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ENCOURAGEMENT FOR PROPOSED RACE. A. B. Hancock Says the Big Latonia Fall Feature Should be at One Mile and Three -Quarters. Lexington. Ky.. January 2." . — A. li. Hancock nali this afternoon that In- had received much encouragement for the propo-ed three -year old champion race at Latonia next fall. "Hut." he added, "I note that the papers this morning bare stated that the di-t ince will be one mile and three-eighths in-atoed of one n-.ile ami three-quarters. "One object of the race." h, continued, "is to demonstrate that thro • c ar -old- in this country can run as far and are a- game and can carry as much weight as in England or any otht r country of the world. Yes. the distance by all means, should be one mile and three, iiiarter-."
