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LATONIA ENTRIES TOTAL 412 SPLENDID AVERAGE OF FIFTY-ONE RECEIVED FOR MILLDALE COURSE STAKES. Prominent Stables of Country Well Represented— F. J. Pons Tells of Preparations for Winter Racing at Jacksonville. Cincinnati. 0., Septcmlier 0. — A number of horsemen who were in attendance at the Windsor meeting, which came to a close OB Monday, arrived in Cincinnati today en route south. Among them were Walter O. Parmer, Judge Charles F. Price, F. J. Pons, J. O. Holder and W. G. King-Dodds. Mr. Parmer, who is part owner and sei-retary of the Windsor track, expressed gratification over the success of the recent meeting and characterized it as the best ever held there. He attributed its success and the high-class racing in good part to the vigilance of Judge Price, his action during the preceding meeting in ruling off by the wholesale offenders who had been caught in practices detrimental to the best interests of the turf exercising a wholesome effect. Mr. Parmer feels optimistic of the future of racing, especially in Canada. He departed tonight for his home in Nashville, Tenn. Francis J. ions, who is president of the racing association at Jacksonville, Fla., will stop at Louisville to see his extensive string of racers quartered at Churchill Downs before proceeding to Jacksonville, where he will aid in the work preliminary to the winter meeting at Moncreif Park. He stated that he has assurances from some of the most important racing owners in the country that they would ship horses to engage in racing at Jacksonville. The only new official at Xloncreif this winter will be F. *W. Gerhardy. who will displace Elmer Laurence as the clerk of the scales and possibly iu the secretarys office. Mr. Pons will return for the opening at Louisville and will race his horses at all the Kentucky tracks this fall. He has his horses entered liberally in all the stakes. Judge Charles F. Price stopped over during the day and departed tonight for Louisville. He is enthusiastic over the prospects for high-class racing at Lexington. Louisville and Latonia this fall ami expresses the belief that it will be on a par with metropolitan sport. "There is keen interest in the east in the approaching Kentucky meetings," said he, "and it is the general understanding that * « inc of the most prominent horsemen iu the country will be represented." John Haclnueister. who arrived today from Windsor, got busy at once compiling the big list of entries to the Latonia stakes and fouud among them some of the smartest racers in the country. Such prominent owners as August Belmont, S. C. Hildreth. Beverwyck Stable. R. F. Carman. Peter Who-mer. I. Dunne, E. X. Heffner. G. XI. Odom. Barney Schreiber. T. C. McDowell, Woodford Clay, Ed Alvey, George J. Long. J. N. Camden and others will have representation. The total number received to date for the eight stakes is 412, an average of Httv-olle. , •
