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DISAGREEABLE DAY AT LATONIA LATONIAAdverse Adverse Track Conditions Result in Declaring Off of One Race and Substitution of Another Cincinnati O June IS Weather conditions at Latonia this afternoon were the most unfavorable since the opening of the meeting and caused a big reduction iu the attendance The volume of betting exceeded the take of yesterday by many thou HMids of dollars The heavy going was responsible lor many declinations during the afternoon the original fourth race suffering most in this respect and being declared off A substitute race at the same distance but with selling conditions attracted a good band of platers among them T C McDow ¬ ells Nonpareil The latter took the purse in the easiest kind of fashion but the victory was an ex ¬ pensive one for his owner for he was forced to stand a raise of 1305 over the colts entered price of 400 to retain him Iluuley Baker represented In the race by Feather Duster the runner up did the bidding The runup was the largest in years on a Kentucky track trackThe The backers of favorites wore frequently disap ¬ pointed during the afternoon only one choice The Widow Moon rewarding their confidence George J Long took another purse when Merlin beat a band f maidens in the opening dash Fiel was his closest attendant at the end Chas Goetz and Chartier were most regarded in the third but both succumbed to Yanker and Bonanza Winning Widow and Merrick were held to have the fifth race between them but Rosseaux made them look cheap Mer ¬ rick beat Winning Widow for second place Winning Widow was later claimed for SLOtiO by M Shields who was represented in the race by Isom The clos ¬ ing dash furnished a close finish between Be and Accord with the former just winning winningJohn John Hachmeister and Maj F A Daingerfield re ¬ turned this morning from Lexington where they went to attend the meeting of the Kentucky State Racing Commission The next meeting of that board will lie held on July 1 at which time applica ¬ tions for fall dates on the Kentucky tacks will lie considered consideredAt At the close of this meeting T C McDowell will send twcntvone of his horses to Fort Krie including The Manager which will start in the Fort Krie Derby The latter If a good truck prevails is looked upon here as a certain winner His most formidable opponent Froglegs will linye to con ¬ cede the McDowell colt nine pounds as a penalty for having won the Hamilton Derby A big delega ¬ tion will uo from here to see the race raceThe The threehorse combination consisting of Non ¬ pareil llosseaux and Be paid 4 1S905 foreach 2 Invested The twohorse play on The Widow Moon and Yauker yielded 3305 3305T T C McDowell today sold Duchess Daffy to E Rubel 1 Jockey Borel was taken 111 during the morning and had to cancel his riding engagements for the afternoon Starter Cassidy suspended jockeys Fain and Calla ban for four days each and Oanz for three days for disobedience at the post postAssistant Assistant starter Harry Morrissey will depart at the close of the meeting for Salt Lake whore he goes to take up his duties as starter on the Utah Montana circuit circuitStarter Starter Cassidy at the close of the Latonia meet ¬ ing will go to his home at Gravesend L L and expects to put in most of his time there until the beginning of fall racing on the Kentucky tracks when he will resume duty as starter on all the Kentucky courses coursesOver Over a heavy track with the dogs up the best workouts this morning were wereAdams Adams Express Mile in 151 151Console Console Threequarters In 125 125Coppertown Coppertown Seveneighths in 140 140ConUe ConUe F Fiveeighths in 108 108First First Peep Mile and an eighth in 209 209Helene Helene Fiveeighths in 108 108Hobnob Hobnob Half mile in 54 54lima lima Mile in 155 155Labold Labold Mile and an eighth In 200 200Lady Lady Lightning Threequarters in 121 121Palanquin Palanquin Fiveeighths in 105 105Buss Buss Threequarters in 124 124Salall Salall Threequarters In 125 125Sebago Sebago Mile iu 155 155Theo Theo Cook Threequarters in 124 124Tillies Tillies Nightmare Fiveeighths in 105 105Yankee Yankee Notions Fiveeighths In 105
