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DISAGREEABLE CONDITIONS AT LATONIA. Rain Again Falls — Barney Schreibers Colors in front — Jockey Martin in Stand. Cineinnati. .. June 2. Continued had weather marred thy racing here this afternoon, but the at tend in-f kt, no surpi isinglv well, and nineteen layers posted vlds. Steadv rain during the morning hours gave the track a seven drenehing and condi tions becaaae worse during the afternoon. Mud runners of the p. mouncoil tvpe were right at home iu the going and . Jl the winners had lug margins. The tirst seriotts accident of the meeting came with the running of the fourth race, and resulted m the death of Kd Aims McChonl. one of the starters. Bough riding wa responsible for the mishap, according to jockey R. e. who had the mount on McChord. The horse wa i erowded over against the inner rail soon after the .tart, which caused him to Stumble and break his si tie in contact with the fence. Rice was stunned b his tunible. but escaped injury. Tlie horse was dest toyed to end his inise-v. The improved show It* of nr Hamilton and the poor mniftn ims mi i of Doom oifasioned adverse comment. Tlie latter was a switUy receding favorite, and ran far below tlie form of he race in which she bad Kings 1 hi lighter doing her best, in the Decoration Handicap, to shake her off. In todays race she was i distant trailer to Deacon aid Ketchemike for it half mile anil then quit so badiv that she finished far hack. Pat iNinncs Billiard Ball. li. erallv supported, made ge.nl in I lit- opener. tx-ating anives nnd Glin-i.in. Mae Hamilton, iu the second, made the pace throughout sod beat Red Shawl ratter handily. Jockey j;. Martin, who had the niiiiits on Uanivcs and Red Shawl, was summoned bcoro the iudge-after the finish in the second race and was given a sharp lecture for his listless efforts o both mounts. The talking to evidently had a good effect, for he landed Barney Schicihcrs Alice Oeorge. the favorite, winner in the third. Deuce luckily escaped interference in the fourth and beat Tom atcGrntfa in a hard drive, with the outsider. Nod :irtnack. leading R. T. Shipp for t h i •- 1 place. The latter attempted to run out on the turns and made a poor showing all around. Deacon enabled J. Lee to pilot his second winner of the afternoon when lie spcadeaglod his opponents h the fifth and Pink Wings, seemingly too far out of it. surprised the onlookers by getting up in the closing strides to take t In- parse in the last race from Lillian Kay. The latter at one stage of the running threatened to sproadeaglo her opponents but quit almost to a walk in tlie final furlong. Previous to the second race. Mae Hamilton, the eventual winner, was lionght by W. B. Duke for the insignificant sum of 00. Her new owner backed her liberally and won her out several times over. Jockey T. Bice had to cancel his engagements after his tumble, but will be able to resume riding tomorrow. Jockey Lee, astride Brevite in the opening race. was crowded against tlie inner rail and had a toe badly injured. He showed grit by riding out his engagements, and managed to land two winners. Jockey J. Butler, for a consideration of ,000. purchased his release from J. S. Hawkins today, and departed for New York this afternoon to sign a contract to ride for F. A. Forsythe. He will have the mount on High Private in the Brooklyn Handicap. Jockey Martin was fined ." bv the starter for disobedience a: the pr.st in tlie third race. P. Knebolkainp will ship his horses to Montreal on Saturday next to engage in the racing at Blue Boa-Beta. Jockey T. Rice will accompany the consignment. Jockeys A. Martin and K. Griffin arrived today from Norfolk ami will accept mounts here. Some pressure is Iieing brought to liear on the management at latonia to resume lumping races, but it is unlikely that any will Ik- featured at this meeting. William Gent was a visitor this afternoon. There is little likelihood of Kings Daughter and Ohiutha.-i meeting in any special race, unless in a stake feature in which both should happen to be engaged.
