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FAVORITES FARE POORLY FLORENCE ROBERTS IS ONLY WINNING FIRST CHOICE AT LATONIA TRACK Casuarina Overwhelming Favorite in Race for Two TwoYearOld YearOld Fillies Is Left at the Post Jockey JockeyGarta Garta Quits the Saddle Cincinnati 0 Jnno 17 Florence Roberts was the only lirst choice to win at Latonla this afternoon The failure of the favorites entailed a heavy loss to generalThe the public in general The worst upset of the afternoon came in the fifth nice when Casuarina an overwhelming favor ¬ ite failed to leave the post with the others and was left There were many who were Inclined to blame jockey Steele for the incident but the starter exonerated the boy and placed the blame on the filly for wheeling when the start came Some of the best twoyearold fillies in the west started in the race and with Casuarina out of the way Untiles easily outran Kdlth W to the finish with Bronzewing placeSteele in third place Steele figured In the failure of another strong favorite in White Wool The Adair Baker horse was much the best but was handled In blundering fashion by Steele tind succumbed in the last six ¬ teenth to the outsider Verena After the finish the winner was bid up from an entered price of 700 to 1005 and was retained H H Aiken in whose name the Hirsch horses formerly ran did the bidding biddingThe The inconsistent Star Ollyan won the closing dash In handy fashion from Wander the favorite In a former start when favorite Star OUyan was beaten off by Wander and Wilhite WilhiteThe The handicap at one mile and a sixteenth which featured the card went to Princess Callaway with Flora FIna iii second place Princess Callaway ob ¬ tained a slight advantage at the start and Buxtou kept journeyThere her in front for the entire journey There were several alleged good things in the opening dash which engaged a dozen maidens Clay Brothers Ovation turned up as the winner after a hard struggle Charineuse and Lindar fighting It out for the minor portions of the purse Emerahl Gem and Penalty the latter a first timer were mfc dlutns for attempted betting coups but both failed badly badlyThe The weather was again intensely hot in the city but a cooling breeze at the track contributed to make the sport erijoyable There was a falling off In the betting due to the repeated failures of the favorites favoritesJockey Jockey Carl Cana has retired from the saddle and today departed for his home In Louisville Ky Be ¬ fore Ids departure he instructed his brother jockey Uoscoe Goose to dispose of all his riding parapher ¬ nalia and secure a settlement with his employer E It Bradley Ganz found his opportunities limited on account of Increasing weight and decided to quit riding rather than impair his health Mr Bradley learned of Ganz decision with regret and told Goose to Inform his brother that there would always be a place for him iu the Bradley establishment either as trainer or at Idle Hour Farm Ganz re ¬ tires in fairly comfortable circumstances and is interested with his brother In several paying en ¬ terprises In Louisville in addition to owning valuable real cityThe estate In that city The reason for Casuarina being left at the post is said to be directly due to an ailing mouth aiil track soreness She Indicated iu her last start when she beat Ruffles by a slight margin that she was going back On that occasion she zigzagged over the course during the last furlong as if the bit was hurting her herSince Since Foundations transfer to the Jefferson Liv ¬ ingston stable there have been numerous wouldbe purchasers for him It is said that the price Mr McKonna got for him was 500 Trainer Me Danicls tried various methods to make the horse show his phenomenal speed in races but the colt would not do his best when accompanied by con ¬ tenders On the only occasion that he won at Douglas Park Musgravo made the colt believe that ho was running off with him Musgrave expressed the idea after dismounting that the horse was faint ¬ hearted and would never shine as a star starRichard Richard Dwyer who will do the starting at Por ¬ ter Iiid and also act as superintendent of the course is expected to arrive here on Thursday next Iu company with several of the Porter track repre ¬ sentatives in the interest of the Porter racing and also to liquidate outstanding obligations against the association There will be many Iwsemeu shipping from here to Porter at the close of the Latonia rac ¬ ing if they can he assured that the purses will be paid promptly promptlyGeorge George M Hendrie departed tonight for Detroit He received advices during the day from W 0 Panncr that applications for stable room for the coining Windsor meeting are as heavy as at any former time and that tills will probably be the ban ¬ ner meeting in the long history of the Windsor track Many of the horsemen will ship from here immediately at the close of the Latonla meeting and rest at Windsor until the opening of racing there thereThe The naming of Verona Ruffles and Star ORyau was too difficult a proposition for anyone in the big crowd and the throehorse combination pool wunt to the field backers who received 645 for 2 Ovation and Florence Roberts paid 25 to numerous backers of the twohorse combination combinationWilliam William II Shelley will take a rest after tho close of Latonia racing and will not return to the harness again until ho begins preliminary work for the Lexington fall meeting for which he will again serve judgeFrank as secretary and judge Frank J Union the capable assistant to John Hachmeister will at the close of the Latouia meet ¬ ing go to the Windsor Out track where he will serve as auditor luring the two meetings to be held there thereTodays Todays followingAmbition workouts Included the following Ambition Half mile in 54 54Anna Anna Reed Fiveeighths In 104 104Bandit Bandit Halt mile in 54 54Brightstone Brightstone Mile In 145 145Capltan Capltan Bravo Threequarters in 11 Carpathia Fiveeighths in 102 102Cash Cash 104Colletta On Delivery Fiveeighths in 104 Colletta Mile in 147 147Cotisiu Cotisiu Puss Half mile in 51 Father Riley Fiveeighths in 103 i Gay Bird Mile In 14 14Korfhage Korfhage Fiveeighths in 104 Magnet ThroeEighths In 37 37Merode Merode Seveneighths in 132 132Nobby Nobby Threequarters in 121 121Old Old Ben Fivoelsrhths In 101 101Solar Solar Star Mile In 144 144Strong Strong Half mile In 51 51Winifred Winifred I Threeeighths in 37
