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READY FOR ACTION AT LATONIA. Small Derby Field, with Olambala a Hot Favorite. Feature of Today. Cincinnati. O.. May 24. — Latonias thirty ilas id racing, which liegins tomorrow, promises to meet witli every success judging by the local interest manifest and the number of out of-town race followers here. The club officials are sanguine that high-class racing will ensue and have gone to extremes to make it possible. In this they will he aided by the giHsl class of horses that will be seen ill action here. Probably never liefore have there Iteeu ill the aggregate a better band of racers assembled at tins track than at present. From various sections of the country horsemen have sent representatives and it is only natural to assume that the siiort will be the best witnessed here in many seasons. Tlie decision to operate with bookmakers here has caused a number of prominent layers to invade this section and indications point to twenty or more being in line tomorrow. Everything is in readiness to start the meeting. The plant is ill the best condition possible and tin- repairs made recently have improved it considerably. If the threatened rain holds off until after tomorrow, a monster crowd is expected to be on hand. All the officials who will preside arrived today. Joseph A. Murphy got in this morning from Houston. Tex., and Charles K. Price and Jake Holtmau from l.ouisvill.-. Tlie Latonia Derby, which is the stellar feature of the six races carded for tomorrow, is without much bat treat, olambala will be a short-iuiced fa voritc. with the Lesh and Y iung pair. Warfield and Plate tilass. next in favor. Tlie Peer will be the outsider. The joekovs and probable prices are: Olambala T. Kice. 1-2. •WarfleM S. Page. 2-1. ♦Plate Glass Powers. 2-1. Tlie Peer McGee. 8-1. •Coupled. James McLaughlin, who is training the O. I.. Richards string of racers in addition to some of his on n. tea* graphed today requesting stable room for ten horses he intends shipping here. Discussing Wintergreeus condition J. I!. Keaawaa said today that the colts injury was not so grave as at first consiilercd. and that his chief ailment was a spread bocf 1 li: damage will only ; jiusc the n -tireiiiint of the colt for thirty days. Among tlie layers who wiil make book tomorrow are John Kav. Lee Wagner. Oscar Bachm.in. H. B. L.uiileman. Charles Walters. Fred Cook and sivcil easterners. There are 4JSN horses quartered at tlie track. The riding brigade will lie practically the same as at Louisville — a fair lot. lackey Uoyd contemplates going to Boashajr. India, to ride for Dr. Bossier, who made some extensive purchases of racers that will be sent to India.
