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LATONIAS SPRING STAKE INDUCEMENTS Under new management the Latonia Jockey Club has announced its list of stake offerings for its spring meeting of 110 They are longestablished favorites with the material difference that there is an appreciable increase In values over 1909 a fea ¬ ture likely to engage the a ttenllStv and approval of turfmen Latonhi racing should be easily the most important and best patronized of any in the west A line and picturesque course with a big imputation right at hand are factors that rightly used would make Latonia a money maker of high degree It has not been such in the past but all that it needs to make it so is enterprise and liberality Only the latter element can attract the highclass horses and it is highclass horses in competition that send peo ¬ ple flocking through the gates of a race track It has been said that the people contiguous to Latouia will not patronize highclass racing In reply it might be truthfully said that no one is competent to pass upon that point until the people have l eon offered an opiwrtunity to show whether they will or not This is not saying tliat good horses have not raced at Latouia That would be ignoring the rec ¬ ords But it is a fact that Latonia racing lias been comjiosed of a paucity of racers of good class and a plethora of ordinary selling platers It is up to the new management to reverse this order of things and thereby thrive exceedingly exceedinglyAs As a shining example of what may be done Wash ¬ ington Park may be cited Its management wisely enchained public attention by founding stake races of such value that owners of crack racers simply had to iwtronize Washington Park and then the people not only of Chicago but of all the west as well felt that Washington Park racing was an an ¬ nual jittraetion that was not to be resisted The practical result wa that in its twentyfive days of annual racing the Washington Park Club made more money than any other western racing organization itild in a hundred days Something of the same line of action would inevitably produce surprising results at Latonia It may come In time timeFor For a starter the program offered this year is a very good one and entitled to the extreme of patron ¬ age at the hands of western ownersl The stakes close for entries at midnight of Thursday March 17 and that is not far away The full list is as follows followsFor For ThreeYearOlds and Over OverThe The Merchants Stakes selling guaranteed val ¬ ue 1500 1 mile mileThe The Brewers Exchange Handicap guaranteed value 1500 a4 mile mileThe The Independence Handicap guaranteed value 2000 1 11G miles milesThe The Cincinnati Hotel Handicap guaranteed value 2000 1 18 miles milesFor For ThreeYearolds ThreeYearoldsThe The Latonia Derby guaranteed value 4000 1 12 miles milesFor For TwoYearOlds TwoYearOldsThe The Clipsetta Stakes for fillies guaranteed value 1500 58 mile mileThe The Harold Stakes for colts guaranteed value 1500 58 mile mileThe The Cincinnati Trophy guaranteed value 2500 and the Cincinnati Trophy Cup 5 12 furlongs furlongsEntry Entry blanks are ready at this otlice fur all who may apply
