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LATONIA PLANNING ATTRACTIVE PROGRAM. The Cincinnati Hnqnlrer. commenting on raciag : • oinliiii.il- ni Kentui-ky, ha- ihi- to aay: l.atonia will in. i -,.| ;, ebance to open on Meino-•i I Baj ihi- year, a- ii did last year. The Merno-:.,: • Dnj .in I* rveii i,. Ittaigias Park. In the • iih Memorial H:i - not made tniuli of. ami it will banllA be of much use to Douglas Park, but ii wa- Ihe best Ihe track managers could agree upon, especial I a- Ijexington refuses to open earlier than the lasi Saturday In Atarll. ind Lexington nsnallj gets what ii .nii- from Hie Kentnck Slate Racing Commission. The agreemenl nn dates wa- made i-i fall beiwei i Managers Had later. Winn an I *. ■ . Wil-on. An ainieabl. understanding was • ii .o ued iiml the program as outlined lay the track autnngera will probably he ra lined bv the commission witiiein cbangi t in* kimi. r. ibis arrangement l.iioni.i -ii- twentj loin days for soring raring. Ho -an,, length it had las spring. With the -ix.rt m the Monriahing comlitlon ii is sixty days raring in tin uprlng in Kentackj i- noi iik mnrh. Ihi- 1 1 1 • . I : i I • 1 mean- that there will be an canal number in Ihe tall Al I 1" days a icar i- ail Keiiliiek* will stand, ami tin- track managers arc showing a prngresaive noiril in net Insisting "ii longer racing p. i iod-. Long meetings at Latnaia a tew rears ago kill., | ihe apnrt, and ii ju-i tool; nl i -i Mat- tor it to roavaleace Last season was ihe Iii -i in -eveial thai l.atotii.i ha- coin,, not ahead. With a 1 wvnty ila.i meeting in lln fall it will make ju-t forty four day- racing around Cinciaaatl. Thi-i- long enough for ihi- region, aim Ihe people ap proved of this arrangement la-t year by attending more regnlarlj than they liil when liftv to slxtj daya a yeai wen .iven at the Latoaia track. The -pori in Kentucky hi- season i- bound to be better than it ever wa-. Bach track Intend* to bang up more money f"i the borstal tm. and Ibis will tend to keep them in Kentucky. •"Ihc increased attendance la-t year will eanhli General Manager llacbmeiater lo can* out one Idea which In- ha- b. on -I Tenuously endeavoring to put through, and thai is lo give mon moae for the -take horses. Ilu Kouluck.v State Ha. :nir t ononis -ion ha- a inlc declaring thai Louisville and latonia iiiu-t not bang up a pnr-c "I I.--- than srsm. That nil.- js all right cow. when Increased patronage per niits of i i- moae being added lo -lake-, but when Ihe tracks were einlea v oi in:; lo make both ends meet all they could do was to bang up 00 nurses tor stake horses It wa- manifestly unfair for three-year-old maiden* to get a- much for wlaning us high-priced stake horaea, bat the track amnagc- minis could do not btag. This year the only 00 i purses will be for th.- dog races, ami there will 1 be a liberal sprinkling oi sTihi Mini ,000 handicap* - in the program book. The Latoaia stake c. n-ditinn* will he announced shortly, ami i; will then i In- shown thai the promise of ihe uack management t lo uive awa] more in -take- ha- been no idle • boast. Kentackj will be again thi- yeai the premier r rncing -e.-iion of ihe country, despite the talk of l opening In iln- east."
