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STILL HEAVY AT LATONIA FOLKS HAVE BECOME USED TO IT AND TURN OUT LIBERALLY ANYHOW. Bars and Stars Furnishes a Surprise When Ho Wins the Fort Mitchell Handicap-Booker Bill Disqualified. Cincinnati. O.. Juno 20. — Ban anil Stars, owned by E. It. Klkins. showed sudden improvement in scoring over some Kmart sprinters that contested the Fort Mitchell Handicap of at throe-quar-ters. which featured the program of seven races at I a t inia this afternoon. He showed speed galore today in contrast to his showing in his last race ami. under careful riding, just lasted to beat Vogue, which came like a flash through the last eighth after being far back. Koscoc loose was hard urged and headed the others, with Loo Skolny fourth and Converse and Chalmers just behind. The finish was fine of the most exciting witnessed here. Threatening weather again prevailed, but racegoers in these parts have become accustomed to it and it did not prevent another big crowd from being on hand Track conditions were of the most difficult sort and it required an extra sturdy racer to keep from tiring in the going. The running of the second race brought with it the first disqualification of this season in Kentucky. Hooker liill was the offender to be displaced, after finishing second to Lady Worthington. lie was disqualified liccause of subjecting Queen Apple to interference when the pair rounded the stretch turn. The interference had considerable bearing on the result, for Queen Apple at the time of interference was going fast and might have l eon the winner. Lady Worthington slipped through next to the inner rail and beat Booker Hill by a head, the same margin separating the latter from Queen Apple. Hooker Hills displacement gave second place to Queen Apple and Harwood was moved into third place. Jockey F. Murphy was suspended for five days for failure to keep Hooker Hill straight. Favorites started off well when Clare and Lady Worthington accounted for the opening dashes, hut the failure of Jack Wiggins and Hot Toddy in the third and Leo Skolny in the fourth proved costly to the talent. Among those intending to go to Chicago at the close of the Latonia meeting to engage in the Hawthorne meeting are: Williams Bros, with 14 horses: J. CineHsetter. 0; J. M. Henry, 0; H. Fink. 4; and J. B. Goodman. Numerous others who will ship from here to Chicago will probably bring the number of horses from this locality close to 400. C. It. Anderson bought Samuel K. Meyer this morning from Adair and Baker. The horse is said to have cdmc out of his race yesterday in a bad way and will have to l e rested for some time. His purchase price is said to have been 00. W. F. Sihulte has at his farm near Louisville a half-brother to Dodge and also a half-brother to Franklin. Both were sired by King Olympian. John W. Schorr has bought, from .1. B. Viley, the yearling bay colt by Ferole — Domino Whist.
