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, : i | i 1 1 i • JOHREN TO START IN LATONIA DERBY i H. P. Whitneys Great Colt and Jockey Robinson On the Way West for Saturdays Big Race. Cincinnati. .. June 17. — The Latonia Jockey Clubs spring meeting of twenty-six days has quickly settled into its stride following the opening on Friday under such auspicious conditions. The patronage oi: •"riday and Saturday was of such proportions that the proilicti- ns made in advance of the op-ning of the meeting, that it would lie a record-breaker in evi ry way. seem sure to be realized. Certainly the results to date have been i in excess of expectations. The week just opening will be one of the most import:. nt of tlie whole meeting. The Clipsetta Stakes of S2. MM added, for two-year-old fillies, will be run on Wednesday, which has been set apart as L-idi-s day, and the Latoiiia Derby, the last of the three great outstanding events of the Kentucky spring racing, will draw the biggest crowd of the season to the beautiful track nestling among the hills of northern Kentucky on Saturday itfternoon next. As the day for the decision of the Derby approaches, it becomes more and more evident that Ibis years rutmins of this famous three-year-old race will be in keeping with the tx-st traditions of the race, which has tx-eii run without interruption since the gates of the Latoiiia track were first thrown open ii: UN, It generally has happened that the Litouia Derby has lieen won by a high-elass horse and the chances are that this" year will turn out to lie no exception to the rule. Certainly things are shaping up well for a field ■f the highest class to contest the race. Kenneth D. Alexanders great colt Escoba, the chief hope of the Kentucky contingent and the favorite for the race, emerged from his unfortunate mishap in the Inaugural Handicap Mae the worse for the incident and the conviction is widely entertained that he will by returned the winner. But he will have worthy opposition and must get to tin-starting pist at his lH-st, and with no mistakes on the part of his rider during the running of the race, if his name is to be enrolled among the select list of the winners of this great three-year aid event. Escobus principal opposition is expected from Harry Payne Whitneys .loliren. winner of the Suburban Handicap and Belmont Stakes nt Belmont Park, which was ahifiped west today foe the -big race, and George J. Longs high-class three-year-old Freecutter. which finished so strongly from a -low beginning in the running of the Inaugural Handicap on Friday, as to suggest that he will Ik" well suited by the stamina-testing mile and one-half distance of the Derby. EXTERMINATOR TO BE A STARTER. Willis Sharpe Kilmers Exterminator, winner of the Kentucky Derby, is also coming west to run in the race, but somehow or other few are inclined to regard his chances favorably unless the truck should be muddy, as it was on the day the Kentucky Derby was decided. Exterminators victory in the Kentucky Derby was so little exiiected. that the average rae-cgoer refuses to take the colt seriously until he has further demonstrated that his success on that occasion was not of the fluky sort. There are a few who look for Exterminator . duplicate his Kentucky Derby success at Latoiiia next Saturday, but they are in a decided minority. The general view is that Exterminator was especially suited by the conditions prevailing the lay he won and that this explains why he was able to outlast Escoba in the strenuous drive with which the finish of the race was marked. There is no doubt but that Johren will have a big following for the race, in spite of the local popularity of Escoba and the sentiment of the Ken-tucklans. always so loyally demonstrated when a Kentucky-owned horse has been showing such undisputed" class as Escoba has during his brief career on the turf. Johren will come west with the best of credentials for the big race and eastern opinion is that he will he a hard nut for Escoba to crack. His sire is the late King Edwards famous stallion Spearmint. whose feats on the English turf brought him -Teat renown. Johrens dam. Mineola. is one of the most higly prized matrons at Harry Payne WhitncvV Brookdale Stud in Xew Jersey. The mating. of which Johren is the result, took place in England, where Mr. Whitney had sent some of his choicest mares to be bred to various fashionable English stallions, just before the outbreak of the great war. It had been Mr. Whitneys intention to maintain a stud in England, as well .-Is in this country, but the war upset his plans and that is whv johren and his dam were brought to this country. It is no exaggeration to say that no hors • is better bred than Johren. He represents one of the finest strains of English breeding on his sires side, while his dams Id. Midlines are likewise of the highest type. And Johrens record in the racing of this year entitles him to classification among the top-notch three-year-olds of the season. Besides Escoba. Johren. Freecutter and Extermi nator. the prospective contenders for Derby honor-on Saturday next include Thomas C. .McDowells American Eagle, which good colt qualified handsomely for his Derby engagement by running a creditable second to Edward B. McLeans crack. The Porter, at Latoiiia Friday: 11. P. Headleys promising maiden Duke of Savoy, which is working along satisfactorily at Latoiiia. after having pulled up a bit lame in a Derby work-out at Douglas Park: II. II. Hewitts Herald, which is in active training far the big race: Jefferson Livingstons Aurum. which trainer Golilblatt has an idea will he- well suited bv the mile and one-half route of the race: ti. AV. Lofts Cum Sah, widely has been showing promising form in the east; S K. Nichols P.ig Enough, and D. Raymond s Hollinger. which last named two have Ihcii racing over wi stern tracks. A conservative estimate is that tight of the eleven horses named will !; to the post next Saturday to oldest for the fame and the fortune that will go with the winning of this rich race. a
