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POOR DAY FOR FAVORITES FIRST CHOICES FAIL TO CUT MUCH FIGURE IN LATONIA RESULTS. Any Port Returns to Winning Form with Startling Suddenness — Jockey Mountain Distinguishes Himself by Piloting Trio of Winners. Cincinnati. .. June 15. — Ideal racing .weather prevailed this afternoon and close finishes marked the ■port at Latonia. which was witnessed by anotln * large crowd. Those who expected the track to l e in bad condition were disappointed, for instead of being heavy as a result of yesterdays rain, it was good at race time and improved as the afternoon wore on. Jockey .Mountains success in the saddle was a feature. This old timer scored with three of his mounts. His good work began in the second lace, when he brought home Sureget in a hard diive with High Range. Then he followed with a victory "ii Tourist and in the succeeding race on Any Port. Dm tatters win furnished the main surprise of the afternoon, as be displayed startling improvement over recent essays and led home a smart lot of racers. When Nictate emerged from the paddock, gate to go 10 the post lie acted like a wild horse and immediately rid himself of his rider. Ho then kept stable hands busy dodging about the track for the next rive minutes ii« tting out of harms way. When lie was linally caught, it required the efforts of all the assistant starters to keep him from climbing the fences. . Ross, his rider, remounted, but inline dialely was the victim of a hard fall. The judges then ordered the horse Withdraws. Bob o., in the -anie race, bolted and almost went over the fence. In the fourth race excitement was created after Ihe linish by the disqualification of Fireman, the favorite. He had finished third to Any Port aud Hazel Burke, bat was displaced by the judires for his jockeys palpable attempt at interference with t"lston. The latter was given third place. Roouey was fined 00 ai, il Mas suspended ten days for the offense. The third race was attended by a runup. Jake Markleiu. still hot on the trail of C. C. Van Meter for the alleged part he played in having John Mark bin banished from Hie turf, bid Tourist tip to si.iiOo. an advance of 00 over his entered price, and became his new owner. In addition to the numerous happenings in the second race, Romp was claimed from J. B. Respess by E. F. Miller, who was represented in the race by Topland. The claiming price was 60. The last two races enabled J. C. Milam to score a double, witli Merrick and Dick Baker. The former, though running in much-improved form, had to be hard driven to outstay Jacobite, an extreme outsider. Rocky OBrien, the favorite, was third. Hick Baker was lucky to save much ground entering the stretch, which enabled him to get up to take the measure of the lightly regarded Waltz in the closing strides. First Peep, the favorite, finished far back. Mcst of the first choices were beaten during the afternoon, to the cost of the big operators. Nictate will in future be barred from starting here because of his bad acting. Plan Ryan has been sold to I. Leyde and will be shipped to Mexico. Mr. Leyde is in quest of about forty horses that he wants to take to Mexico. John W. Schorr will sell Wander. Bayerin. Lady Palms. Tennessee and Scrimmage by auction on Saturday next in the Latonia paddock. The Schorr string at present consists of twenty-eight racers. Harry F. Breivogel. who is acting as chief accountant here, is said to be in a bad way with typhoid fever acording to reports from the hospital to which he has lieen taken. James Ross, superintendent at Lexington track. Waa among todays visitors. He reports that only four horses are at present stabled at the Kentucky Association course. Among this mornings work-outs on a slow track were the following: Acguin — Five-eighths in 1:04. Atlentivt — Three-quarters in 1 :25. Ben Prior — Three quarters in 1:21 . Charlie Straus — Mile in 1:55. Claudia — Mile in 1:53?,. Colonel Cook— Half mile in 00. Descomneis — Three eighths in 40. Doncaster — Mile in 1 ;52. Font — Mile in 1:50. Golden Egg — Three-quarters in 1:21 j!. Harcourt — Mile in 1:92. High Private--Throe-quarters in 1:24. lima— Mile in 1:59. Incision -Half mile in 50. Intrinsic — Three-quarters in 1:19. Jaek Penman — Three-quarters iu 1:24?. John Furlong — Mile in 1:51?. UrresM — Five-eighths in 1:09;!. I.esh — Five-eighths in 1 :0ti. Lewis Half mile in ML Louis Kata — Three quarters in 1:21. Mary Davis— Three-eighths in "9. Marv DarU -Three-eighths in 394. Maxims Pride— Half mile in 533. Meadow-grass — Half mile in 54. Nimbus — Three-quarters in 1:21. Oreen — Three-eighths in 38. Ivinee Gal — Five eighths in 1:061. Sir Catesby -Half mile in 543. Star Blue — Mile in 1:51?. Startler -Five-eighths in 1:00. Summer Night — Mile and an eighth in 2:04. , Syringa — Fire-eighths in 1:07. Vollhoi|K — Half mile in 53J. Yanker Half mile in 50.
