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BRIBED VOTER IN TRIUMPH ♦ Takes the Merchants Stakes Before a Big Latonia Assemblage % Going Improves Until It Becomes Fast — Close Finishes Please Spectators — Track Gossip. * Latonia. Kv.. June 29.— T. B. Goodmans recently nrilM.fl Voter, which lie acquired by tlie claiming route several days ago. ae counted for tlie Merchants Slakes, worth ?2.190 wt Jo the winner. which featured todays card. St. Augustine landed ill second MM and Inversion tiiird. Grundy. Hie only oilier starter in the Bare, tiring i»a lly in the last sixteenth after having shown tlie most sp. • !. Riilicd Voter dis plav.-d an excellent performance to run the mile in IjH over the drying track. It marked tlie second successive victory it: the slake for 4. 15. Good 111:1:1. laving placed it to his credit last year with his Kinney, which he acquired also via the claiming route, several days before the running of tli« r : — . Th.- Mr hauls Selling Stakes is all old cst.ib liklied leature of Latonia racing, being run for tin-first time in ISM. The interesting history of this crent from 1907 is here briefly presented: Year. Winter. A.Wt. Jockey. Val. Time. 1907 Phil Killcll ...II110U Willms..N«n 1 :31H-. • llHfil iiilial 4 1 » A. Walsh... 1.745 1:42 MO Belle Clem 3 s« Cole 1.151 l:3»*f. 1SI11 Prince Gal ....". KM J. Glass 1.440 1:3X% • VNS1 M iige 3 93 J. McCahey 2.150 1 :39 MSBrHMt 3 «l J. McDonld 2.190 1:3s 1!»I4 Star Jasmine...... 99 E. Martiu.. 1.850 1:3s1/-, • 1815 Star Jasmine. .6 HHi M. Garner.. 2.240 1:40% l»lu Ludr Botha ..4 99 K. Lapaille. 2.190 1:38 13 • 1917 Kinney 4 107 1. oiiully. 2.380 1:39 %, ". 1U1H Bribed Voter... 4 1 W E Sau..e .. 2,190 1:38 Njt run in 190". Fine weather was instiumcntal in bringing to „ Latonia this afternoon the full strength of racegoers, supplemented by a big throng of h.ilf holiday r visitors. The racing was interesting and wholesome and immensely enjoyed. Tlie track, at the outset, was slow. I ill under the constant labors of the big j turn- of track men. it continued to improve and was s fa-i by the time the stake rave was i vvn for t.e- . Mm. The small field-- of evenlv classed oiii--br-iught about many close finishes, the handicap for r two-year olds K-iag .parti -ularly close, the first t five in it lauding heads apart. Idealise of a prospect for a heavy track and the disinclination of several owners to run their representatives over it. the li.-mdh -ap. which was intended as a secondary feature, was declared off ::nd i new race for cheaper grade horses was substituted. It was won by Edward It. McLeans Samhaau II.. which came with a well timed rush through the stretch to win from Tom Anderson and Yorkillo. The McLe.-fn colors were unlucky to lose the purs- in II-" opciiiu? race, when Candle Light was beaten short margin by Ah lia W.. due mostly to the loss «.f ground he suffered by coming wide on Hi- stretch turn. DOUBLE F0S J. B. GOODMAN. Hie Goodman colors made it a double for the aft-rnooii. when his consistent Ictrovna boat a fairly go.«| hand of sprinters that met in tlie second race. P tn.vna had to 1m- ridden hard through the stretch !•• outstay ISon Tromp. St. Bernard, carrying top weight, gave his sup P-Tters a sensation when he appeared to be bealen •Mt before rounding into the stretch, but managed N get up in the last stride t win from Hidden .!• wvl slid Ginger. He showed decided lameness on ins return to the judges stand. ug« line and Marauder staged a hard fought snuggle in the sixth race. Angeline winning in the last strid-. The final race enabled the Wil lams Brothers to add another purse to their long list garnered :t this meeting, when Sun God IN in easy style from Baby Lynch, with Jim Heffcr-ing following. Joekev W. Andres* is th- latest to respond to a • .II to "the colors by joining the navy. Horses in training belonging to A. B. Sprcckcls ..nd others were sold by auction today. Following are purchasers and prices: Napan Ed Alvev, ,100: Walterina, S. Le Duk--.. MOO: Vivir. J. Nugent. 5; Madge F., J. IV Riley, M 000: Nesib. J. Nugent. 5: Iwiniwin. J. W. lormau. »!00: Iwin. E. K. Bradley. ,300; Miss Wright. J. Tigne. 00; Out. J. Nugent. 5: High Horse. C. E. Connolly, 30; Shenandoah Belle, J. Nugent. 0: Cathedral, Mode Nicoll. 25. It was surprising to everybody that the track should lx- restored to a fast condition so quickly. following the rain of Friday. The quick transfer matioii affords -triking proof of the wonderful improvement which has taken place in the track sine- the i.|M-ning days of the meeting, under superintend- m"s Noltcs up-to-date methods. BrilM-d Voter, after winning the Men -.li.-.nt Stak -s. wis Lid up from bis entered price of Nl.700 to ,500 by E. B. Bradley, from whom J. !t. Gi-odman claimed tlie horse out of the race in which he previously ran. Goodman protected dehor-- with the usual advance bid of . Jockey J. Metcalf departed last night for the Spreckels ranch, at Napa. California.
