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LATONIA RESULTS PLEASING PATHONAGE OF MEETING IS EXCEEDING EX ¬ PECTATIONS OF MANAGEMENT Intensive Improvements to Be Proceeded With Dur ¬ ing Winter and Pushed to Completion for Next Seasons Racing Cincinnati O November 7 Latonia today en terid upon the second half of its twentyfour days meeting All indications i oiit to tin last half bung uit as successful as the earlier period No oxruses need IK offcnd for the lirand of racing that has bein served to patrons during the twelve days just ended Had the weather been propitious the rov ls would have surpassed all former gatherings at the beautiful course Conditions considered the management is well satisfied with the success a licved From a financial point of view the asso ¬ ciation lias fared splendidly in fact better than expected The nintucl system of betting is giving lit ire satisfaction satisfactionGeneral General Manager Johu Hachmeister and Capt C A Tillcs wlio Iiold a controlling interest in the track conferred yesterday relative to the couteni platiil improvements to lie made before uext spring It was decided to rebuild the grandstand and bring it up to a more modem standard When finished it will have mi extension of a twentyfoot promen ¬ ade in front and also will have private boxes The scats will be raiseil about five feet affording a bet ¬ ter view of the entire track The stairs leading to tie grandstand will either l e widened or re ¬ placed by new ones that will conform with the general improvement of the structure The press stand will also lie replaced by a new one The lictting ring roof will be raised about ten feet to alTord better ventilation It will also be ex ¬ tended by taking hi the area between the grand ¬ stand and the betting shed There is also some talk of lowering the judges and timers sfands In their present style and location they cut off a good bit of I lie spectators view from the grandstand Addi ¬ tional builtThere stables will also IK built There was the usual good crowd at Latouia this rficrnoon The main incident came with the ruii uiis of the fifth race when some of the spectators look exception to the judges award of the purse to Itidge Walton ant began a demonstration in favor of Sultan The incipient riot was speedily nipped by the ejection from the enclosure of one of the ringleaders There was no occasion for a difference of opinion as Judge Walton won by a good head headThe The feature race brought out Countless John G Greeners crack and It F Carmans Starbottle among the starters They were weighted alike and furnished a splendid contest Countless scoring what many thought a lucky win The Carman racer was given a poor ride T Koemer had him cut off repeatedly during the first threequarters and had to take him wide into the stretch stretchBoca Boca Grande which at this time last year was imsidered a most promising Derby prosiwct made his reappearance after a long alienee in the second MI nnil scored over some fair sprinters He ap ¬ peared hopelessly out of It on the stretch turn but picked the leaders up In the last quarter and won with consummate ease W H Fizer his owner scored a double during the afternoon when Judge Wnlton took the purse in the fifth race He was lucky to win as Salnn was best and would have won but for early interference interferenceThe The inconsistent Stoneman came Into the lime ¬ light again with a runaway victory in the closing dash Freckle was much the best of the fourteen Italdrn tillies that went to the post in the opener and It K Carmans Uogou outclassed his opposition in the third nice winning as his rider pleased Judge Walton and Stoueman were the only out ¬ siders to score The other purses were taken by first and second choices choicesrapt rapt C A Tilles left tonight for St Lonis to itteid to urgent business and also to vole He ex HrrKsed great satisfaction with affairs in general at Latonia and promised extensive expansion for next season Encouraged I y the success attained this fail an effort will be mde next season to attract ill lh pretentious horsemen in the country and with this in view a big stake offering will be pre ¬ pared to serve as one of the inducements Mr Tilles was espeeisllv pleased with the speedy manner in which the nintuels arc being operated and their Jirnilv established future in this section sectionBeginning Beginning next Wednesday the opening race dur ¬ ing the remainder of the meeting will be set for decision at in inlockevs lockevs M McGce and Ganz were each suspended live davs bv the starter for disonedience at the post postIin Iin Johnson hart purchased from Kd Trotter the odd olt Carllon G and will ship him with x tuers lii his string to Juarez Mex Mexlockev lockev C Koss who was granted a license to dtv bv the Kentucky State Racing Commission will iie thi winter for Lon Johnson Johnsonirrnderson irrnderson Hogan today shipped two carloads f horses fVmi Louisville to California CaliforniaU U K miian is negotiating witli K Dngan and 11 Shiilin to ride Bonnie Kcteo in the twomile twomileiMililVicv iMililVicv to be run here one week from tomorrow tomorrowTriiiier Triiiier Brooks was here from Louisville and says llntw F Srbultes Xleuap King Olyniian and Glidhi Belle have been turned out for the season flin relli will go to the stud in the spring as In I i i iMiwcd tendon and will not stand training in 7ienap will lx raced another season Glid ¬ ing Kellc probably will IK mated with George J
