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GREAT BRITAIN LATONIA DERBY FAVORITE FAVORITERecent Recent Sterling Performances Raise Son of The Commoner in Public Estimation Cincinnati O June 7 Interest in tho turf worH is mainly centered at present in the thirtyfirst running of the Latonia Derby to be decided Sat ¬ urday June 14 The Latonia summer meeting will begin tomornw It will last twentyfour days end ¬ ing Saturday July 5 It is the longest session of racing at any of the Kentucky tracks during the spring and summer season of 1011 1011The The Latonia Derby is patterned after the great English Derby at Kpsom Downs the distance being one mile and a half It has been at this distance ever since it was established as the Hindoo Stakes in 18 when the Latonia course was first opened It was only run as the Hindoo Stakes for four sea ¬ sons and in 1SS7 it became the Latonia Derby DerbyThe The money added to the Derby this season by the Latonia Jockey Club amounts to 0000 With the entrance subscriptions and starting fees the Derby will be worth close to S000 making it the richest threeyearold event in this country this season The richest Latonia Derby was In ISM when IUm Brush won with Ben Kder second and Lokl third It was wortli that season to the win ¬ ner 122110 net That was in the Hush days of racing There have been larger fields in Latonia Derby races than will start Saturday but horsemen agree that no band of threeyearolds has ever surpassed in class the field that will go to the post this season seasonFirst First perhaps In the list should come George M Heudrles chestnut colt Great Britain in the veins of which surges the blood of the mighty Hanover he being by The Commoner one of the great sons of that noted sire Great Britain never has been defeated on a Kentucky track He won three races last fall at Churchill Downs This season he has faced the barrier three times at Douglas Park and upon each occasion he romped away from his opposi ¬ tion Great Britain is being trained for the Latonia Derby by that skilful Canadian horseman John Walters who Is a pastuiaster in the art of fitting a threeyearold colt to travel a Derby route Mr Ileiidrie is president of the Windsor Jockey Club He Is a Canadian of great wealth and high social standing He will be at Latouia to see Great Bri ¬ tain race next Saturday and with trainer Walters believes that Great Britain will win the race raceNext Next in public estimation is A L Astes bay colt Ten Point conceded to be one of the fleetest thorougbreds on tfic American turf today lie is a son of Jack Point which after being off the turf a year or two returned to the track and won the Brighton Handicap Among the performers which finished behind him that day were Imp the idol of the racing public Kinley Mack which in the same season won the Brooklyn and Suburban Handlcps the great Ethelbert which following a brilliant career made himself famous in the stud as the sire of the sensational Fitz Herbert Ten Point while ho has been beaten upon three occasions this season in Kentucky has not finished worse than second In all of these contests he has been the chief con ¬ tender from start to finish Before coming to Ken ¬ tucky be defeated many of the best horses in the cast In appearance he has all of the qualifications of a turf champion championThen Then there is the Kentucky Derby winner Don erail He will have to concede all of the starters five pounds but his admirers hold to the belief that he can pick up this penalty and beat his opposition over the mile and a half course Donerall is owned by T P Hayes long a prominent figure on the turf and a skilful trainer as shown by i the condi ¬ tion in which he scut Donefail to the post in the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs on May 10 Donerail is a son of McGee Algie M by Hanover He Is sturdy in type although ho lacks the dash of Great Britain or Ten Point However he is what trotting horsemen style a monarch in the home ¬ stretch stretchThe The speedy Foundation is also a formidable candi ¬ date for Latonia Derby honors Foundation is also of the blood royal being a son of Nasturtium and Meddlesome She by Meddler His sire once old for 500000 and Meddler sire of his dam sold for 72500 Foundation is a picture horse and is sure to set a fast pace in the Latonia Derby He is trained by Will McDanlel who in one season won the Tennessee Derby Kentucky Derby and Ameri ¬ can Derby at Chicago with Calhoun Lookout and Boundless accomplishedThere a feat no other trainer has accomplished There are some who believe that a filly has a good chance to win the Latonia Derby this season as J T Weavers handsome chestnut filly Gowcll is a certain starter in the event Gpwell has shown in her races this season that she is a stayer It may be that she will be able to repeat in this event a fat accomplished in 1SSS by E J Bald ¬ wins Los Angeles This great mare is the only filly Included in the winners of the Latonia Derby Gowell is a daughter of the wonderful race horse Ort Wells a brother to Dick Welles and Dick Fiii nell She is out of Responsive by Mirthful which mare was an own sister to Witfull winner of the Crescent City Derby of 3003 Gowell is trained by her owner who is confident she will score in the Latonia Derby DerbyLew Lew Marion probably will send Prince Heymis to the post Doerhoefer West may decide to start Jimmy Gill Grefer Bender may saddle Floral Park and Maj T C McDowell may decide to start W L McCrackens McCorkle Weber Ward would like to start Solar Star but trainer Ward does not lM lieve that he can get that colt ready to run a mile and a half halfAVlth AVlth clear skies and a fast track turfmen expect to see the Latonia Derby record reduced this season Governor Gray holds the Latonia Derby record of 2307 which is also a Kentucky record for a mil and a half It is also close to the American record of 230J4 for this distance held by Goodrich Free Lances time last season in the Latonia Derby when he defeated The Manager Worth now dead and Sprite was 2151 Donerail lowered the Ken ¬ tucky Derby record this season seasonTho Tho Inaugural Handicap which will feature tho Latonia opening tomorrow will have a value of 2000 added On Wednesday June 11 the Clip setta Stakes 2000 added for twoyearold fillies at five furlongs will be the overshadowing feature On Wednesday Jun0 IS the Harold Stakes 2000 added for twoyearold colts and geldings at five furlongs will be decided On Saturday June 21 the Merchants Stakes 1500 added one mile for threeyearolds and upward will be run The Valua ¬ tion Stakes 1500 added for twoyearolds at five and a half furlongs will be run on Wednesday June 25 On Saturday June 2S the Quickstep Stakes for threeyearolds and upward six furlongs will be carded On Friday July 4 the Independence Handicap 2500 added one mile and threesix ¬ teenths for threeyearolds and upward will be the attraction The Cincinnati Trophy 3000 added for twoyearolds six furlongs will be run on the final day of the meeting The winner will receive a handsome silver cup
