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DON DOMO WEAKENS AT END. NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO TAKE THE MEASURE OF MARTHA GORMAN. Bluemint Wins the Steeplechase Santon Has a Tight Fit Morendo Spoils. a Coup With Gamester Jockey Grasen Rides. Cincinnati, O., August 24. Todays card at La-tonia was made up mainly to give the cheaper horses an opportunity to earn feed money. The exception was the third race at six furlongs In which Martha Gorman and Don Domo measured strides and produced a stirring contest. These two were thought to have the race between them and were accorded nearly all the support. Don Domo, running at his best, assumed a long lead, but in the stretch began to weaken, permitting the Respess filly to overhaul him. In a terrific drive she outlasted the gray horse and landed the purse In the final stride. Mil-tiades was a distant third and Evajean, the only other starter, never was a contender. The steeplechase, which was mainly responsible for the big crowd, resulted In one of the best contests of this kind witnessed in some time. The field was a bad one, but all fenced in good style with the exception of War Chief, which came to grief at the last field jump. Bluemint showed surprising improvement and won as his rider pleased from Wool Dealer. Dalesman and Weird were always outpaced and distanced at the finish. John C. Ferrlss essayed a coup with Gamester In the second race and failed to bring it off successfully because of Griffiths poor ride. His stable rider, D. Boland, was on tbe winner, Morendo, which nosed Gamester out at the finish. Griffith was also responsible for the defeat of Savoir Fatre. which was much the best in the sixth race, but could only finish second to Inspector Girl. In the. best finish of the afternoon, Santon was returned a winner in the fifth race. He ran to his best form today and his connections are reported as having won heavily by bis victory. He was bid up 00 over his entered price of 00, by S. Louis, but was retained. Cotton and Applegates horses will be shipped to Oakland after the close of this meeting and be rested there until the beginning of that meeting. Jockey Grasen was given permission to ride today by starter Holtman and had the mount on Fiasco, In the fifth race. The statement that the boy had ridden in Austria is erroneous. He had only been exercising horses there. The boy does not speak a word of English, but converses fluently In German. In conversation he stated that he had only been In this country three weeks, was born In Dresden, and Is twenty years old. He can ride at ninety pounds and many horsemen are of the opinion that he possesses merit tiiat will some daj- bring him to the front as a good race rider. Jockey C. Morris Incurred Holtmans dlspleasnre during the afternoon and was fined 5 in the second race, 0 In the fifth race and suspended for six days for bad behavior in the sixth. Dr. Talbot left tonight for Louisville, where he goes to apply the firing irons to several horses owned by James Arthur. Thomas Chivingtou, formerly associate judge at Harlem, was appointed to the position of associate and patrol judge at Douglas Park. The horses comprising the stable of W. Gabriel will shortly be shipped to California.
