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TRY-OUT FOR LATONIA OAKS FOUR PROSPECTIVE STARTERS MEET IN RACE AND ALL ARE UNPLACED AT FINISH. t Several Upsets Hark Racing at Kentucky Course, Although Track Conditions Are Greatly Improved — Big; Crowd in Attendance. I. Cilirlnnatl. .. June 7. — With improved weather end truck conditions came ■ corresponding improvement in the cnialiiv of the sport at I.atonia today. Balanced fields ami contestants of better class held out tlie promise of nap] racing and attracted an attendance exceeding by far any Monday crowd wen here in years. The severe drubbings that the hook Makers have received here lately caused a diminish Ing of l heir ranks, only sixteen reporting for business in addition t the customary pair of field layers. There was a continued tendency to lay short prices and when a commission of fair proportions showed for any of the starters, it caused the ring to Income panicky. A little infusion of new bookinaking material would make the liettlng here a hit more steady. The mil" and a sixteenth handicap, which inci "dentally served as a try-out for a quartet of I.atonia Oaks candidates, was the best offering of the after noon, and resulted In a liandv victory for Kara Avis over John K. McMillan ami Nadzu. This trio, with Alice, which finished fourth, were the fittest of the contestants. Ihiring the early stage, Hiding Belle and Alice Bated were contending factors, hut lack of condition told on them after going a half and they both dropped out of the running. Hiding Belle will likely he lieucUled by her race today ami proh ably will go to the post favorite in the Oaks next Wednesday. Colloquy again suffered defeat, much to the cha grin of a host of supporters. On her recent goo:l showings she appeared to hold safe the oppoidtl in she was meeting today, and on the strength of an industriously circulated report that T. M. Green, her most likely opponent, was unlit, she was hacked to the exclusion of the others. T. M. Green M lowed bet closely the first half, and despite a stream ous attempt to run out at the stretch turn, came hwhv in the last fnrloiig to win hamlilv. The tight for second place was spirited, hut Oollouuy retained it Another upset that the layers profited by came with the running of the second race, won hy the. outsider. Toplaml. The Fad was a hot favorite, loo disappointed his hackers badly by, failing to finish lietti r than third. Crowding in this race was respon slide for the fall of Laveno. ou which F. Martin bad the mount. The boy escaped with a severe shaking up and a bruised knee, but on the advice ol tie track tHivsician canceled the balance of his riding engagements for the afternoon. The nor was contested by fifteen fillies, and enabled Xarco. lacing in the colors of II. P. Head lev. to leave the maiden class. For the mile and i furlong race an entry fee of had been charged. InK 1 1 » i — circumstance did not prevent the limit number trom accepting. Scratches reduced the sV I 1 to eleven starters. Hughes, showing conspicuous improvement over his previous effort, landed the muse, with the favorite. Hello* lew. second. The dosing dash brought sudden improvement in Gilvo- lear. which won in a sharp drive from Warner iris-well, recently purchased from P. llpiine by A. Gordon. The crowding which took place in the second ran ill addition to causing jockey Martin to be thrown, was also responsible for the cutting down of C. A. I.eiman so badly that it is improbable that he can lx saved for racing punioses. Jockey Heldel was fined 3 by the starter for dis obedience at the post. Wash Norvcll. who officiated at the Jainc-lown meeting, was an arrival this morning. H. i. Bcdwcll sold today to Nugent Bras, the u-c-ful colt. Tom Havward. for the reported price of .3KI. T. C. McDowell is undecided about shipping Kings Daughter to New York to start in the Suburban Handicap. In the event that she re mains here Secretary Murphv will renew his efforts to bring about a mi cling between her and Olambala. Matt .1. Winn is expected here tomorrow from Juarez. Mexico, where he has been ill I —III 1 1 his with the plans for the creetiii of a plant for racing next fall and winter. He will go ou to New York after a brief visit here to arrange for the opening of Ksnptre City track, of which he is the general in in ager. A. L. Kirby purchased from J. W. Iugh a pair of two -year-olds, and two yearlings by Allau-u-Dale, out of F,ugiu and Juanlta.
