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CLOSED AT DOUGLAS PARK ♦- Fast and Well-Contested Racing On the Final Day. ♦ Horsemen and Horses Moving from Louisville to Covington to Engage in Latonia Racing. ♦ Louisville. Ky.. June 11. — Spring racing in Louisville for this year terminated this afternoon with the run-ling of the last raee at Douglas Hark. The -aeiug scene will now shift to Latonia. where the port will lie inaugurated next Friday for a meeting of twenty-six days. At no former time in the long history of the siiort in this city, has it attained the prominence it reached this spring. Church il! Downs and Douglas Hark enjoyed wonderful prosperity and were accorded stuixinlous patronage. If the same e litions prevail at Latoaia, and there !■; every reason to expect they will, this season «.f spring Kentucky racing will go down in history as the most prosperous on record. During the present Douglas Hark meeting the sjHirt has bordered on the sensational. It was of common occurrence for track records, that had long endured, to lie lowered. In some instances they wit reduced several times. The racing itself has been wholesome on the whole and few instances for com ola i nt could lie found. The officials have shown alertness and have also made it plain to would -l e transgressors that a toleration of offenses, which formerly were overlooked, was now a thing of the past and that all who engaged in the s|Mirt, would lie expected to adhere strictly to the rules or seek other campaign iioints. The wiudup brought out an immense timing to view the sport and getaway incidents. Secretary Campbells final racing offering was a well «r-rauged one. with ipiality rather than quantity engaging in most of the dashes. All the rices, with the exception of the first and last, had light fields. The feature raee. a handicap at tliree-ipiarters. for a purse of ,000. resulted in an upset, when the suddenly improved J. J. M unlock led some fast sprinters to the finish. Betters Me Hoys taking se ad place, a short distance in front of St. .ugiisMne. with Solly following and his stable companion Kight Angle forced to discontinue the nice. on account of being stricken with a hemniorhage while in a prominent position, a quarter from the finish. The jK-rforaiam-e of J. J. Munlock was unexpected and he was the extreme outsider in tin-field. Solly and Kight Angle, coupled as an entry, being pronounced favorites. Sollys rider employed restraining tactics on the big Camden sprinter. evidently with the idea of reserving his speed until the stretch racing came. Hut the horse did not show to any.advantage under this style and he failed to gain on the leaders to any api«vciablo extent in the last eighth. J. J. Munlock was prominent from the start and drew out in the last sixteenth to win easily. The Williams Hnis. silks wen again prominent during the afternoon and two of the purses were accounted for by their n-presentatives when Kling and Faux-Col won in their nspective races. SPIRITED FINISH IN FIFTH 3ACE. Fanx-Col had some smart opposition in Kifle and Whirling Dun and the trio created an immense amount of enthusiasm when they came to the finish heads apart, extended to their utmost and their riders striving like trojans. It was anybodys race until in the last twenty yards, where the Irish-bred racer obtaini tl a deciding lead and passed the finish in advance. Klings victory was anticipated by his connections and they profited handsomely. Williams Hnis. claimed him iu his last start, having previously lost him by the same claiming process, when O. Johnson secured him. March Wind was the favored one iu the Kling raee. but could do no lietter than land in second place, and this position might not have been hers but for the action of J. Kederis in forcing Thinker back sharply when that racer was contending closely on the stretch turn for the lead. The ■towards promptly imposed a five-days suspension on the offending rider. Concerning the meeting which closed today. General Manager Haehnicister said: "It has asea a really wonderful meeting. So far as its financial aaaseta concerned, it is the best that Douglas Hark has ever had. Hut the major part of our profits will go into the fund of £300.000 which the racing interests of Kentucky are raising for the Bad Cnrss. We are glad indeed to donate to such a worthy cause and do so in the most cheerful spirit. Judging from the many kind things which have kasa said al out our meeting. I lielieve that the general public is well satisfied with its results Our patrons have been treated to some really fine an.l high-class racing and it will be our aim in ihe future to merit a continuation of the patnnage. Which has been so freely liestowed by those* who appreciate racing of the highest class, that it is possible to provide. Albert Simons, who trains a division of the stable of Harry Hayne Whitney, wired today for stall at Latoaia for two candidates for "the Li tenia Derby, which will come west shortly to carry the Whitney colors in the thirty-sixth running of this three-year-old race on Saturday. June T-. The Whitney stable has Johren. winner of the Subiirbai. Handicap: Sun Cold and Out Ihe Way. eligible for the Derby and it is supposed that Johren will lie its main reliance for the race. The advance brigade of owners, trainers, joekey-and turf followers will leave toniglit for Cincinnati by special train, arranged for by Eugene Elrod. J. C. Milams and B. H. Hradleys horses will l e shipped to Latonia tomorrow. Most of the owners will depart tomorrow tor ihe Milldale course. Man ager Hachmeistcr will not be able to leave for Latonia until tomorrow night, lieeause of many matters in connection with the present meeting that requires his personal attention. Edward H. McLean has secured a call on the services of jockey l.unsford. to do the stable light riding uuriug Ihe Latonia meeting.
