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SPIRITED LATONIA RACING CLOSE AND DOUBTTFUL FINISHES MARK MAN OF YESTERDAYS CONTESTS Monsignor Wins a LongDelayed Victory in Run away Fashion Margaret T Defeats Grande Dame Fred Mace Surprise of the Day Cincinnati O June 24 There was a noticeable In ¬ crease in the attendance today and the speculation during the afternoon was also more spirited that at any time this week Surprises were frequent ami favorites were defeated in most of the races Ihe horsemen here have not despaired of racing at New Orleans next winter and are hopeful some means will be found whereby the sport will be conducted without interference interferenceTodays Todays racing was again mainly contested by ordinary class horses lint they furnished some of the best svx rt of the meeting The finishes in three of the races were so Hose that none but the judges were In a position to determine which of the starters had reached the finish In advance Several sharp form somersaults occurred The most notable one came In the fifth race when Fred Mace which hud been showing nothing In his previous races won after a hard drive to down My Queen of the Roses The favorites Oeorge young Orlandwiek and Oasis were never conspicuous The tirstnamed pair were crowded out soon after the start and Oasis bled In the first quarter quarterWarfield Warfield which of late has been showing steady improvement made good in the second race when he beat speedy Anne McGee after a sharp drive to get up In the closing strides Madrileno which was making his first start of the meeting was caught in the barrier at the start and carried the largest part of it with him until after the finish finishMargaret Margaret T and Grande Daine put up a rousing contest in the third race Margaret T just iast iug long enough to get the decision The Hendrie mare showed decided Improvement over her previ ¬ ous running recently and would have won in an ¬ other stride strideMerrick Merrick well ridden and favored by good racing luck led a good band of selling platers to the finish in the fourth race but had to do his best to outstay Hannibal Bey Crowding was responsible for Still Alarms poor showing He was almost thrown on the first turn but closed a big gap in the stretch and would probably have won but for the interfer ¬ ence Miss Crittenden was well supported by the sharpshooters and took the opening dash from Point Lace The latter was best but could not overcomo frequent Interference InterferenceMouslgnor Mouslgnor running to his best form and showing much speed never left the result In doubt in the closing race and won in a canter John Louis and Albert Star fought it out lor second place which the former got Stone Streets bad showing caused adverse comment commentJ J C Milam has disposed of Bess Ward and Henry Bosworth to W It Hall who will campaign them at the fairs in Indiana IndianaThere There was a rumor that the Latonla meeting would come to a close Saturday next but this was strenu ¬ ously denied by the management managementTo To dissolve partnership between Milton Young and W A Smith several of their liorses will be sold by auction in the paddock next Saturday
