glan glam ¬ cing acing one and had it struck squarely on the tendon it would probably have closed her racing career Cincinnati Commercial Tri ¬ bune bun W J Smith tho thou owner of Queen of Song winner of the Zoo Zoo Stakes would now have two of Latonias Platonism stakes to his credit if his fore ¬ sight had been as good as his hindsight Mr Smith before the beginning of the season also had in his string the spaedy speedy Lord Hartington Harrington colt Judge Tarvin Arvin who won the Kimball Stakes on the third day of the meeting Ho considered the filly the better of the two and having at the outset of the season decided to sell one of his twoyearolds toeholds he disposed of Judge Tarvin Arvin to Rome Respass Trespass Cincinnati Enquirer EnquirerJ Enquirer J S Curtis has registered with Messrs Messes Weatherby Weather the following names Yuletide for br c 2 by Badge Yseult Smelt and Tudesque Etudes for ch f 2 by Knight of Ellerslie Wellesley Tudie Studied For year ¬ lings Miss Pry for bay filly by Meddler Et tarre tare Obtrusive for chestnut filly by Meddler Orizaba Arizona Douche by Knight of Ellerslie Wellesley Sprinkle Waste for chestnut filly by Knight of Ellerslie Wellesley Squander Ladys Lays Favor for bay filly by Knight of Ellerslie Wellesley Diadem Han overia ovarian for bay filly by Hanover Elsino Eskimo Tris Tries tano tango for chestnut colt by Tristan Dristan Zerlina Berlin Meddlesome She for bay filly by Meddler Sheboygan and Cadran Adrian for chestnut colt foaled 1898 by St Leonards Leonard Sundial J E Madden has registered The Chamberlain II for venrlinc overlain ha
