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FAVORITES FAIL TO SCORE rUBLIC CHOICES MAKE DECIDEDLY POOR 6H0V/ING AT LATONIA TRACK. Donau. Once More on His Good Behavior, Among the Afternoons Winners — Runner-Up in Latonia Derby Among the Unplaced Favorites. Cincinnati. ., June 23. — Latonia favorites con tinned l run poorly today, all six hist cholcea going • l- wn !■ defeat. The winners in most cases came from the ranks of the second and third choices with lh exception of Star ORyan in the feature race, which was contcsttd by some of the best three year ■Ma in this section. Star Charter, the runner up in this years l,-i Ionia Derhy, was deeaaed beat, and probably was. hut WS8 virtnally left •at the post ami this circumstance destroyed his winning cliances. He made a remarkable final quarter sprint to finish fourth. Star 0Ran. at long odils. scored over -Melton Street by a narrow margin ami almost lost the purse because of his riders ovorconfidonoe. Willi alert handling. Star ORyan would have won by a • oaple of lengths. llonau, showing an improved disposition at the post as a result of assistant stall er Morrisscys painstaking lessons during the last few weeks, made a show of good opposition in the fifth race and won commandingly over Veneta Strome and Al Muller. The mile and five furlongs race, the first at this distance ever inn here, went to First Peep, which, under good handling, held the others safe. Hick Baker, the favorite, took second money and Claudia was third. Althorpe was best of the twelve maidens that furnished the contest in the opener, though with better raring luck Leopold, the runner-up, misfhi have given him more ..] an argument. Joe Peibold took the second race from a mediocre band of youngsters. He was aided by good racing luck, while some of the others were sufferers from a jam that came at the half-mile ground. Baltronia showed a good performance in the third to win over Toison dOr and Jeanne dArc. Descomnots and J. H. Keed. Mailers in this race, ran below expectations. Judge Charles F. Trice resumed his duties in the judge:- stand and at once got alter the rough riders. lb suspended Jockeys McTaggart. Taplin and . Bosk B its Iim days, excepting for their contract employers, for attempted interference. Jockeys Mountain ami .Martin escaped with warnings. Judge Price aims to break up the practice of rough riding, even if he has to suspend every rider here. Starter Cassidy suspended Jockeys J. Howard and Kennedy for five days tor disobedience at the post. Next weeks program was distributed among the horsemen today. It is aliout on a par with the tl-ogram of this week. Jockey Koerner was at the track today, but will not be able to ride until next week on account of I injury to his eye. Jockey Metahey also came to grief in the race that brought injury to Koerner. He bad one of his toes crushed and will probably be out of the saddle for the rest of the meeting. lrincelike was badly bruised as a result of his fall and will be on the retired list until fall. Todays attendance was again of generous proportions, considering the torrid weather. Among this mornings work-outs were the follow ing: Ada ». Walker— Mile in l:44j|. Battles — Mile in 1:47. Bob Farley — Three-quarters in 1:10. Carlton G.— Half mile in 51. Charley Straus — Five eighths in 1:03. Consob — Tim e quarters in 1:18. Crystal Maid — Three-quarters in 1:20. Dahomey Boy — Five eighths in l:04f. Par May Three eighths in :;ti. Dilatory — Three-eighths in 30. t Dr. Waldo Briggs— lluee-eightha in 38. Emily Lee — live eighths in 1:041. Fal ends— Mile in 1:51?.. Forehead — Three quarters in 1:24. Gertrude Hill — Mile in l:*sa. Cold Cap- Three-quarters in 1:17. Coedwond -Half mile in HI. Hsnbridge — Throe-quarters in l:17g. Hiram Three-quarters in 1:17. Housemaid — Half mile in *M. King Olympian — Mile in 1:47. La Koine Hindoo— Half mile in 50j|. Milton B. — Three-eighths in 37. Mr. Spec Mile in 1 :52. Ocean Bead —Five-eight lis in 1:01. Parkview Three quarters in l:19f. Ietronius — Mile in 1:43s. Queen Marguerite — Five-eighths in 1:05. Reil Bob— Three eighths in M|. Robert Three eighths in 30. Niger Half mile in 52. Solon Shingle-Mile in 1:47. Stmger -Five eightlis in 1:01. The Manager — Half mile in 40. The Reach Five-eighths in 1:02?. Wa Ida— Mile in 1:42*.
