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CfflJLITA AN OAKS WINNER TAKES THE LATONIA FEATURE IN A CANTER AFTER ELLENADALE TIRES Moquette Runs a Fast Race and Defeats Prince Ah ¬ med in a Sensational Finish Tom Hayes Manages to Win a Race at Last t Cincinnati O Tune 21 The Latonia Oaks an oldestablished event here ranking with the La tonla Derby was the feature of a good program that attracted a fairly large attendance Only four started in the event T C McDowells good lilly EllenaIale winner of the Kentucky Oaks being installed favorite at the opening but a report that she was ailing caused a change in sentiment and Chnllta and Lady Martha the latter a first time starter this year were given preference near the close KllenaDale made the early running but after traversing a mile she began showing distress and was quickly passed by the others ultimately finishing u bad last Chulita winning in a eanter from Lady Martha and Skyo in third place Lady Martha lacked thorough Illness and tired badly when hard pressed With thp effects of a race or two in her she would probably have been returned the winner winnerChulita Chulita and owner Labold were tendered an ova ¬ tion after the race KllenaDale had been suffer ¬ ing from distemper which mused an abscess to form on the outside of her neck As she had ex ¬ hibited no symptoms of fever Mr McDowell decided to try for the Oaks mistakenly as the result showed showedAs As the liorses went to the post McDowell said The lilly has no fever but owing to this abscess under Iicr neck 1 have been unable to do as mncu with lier as I would have liked and hardly think she is right up to a bruising race Tlfe abscess would not come to a head so that it could he lanceti but she looks good and may come through with a victory victoryThe The mile Handicap which followed the Oaks was taken by Moquette in a sensational stretch rush Prince Ahmed was an overwhelming favorite and appeared a certain winner in the stretch but Mo quette came from last place with an electric rush wore him down in the closing sixteenth and won drawing away Jockey Powers who had the mount on Prince Alimed was severely censured for racing the favorite into exhaustion by taking him all around tlie others on the first turn turnThe The Alvey contingent also lost a hard race with their Ilazelthorpe on which V Powers put up a timid ride Genera S ran an excellent race and lasted long enough to take the purse from the fast coming Deacon DeaconT T P Hayes managed to annex a purse his first since winning the Bush Cup at New Orleans with Uedgauntlet when his Plume a firsttime starter won the opening race from a fairly good band of youngsters youngstersJoe Joe Gaitens which recently arrived here with the P T Cliinn consignment from New York fur ¬ nished the surprise by winning the second race in handy style styleMirzer Mirzer turned the tables on Mary Talbott his recent conqueror by winning as his rider pleased in the closing race raceJ J C Milains twoyearold colt Uncle Hawk died this morning from pneumonia pneumoniaBarney Barney Schrelber will ship the twoyearolds Emp ¬ eror William Woodlands Kose and Joe Rose to New York next Sunday The G J Long consignment numbering nine including Sir Iluon and Arclte will leave at the same time timeJohn John Louis has been sold to G Riffe ot Chatta ¬ nooga Tenn It is said the same owner has an Interest in the horses racing la the name of W Mathews MathewsAlthough Although showing timidity on several of his mounts jockey Powers managed to ride three win ¬ ners during the afternoon afternoonThere There was considerable excitement just after the first race when a track policeman discharged his pistol after a fleeing handbookmakcr Jockey Cole man on Procla seeing the action thought the shot intended for him and jumped off his mount No one was hurt hurtChulita Chulita was badly kicked by Lady Martha while at the post
