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LATONIA COURSE AGAIN DELUGED Jim Basey the Only FaTOiite to Score in Muddy Going at Kentucky Track Cincinnati O October 22 More disagreeable con ¬ ditions than those which prevailed this afternoon at Latonia could not bu imagined resulting in perfunc ¬ tory racing and a general lack of interest on the part of the spectators The attendance was sur ¬ prisingly large under the circumstances Aside from the handicap in which a quartet of sprinters met the card was an ordinary one As was to be ex ¬ pected the volume of betting fell off but not to a considerable amount the total being a trifle short of 70lXK 70lXKJim Jim Basey was the only favorite to win a purse but Anna Roed and Feather Duster were pronounced second choices and had the general support of the public Oreeu was the most unexpected winner of the afternoon This erratic performer was iu a run ¬ ning mood this afternoon and made a show Of her opposition The Grader was another longpriced win ¬ ner but he Inid his work cut out to dispose of Saw Hirscii the favorite favoriteThe The change from tho listless riding of Molesworlh to the energetic efforts of Gaus worked wonders iu Jim Baseys running and he showed his heels to the othors for the entire six furlongs in the handi ¬ cap and won with consummate ease Reciprocity was the closest to him at the end with Kootenay third Tlie going was supposed to favor Countless aud he received strong support but the former crack was never a formidable contender aud finished last lastTho Tho CarmanAdair Baker Felling race feud man festod itself again after the finish of tho fifth race when Feather Duster won The horse was in for 500 and Mr Carman promptly advanced him to 1000 Mr Baker protected the horse with an ad vance bid of 5 5Form Form students suffered In the closing dash whoa Rose of Jeddah and Puck both finished unplaced The pair were thought to have the race between them and were backed to the exclusions the others Ganz was added to tlie list of jockeys under sus ¬ pension getting six days for disobedience at tha post postJohn John W Schorr this afternoon secured the services of jockey Loftus to ride his starter in the Latonia Endurance Handicap to be run during the latter part of this meeting It is not known yet whether Mr Schorr will l e represented iu the race by Star Charter Frogiegs or Edda EddaFrank Frank E Brown is here prepnring Volthorpc to start HandicapThere in the Latonia Endurance Handicap There were several arrivals today from Porter Ind The newcomers are not likely to cut much of a hereThere swath with their racing material here There were few workouts over the heavy track this morning Those that worked had to move around the dogs Among the best trials were Barn wereBarn Dance Mile in 152 152Chilton Chilton King Fiveeighths in 108 108Console Console Threequarters in 121 121Daisy Daisy Platt Fiveeighths in 110 110Florence Florence Robert Threequarters in 123 123Joe Joe Deibold Threequarters in 121 121Mclvor Mclvor Fiveeighths in 107 107Merry Merry Lad Mile in 155 155Mockler Mockler Throeeighths in 40 Sly Fellow Fiveeighths in 108 108Red Red Rose Fiveeighths in 108 108Tyree Tyree Fiveeighths in 112
