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IAT0NIA MEETING CLOSES. XAST DAY. DEVOTED 10 CONSOLATION RACING FOR UNLUCKY HORSES AND OWNERS. Apt Rnd Estella C. the Only Winning Favorites Aimce C, Surprises Her Owners Horse- l men in a Quandary, r ." . Cincinnati. O.. November 11. The Latonia meet-InK which closed today was a successful one from the point of view of clean racing, and it afforded some little remuneration to the club over expenses. The contention with the State Racing Commission over the method of betting- to be used injured the meeting greatly at the outset. Until the matter was taken Into the courts rumors were current of possible raids by the state militia. Doubts were entertained sis to whether the meeting would continue a week or not. All this had an effect, not only upon tile public which supports the sixrt but upon horsemen and .bookmakers also, and it had the tendency to prevent the meeting from being what normally would have been the best held In the west in many years. Kentuckians want racing, and hopefulness is felt that the present tangle will be arranged satisfactorily iu the end. The getaway was a cheerless one. not only on account of the wintry weather but because of the fact that many horsemen did not know what to do or where to go under existing circumstances. Many of them are still hopeful that in spite of uncertainty the situation in New Orleans may clear and that there Is more than an even, chance of the reopening of Oaklawn at Hot .Springs after the first of the year. Many owners lind little prospect in taking their horses to the coast, where they will meet highclass performers, nor after a failure last winter do they look any too favorably on the Havana project. Some 200 or 300 horses will le left over after shipments to racing centers have been made. Some of these will remain here and the remainder will seek other winter quarters, such as Louisville. Nashville. Hot Spriugs and Little Rock. With a modciate card, badly depleted by scratches, todays racing was only ordinary. The track was so deep and sticky that eveu the most expert students of mud form were at a loss to locate winners. Only two favorites were successful. Apt and Estella C. The books had the better, of the. argument so far as the speculation was concerned. . The -card had been arranged to give chauces to non-winners at the meet- and. not only were good-class horses lacking, ainc hat. .scratches were numerous.. The fourth race, which promised to afford, the best contest of the afternoon, lost in attractiveness, through the withdrawal of E. R. Bradleys Black Mary, which recently got here from. New York, and Merrick. A meeting letween this pair of mud runners had been looked forward to as likely to provide an enjoyable race. Two favorites. Apt and Estella C. were returned winners. Botli of these appeared to be best in the going and both were strongly fancied. Some doubt was entertained as to whether the Corrigan filly would come right back after her good performance of yesterday, when she beat a fair band easily. But she settled all that decisively, as she ran away from her opponents at will in the stretch and won as her rider pleased. Estella C. did not fare quite so well, but she landed the last purse handily. The victory of Aimee C. over . Cloisteress was attended by chagrin on the part of the owners of the former, who failed to back their mare under the impression that she could not run well iu the going. From an opening of 2 to 1 she receded fast until 7 to 1 was offered in spots at. post time. She displayed the most speed from the start, made a show of her opponents and won in a common canter. Discussing the Latonia meeting, .Tohn Hach-meister said: "While the present meeting was not a money-making one, we did not lose anything. Had the present embroglio with the Racing Commission not Cropped up it might have been the most successful fall meeting ever held here, but the continued talk of a possible shut down and that armed force would probably be a factor, kept many bookmakers and race-followers from making the journey from other points. . It seems to be a pity that smooth relations cannot be maintained considering that we are lighting the same cause, namely, restrictive reform tendencies on the part of a minority desirous of endangering the thoroughbred industry in this state." 1. II. Wheatcroft concluded successful negotiations this afternoon with .1. B. Kespess for the transfer of the services of jockey E. Martin to go to California to ride the Wheatcroft string of racers. The contract Is a conditional one and Respess has an option of recall on the lad at any time. AVheatcrof t has also purchased Director from Respess. He will be shipped to Los Angeles at once. Jockoy Garner was taken in charge by the city after winning on .Aimee C. for owing a board Collce ill in a fashionable hotel in Cincinnati. A meeting of the. Latonia Jockey Club directors is to be held here on Tuesday next, at which the future of this plant will be discussed. There is still talk of selling the property to the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. Charles Grainger. Charles F. Price and Matt J. Winn left tonight for their home in Louisville. Speaking of racing, Mr. Winn said: "I have attended the closing days of racing cast and west, as I was at Jamaica when the last race was run. Comparing both, Latonia had it on the eastern course in so far that there was more activity shown here on account of the presence of a larger attendance. Weather conditions were about equal." The string of racers trained by Jack Baker, including Jeff Bernstein, over which there was some quite spirited bidding, was shipped tonight to Lexington, Ivy., to be wintered there until the prospective opening of Hot Springs. Ed Alvey is negotiating with T. P. Hayes for the transfer of Redgauntlet, which he desires to add to bis string now at Santa Anita. The others in the Hayes collection will be shipped to Louisville " to await the opening at Hot Springs. Most of the bookmakers who have operated here will try their fortune on California tracks, the exception being Alt Fontelieu, who will rest up at New Iberia. La. The latest from New Orleans is to the effect that while the big tracks may not bo raced over. Algiers, across from the Crescent City, may provide racing and. if a sufficient number of horses can be attracted there, a meeting of forty-five days may be attempted. .At, a sale in the paddock today the following liorses were disposed of: Chief Mlllikin. J. H. Smith. 00: Claiborne, J. J. Galvin. 00: King Folly. I. B. Fitzgerald. 1908.sh0; St. Cotton. G. Chambers, 0; Lady Ethel. E. L. Fitzgerald. 00; Crawford. D. M. Nicol, 10: Landlord, D. M. Nicol, 00: The Missus, J. Werner. 00; Ben Howe. J. W. Hlle, 00; Zeola, J. B. Fltzhugh, 00.
