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LATONIA OPENING TODAY ■ OUTLOOK IS FOR BEST MEETING EVER HELD AT FAMOUS OLD COURSE. i i i I Governor Gray Is Held in Highest Esteem for Latonia | Derby, at One and a Half Miles, Stellar Feature ] ; of Opening Day — Society Folk Interested. a i l flTl— 111. .. June i. — Everything is in thorough j readiness for tomorrows opening of I.atonias thirty -oae i.i.s race meeting, which holds out every prom-ise if I illimlai in a racing way all previous meet- J ings at fair Latonia. Never before i.u the eve of ■ local meeting has tin- , iiiic degree Of local interest 1m cu manifested, nor lias then- been sucli a gathering of out-of-town visi- , tors on liainl awaiting the bugle call. Accommodations in the leading liostclrics ol" Cincinnati arc alii ad.v al.out exhausted and laic comets without , reservations will lind it no easy task to procure -uitaldc quarters. The change in local sentiment towards Latonia racing is really marvelous. Representative folk who formerly looked on the racing here with disdaiu are actually interested this season. Advance orders for box reservations for Derby day are of large volume and the accommodations are being Bought by some or the best people of Cincinnati ami the adjacent territory. All of which augurs well for au auspicious season of racing here. From the BtaadneiBt of high-class racing Latonia lias never before bad the same opport unity. Among the horses quartered at the course are some of the best racers in training in this country. Their owners lave shipped here from every section of the country. In the matter of riding material Latonia will this season also fare well, for almost every rider of prominence can l e found among lie fifty or more that are registered in the secretarys office. With flue weather, which is indicated for tomorrow, the attendance that will witness the opening will, it is thought, shatter all former records for IL opening days. Preparations for their accommoda-W ib.n have been perfected and little confusiou is y mkitl Im. Chief interest naturally centers in the running of the Derby, in which eleven three-year-olds, rep resenting the bent of that age in the west, are carded i to start. Of those carded Round the World and forehead arc expected to be absentees, leaving a licld of nine to contest for the 1911.sh,000 and the distinction that goes to the winner. Governor Gray, a 1ormidaWe factor up to date in all the three-year-old i events decided this season, is held in most esteem i and is regarded as the likely winner by a majority of raiting folk. Star Charter, backed by the hopes ; of the Tennessoeans. is not lacking for friends and [ his victory would not be a great surprise. Messenger Hoy also loomed dangerous in the light of his i lecent good performances and his success tomorrow • would lie immensely pleasing locally, because of his i being owned and trained by a Cincinnatian. Capt. J. T. Williams, the developer of Governor r Cray, is eereaely confident of the outcome. To his ; notion the race will not even have the semblance • of a contest. He expects Governor Gray to win as ; his rider pleases. .lohn C. Schorr, who is handling Star Charter, is ., -.Histied that his charge will give a good account r of himself and predicts that the horse which beats Star Charter will be tjie winner. Messenger Roys owner also feels that this colt will be a smart I factor. He would have liked to have had T. Kiht ner to ride his horse and has not altogether despaired uf getting this rider for his pilot. Kound ] the World showed liy her running in tin- Kentucky iiaks yesterday that she is far from her host form I ami it" is thought unlikely that she will go to the Bent Inless rain should come and the track get muddy. .1. R. Kespcss will mil start Forehead. Colston and j Mud Sill arc looked upon as sure starters. There was talk of Mr. Golightly going to the post, but . the secretary has no know ledge of the horse being at the course and has not learned that it is his own its intention to start him. Jockey engagements ;md overnight odds for the " Derby follow : II,, isc Wt. Jockey. Odds. ■• Mud Sill lot E. Taplin 1B-1 1 Slam Night MB T. Koerner 18 1 1 Incle Hen 114 J. Glass 80-1 1 •Forehead 114 J- Leftaa 20 1 I Anv Iort 117 Mountain 60-1 1 White Wool 117 McCahey 10-1 1 Messenger Bov 117 Kennedy 5-1 «olston 117 Goose 20-1 1 Star Charter US -T. Wilson .II 1 Governor Grav 124 T. Bin 1-6 •Round the World Ut McTaggart 20-1 1 Doubtful si alters. live other promising races make up an interesting • opening card and OBe that should furnish splendid ] sport. Busy scenes were enacted at Latonia this s morning. The constant arrivals of horses kept Iho e stable yards and vicinity in a bustle of activity and 1 it was well along in the afternoon before the last t of the arrivals were in their stalls. Assignments s have hewn made by the secretary for Oft" horses and 1 id this nuinlior 7oo are already on the grounds and I tin- remainder are expected tomorrow . All of the officials who will serve during the meeting got in this afternoon from Louisville. Large e delegations are expected tomorrow from Louisville. Lexington. Indianapolis. Chicago. Memphis, Pitts burg Nashville and St. Louis. Several stables m 0 . due from Montreal at the close of the Blue Bonnets meeting tomorrow. According to authentic advices, the main reason " for Meridians failure to be a starter in the I.a-t mis Derby is due to the fact that he is going ■ -iispii iuosly in liis training our; his early breakdown is flared. II. K. Knapp will have a party of eastern visitors ■ a- his guests at the course tomorrow. He will II remain several days before returning to New York. ;- There will be twont. six mutitcl machines in 11 onetatlea tomorrow and they will 1 f *2. .$.1 and 1 0 denominations. There will he eighteen machines s of the dill. nut denominations in the helling ring. :j three machines in the grand stand and two $." •| machines and three Si* ones on the lawn in front of •lie betting ling. Those on the UtWB will lie mostly tor preliminary belling on the Derby preceding the races. The plant has undergone many Improvements and in its present slate presents a ptctnreaqw appearance and comperes well with any course in the .imtry. John Hachnieister was detained at Louisville straightening out the financial affairs at Churchill In. w lis and did not arrive until late this afternoon. The same rule limiting starters in the different races to the capacity of the course that prevailed at the other Kentucky tracks this season will be in vogue at Latonia. with the exception that in accordance with the rec.-nt amendment made by the Kentucky State Racing Commission, throw outs will be tallied by the entry clerk and have precedence at Ihe next lime of entry.
