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FAVORITES EIGHT THERE PUBLIC CHOICES ACCOUNT FOR HATF THE CARD IN HEAVY GOING AT LATONIA Merrick Runs a Surprisingly Good Race in Winning WinningOvernight Overnight Handicap from Strong Opposition Horron Scores Fluky Victory rn iriiuV up a trio of winning favor iiriTif which prevailed a iprite Rose of Jeddai u vw uu HUM ursi cuoices that failed after they had made gallant attempts and fought it out tlilnjid Seniprlte finished tlilnj id Kootenay took second secondlaoaey laoaey in tiieir respective races The lastnamed was given thu most support in the feature race a handicap at six furlongs wou by Merrick The latter sliowod a return to his good form and held sway for the entire running Kooteuay and Jim linscy alternated in second place until the final furlong where Kootciury drew out outThe The public lxgau auspiciously when Master Jim well handkl by Goose got home In advance oC Patrnche Joosi followed up his initial success by piloting victoryThe Merrick and Incision tit victory The best betting medium for the big operators during the afternoon was Horron which was sup ¬ ported to the exclusion of the other starters In tho third race Ilorron wiiu took iinilt the lilt IUIM purse but 1IUL his HIS victory VlCTOrj was VlCTOrjwas a fiuky one s Sum Hirsch was probably best Horron sufijected the latter to much Interference ou the first turn as a result of which Sam Ilirsun almost fell While Sam Hirsch was in trouble lionoil sprinted into a long lead Sam Hirsch waa slow in ntovering but he closed with a tremendous rush In the stretch and beat Pericles for second money moneyC C C Van Meter finally managed to win a purso with Cream which romped homo in the second race A surprisingly good price was obtained by her hackers The closing dash went to Coppertown which showed tho most speed for th entire trip with Husky Lad and Tay Pay second and third at the finish finishJockey Jockey Rol ertsou was suspended for the rest of the meeting by the starter for disobedience at the post postThe The poor track conditions resulted in many with ¬ drawals but left the card evenly balanced and the volume highThe of speculation rail high The moderate weather brought with it a return of the big crowds that have been patronising the sport Just sportJust before the racing Star Charter was worked a mile and a half as a preliminary to his start in the Latonia Cup on Saturday and finished the distance in 240 High Private another prospective starter in the race worked a inlle during the afternoon la 148 148Present Present indications point to a good track on Satur ¬ day and the great interest in the big race should result in one of the biggest crowds of the year being at the track to witness its running runningMars Mars Cassidy wilt go to New York on Tuesday for a few days stay before proceeding to Juarez where he will do the starting during the 100days meeting beginning DaySecretary on Thanksgiving Day Secretary Ed Jasper of the Juarez track an ¬ nounced that the horsemen had responded liberally In the matter of entries to the stakes which close today Tlie special train that will leave here for Juarez next Tuesday will consist of fifteen liorso cars two sleepers one baggage coach one day coach and a diner The special is scheduled to reach El Paso FridayR the following Friday R F Carman purchased at private terms today the filly Lady Lightning from J T Weaver aud Lon Johnson sold Puck to Frank Otis OtisThe The twohorse combination consisting of Cream and Horron paid 2li for S2 Tiie threehorse combination was won by the field backers Jockey backersJockey C Turner was sharply cautioned by Judge Price after the third race for his failure to keep Horron straight during the running Owner C F Busetiemeyers efforts to purchase Great Britain fell through as George M Herdrte declined to part with the colt and refused to price him himThere There were no developments today in the investi ¬ gation of jockey Loftus ride on Semprolus Iu view of the fact that several horses broke down yester ¬ day in the difficult going it was held that there was nothing unusual iu Semprolus defeat Loftus had several mounts this afternoon afternoonBruco Bruco Rice which broke down in the fifth race yesterday suffered additionally from a ruptured blood vessel and bled to death deathJames James S Everman will ship all of his horses In ¬ cluding the yearlings he has in charge direct to Charleston S C after tno close of the Latonia meeting
