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LATONIA JOCKEY CLUB OPENS ITS STAKES. Latonia Handicap Is a New One No Renewal of Derby and Oaks for 1907. Cincinnati. January 8. The Latonia Jockey Clubs spring:-meetiugiwlll begin, utxjut May2tf;aiWutiraeii for thirty-one days. To cover this iierlod of racing Secretary Dillon, after consulting with the directors, will issue the stake blanks this week and the entries to the same will close February 15. The Latonia Derby was elosed last year and so were entries to the Oaks. The first named stake will be worth over ,000 .and the last named ,500. Renewals of these stakes for 1007 will not be made, as It is the intention to substitute for them more pretentious events, the American Derby being one. The following are the stakes which will close February 13, the first named being a new feature: Latonia Handicap, at a mile and a quarter, for three-year-olds and upward, with ,000 added. 3 to accompany the nomination and 00 additional to start. Clipsetta Stakes, two-year-old fillies, five furlongs, ,230 added. Harold Stakes, two-year-old colts and geldings, five furlongs, ,230 added. Cincinnati Trophy, two-year-olds, five and one-half furlongs. ,000 added and the Flelschinann cup worth 00. Brewers Exchange Handicap, six furlongs, ,250 added. Merchants Stakes, selling, one mile, ,230 added. Decoration Day Handicap, one aud one-sixteenth miles, ,230 added. Kentucky Steeplechase, club house course, ,000 added. Cincinnati Hotel Handicap, one aud one-eighth miles, ,230 added.
