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HEAVY GOING AT LATONIA CONTINUED RAINS LEAVE KENTON COUNTY TRACK IN BAD CONDITION. Princess Callaway Shows Rare Mud Running Ability by Taking Feature Race in Canter — Bachelor Girl Beats Lady Lightning. Cincinnati. O.. June 26. — Disagreeable weather and a bad track detracted from the interest In, todays racing at I.atotiia and accounted lor a slump in attendance. The racing was uninteresting, most of the winners scoring in decisive fashion. Favorites fared fairly will, three of them accounting for purses. The defeats of Melvor. Cynosure and Azy-iade were costly to the big bettors and constituted flic main disappointments of the afternoon. Indifferent riding on the part of jockey Class featured the racing. He had the mounts on Cynosure. Melvor, Bourbon Beau. Azyiadc and Silver Knight. His efforts on the last named pair were especially unsatisfactory. On Silver Knight he was astride mucbj the best Torso iii the closing race, hut he kapt hiu» a trailer until the stretch was reached, then tried hard, but was unable to overcome Intrinsics lead. After the finish. M. Michaels, formerly a rider bereabserts, but now controlling a stable racing in South America, bid up tin- winner to ,000 and became her owner. She will be snipped with otic r* to South America. Pi lata SB Callaway proved herself a smart mud performer by taking the feature race in cantering styl* from Koiniak and Mellon Street. Bourbon Beau finished a distant trailer. The speedy cpnrtot that composed the field in the fifth race were mediums of heavy speculation, Azy-iade being held best lcause of uncertainty as to whether Lady Lightning would like the going. Azy-iade ran prominently for the first half mile, then succumbed readily to the much improved Bachelor Gilt. Lady Lightning came with a rush in the stretch to take second place from the favorite. Viley. by winning the opener, enabled W. L. Lewi* to take his first purse of the season. He scoreri cantering after a display of high early speed. Tay Pay showed sudden improvement when he took the third race, with Melvor and Plutocrat trailing. Owner McMarrus is said to have made a big winning oa Tay Pay. Jockeys J. Deavenport and K. Martin were each suspended five days by the starter for disobedience at the asat John Hogan. formerly assistant to starter J. J. Holtman. arrived today from Chicago and distributed the condition books for the races to be held at Hawthorne track. Chicago. July 3 and 4. under the auspices of the National Letter Carriers Association. The purses range from 50 to 00. and shipping expenses will be defrayed by those im charge of the racing. About seventy-five horses were listed this morning by Mr. Hogan to be shipped to Chicago to take part in the racing. The speedy two year old filly. Calisse. was shipped to Texas this morning to be turned out until fall. It is thought that a respite from training will benefit her greatly and afford her an opportunity to develop. Secretary F. W. Maginn wil leave for Buffalo tomorrow to assume his duties preliminary to the opening of the Fort Erie meeting next Saturday. [ sa Johnson and F. V. Heffner will ship seven horses to Fort Erie next Thursday. This will be the only ahiaaaaal from here until after the close of the Latonia meeting. Marv Lee Johnson was purchased this morning for floO by Dillard Hill from I.. Johns..,,. Among this mornings workouts over an exceed* ingly heavy Irack were the following: Attarec Five eighths in 1:10. Anv Port —Three eighths in 42. Bay! borne -Mile in 2:00. t Ben Prior --Three-eighths in 39. Clearwater Three eighths in 41g. Console Three-eighths in 40. Cynosure -Three eighths in 42. Dutch Hock -Three ipiarters in 1:25. Bffendl Three-eighths in 40. Emma Stuart — Three eighth* In 40. Sold Oak -Three eighths in 40. Hiram Five eighths in 1:08. High Private -Mile in I :." 0i . Ranbridge Three ipiarters in 1:23. Idle Michael Three eighths in lag. John Robert Three eighths in 39. Korinak Half mile in .11. Laveao Three aaarters in 1 :26j. Pulled up lame. Lewis Three eighths in 10. Marv Lee Johnson Quarter mile in 26. Melisai.de -Half mile in r.4. Miss Caithness Three eighths in 39j[. New Idea Five eighths in 1:10. Nimbus — Mile in 1:551. Otogo -Three quarters in 1:25. Pilain Three-eighths in 13. Piping Roek -Half mile in 54|. Plutocrat Three-eighths in 42J. Queen Marguerite Three quarter.! in 1:27. i Bedwiae Half mile in 52|. 4 Refined Three quarters iu 1 :2S. Round the World Half mile in 52 j. Sebago Three eighths in 43. Siulran Three eighths in 1". Star Blue -Three quarters in 1:21. Superstition-Mile at 2:oO gait. Tender Heart Three eighths iu 394. Vanen -Mile and three eighths in 2:15s.
