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COMMENT ON LATONIA CONDITIONS Much praise is being accorded the new Latonia management for the game display made In the an ¬ nouncement of stakes and purses for the spring meeting So little was expected from Latonia that the announcement of tho stakes sort of took turf ¬ ites off their feet especially when the liberal offerings were noted It made them all sit up and take notice Of course more than gameness is re ¬ quired Money is an essential thing and that is what the new management has C A Tilles who appears quite prominent in the proposed regenera ¬ tion of racing in this vicinity knows a thing or two about operating a racing plant and so does Johui llaclimeistcr and Ed Maginn the cacing sec ¬ retary Mr Tilles is a firm believer in the future of racing around Cincinnati At least he and his associates are going to give it a good try They are not looking to make any money this spring but exjHCt to do better In the future The race track itself will be run more economically than it has been in the past It was then a part of a politi ¬ cal machine and naturally a great many people were taken care of on that score The new regime played politics in St Louis and got burned and it In believed will keep bauds off across the river Cincinnati Enquirer