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» t I1 J " J !, J , J . , ■ . . , , t ■ DOUGLAS PARK AND LAT0NIA STAKES. [ i Cincinnati. ».. august 14.— The fall stakes to he I decided at Latonia and Douglas Park done on t Wednesday . August 18. The management "I these I two tracks have .tiered the same Inducements to ti horsemen this rear as were offered iu last autumns i list of racing Matures. Although the Latonia meet a Ing this year will be two days shorter than the t one given last year, the same amount of stake l offerings will he given. fhe chief racing lixtttres in the Kentucky circuit during the autumn season i arc the cup events. A few yearn ago the Kentucky | Racing Commission tried to revive long-distance i racing ami three four-mile races were put on. i fhe last "tie was such a miserable failure that the i four-mile races paused away. The Commission at | that time urged John llachineister to give seiu,- of these races at either Douglas Park or Latonia. . llachineister refused, declaring that the day of ] four mile races had long passed, but declared that he would give something which would endure. Ac- ] ,-irdinglv he r»nt .," the Louisville Cup at two miles, for uonglaa Pack, and followed this with the latonia Cup at two miles and a quarter. All of these races have always tilled well and have resulted in spirited contest*, These two stakes are again the headline rs at their respective tracks. As mentioned above, entries to these stakes close on the i coming Wednesday. The stakes offered by the La- I tenia Jockey dub are: I. at. .ilia Autumn Inaugural Handicap, three-year Ids and over: one mile and a sixteenth with S2.iHiii , added. lt. Thomas Handicap. two-year-olds: three quarters with .mio added. Autumn Selling Stakes, thri-e-vear-olds and over: .me mile will- ,500 added. Latonia Cup. handicap, three year-olds and over: two and one-quarter miles with .u|X» added. Ii.iiL.las Parks offerings are: Douglas Park Inaugural Handicap, three year-olds and over; one mile and a sixteenth with ,000 added. Beechmont Selling Slakes, two-year-olds; five and one half furlongs with ,500 added. Louisville Cup, handicap, three year-olds and over; two miles with ,500 added. The Douglas Park meeting eeetta Monday, September 20, and clones Tuesday, September 2s. The meeting at Latonia opens on Saturday. October 9, and closes on Wednesday. October 27. Iu all there will be forty-one days of racing in Kentucky next fall, with no purse of less than $«0 l added.
