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COMMENT ON LATONIA MEETING. Racing lias passed on from Cincinnati and vicinity for the present year. The meeting just closed at Latonia was a good one. Of that there is no doubt. It brought good horses here and some good racing resulted. The poor track on nearly a majority o the days caused some poor racing, but that was not tho fault of the management or the handicanimr. That the management attempted to provide a high-class race meeting hero was evident at all times. General Manager Hackmelster was liberal with his purses and displayed good judgment by not taking advantage of the 00 limit permitted after the commission saw the light, but instead gave away ,000 and S2.700 each day. The cut enabled the track to break about even on the meeting, otherwise it would have gone into a hole. It takes quite an outlay of money to give a twenty-four-days race meeting, especially when you have a pav-roll of from ,100 to ,200 daily, and if a bad break in the weather is encountered it is evident where the money goes, or, rather, that the money does not come in. This meeting, as stated above, has been a good one. There have been some form reversals, and it might have done a lot of good had the Indues called certain horsemen at the track, hut it is the system of Judge Price tp be absolutely certain that he has the goods on some one and then show no leniency. Some racing officials are in the habit of making a loud noise when they think they sec something wrong, but do little in the way of disciplining. Judge Prices way is undoubtedly best, although sonic horsemen who are always on the edge between right and wrong would be a little more careful if they were called a few times. The mutuels have eliminated practically all the nasty talk heard when the books were operating, and this has undoubtedly improved the sport. While the track made no money, the owners aro, satisfied, for they believe they see a rift in tlw heavy clouds oerhanging racing at tho present time, and they are quite willing to wait, in the hope that it will come out all right in the end. Cincinnati Enquirer.
