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BIG SURPRISES AT LATONIA Boniface Beats a Fast Band and Evokes Judicial Inquiry Jockey Lunsford Distinguishes DistinguishesHimself Himself in Riding Three Horses Horsesto to Victory Yesterday Latonia Ky July 3 The running of the 1000 handicap resulted in a big upset when Boniface which in his last previous nice finished a bad last showed sudden improvement and won from Grundy ainl Buford in fast time with Leochares following and Prince of Ciinio and J J Murdock in the rear Itonifacos form flop was so sudden that the stewards at once took cognisance and demanded an explanation of owner J S Ward He stated that lie believed the horse had filled up owing to the fact that he had not been able to start him for two weeks the starter having him on the schooling list for five days and rain also inter ¬ vening Ward also claimed that he had not bet on the horse in any of his races and the absence of comeback money in any of them would indicate this to be a fact factIn In his race this afternoon he was far back during the first quarter but when called on he displayed high speed and passed the others in the last twenty yards to win from the early pacemaker Grimily which up to this point had shown a high order of speed and though tiring badly was good enough to outsti3 Buford Leochares essayed the task of carrying 132 pounds and on the stretch turn when he moved up buoyed the hopes of his supporters but he lacked his customary dash that so fre iiuently carried him to victory in the stretch racing Upsets racingUpsets developed frequently during tin af temooii andtfce wiilners im v from the most unexpected quarters The ordinary fields starting in most of the dashes were devoid of good class and of a variety which usually is beating each other The talent got away on their bst foot when jockey Howard piloted to victory in succession Madge F and Arthur Middleton ISoth were extensively backd Afterwards followed repeated upsets in ¬ augurated by the victory of Gohlstonc in the third race which beat a good band of youngsters includ ¬ ing Archie Alexander and Itrother Maclean Jockey MacleanJockey Limsford was much in the publics eye beginning with the fiftli race when lie swept the remainder of the card and earned tiiree victories ii succession with Clairvoyant Precious and Perti gino He displayed excellent horsemanship by keeping his mounts in forward contention during the early running and drawing away on the stretch turn turnOn On Precious he showed hustling tactics by taking her out into a long lead and having his nearest followers well spent before the stretch was reached reachedRESERVES RESERVES CLAIRVOYANTS SPEED SPEEDClairvoyants Clairvoyants victory was due to the riders saving tactics for threequarters which caused the horse to have enough speed in reserve to outstay the pressing challenge made by Marys Beau BeauOn On Pcrugino he took a big chance on the first turn and rushed his mount into a contending posi ¬ tion in which he followed Jessie Louise in close pursuit then passed her in a twinkling into a lead that stood him well when Exhorter offered his challenge challengeJ J 15 Goodman owner of Bribed Voter which is a starter in the Independence Handicap featuring tomorrows card announced this afternoon that should his horse win he would donate the beautiful silken American flag which will go with the win ¬ ning of the race to the Ked Cross to be auctioned off on the understanding that he will l e privileged to make the first bid of 500 for the trophy trophyJockey Jockey Molesworth who made a flying trip to New York and back resumed riding this afternoon afternoonSophia Sophia Gatcwood which is a carded starter in to ¬ morrows third race will be an absentee on account of sickness sicknessJefferson Jefferson Livingston came over this afternoon to view the racing for the last time in these parts this summer as lie goes to New York tomorrow where he will remain until after the Saratoga meet ¬ ing Both his strings of racers respectively under the supervision of Mose Goidblatt and Jack Mc Cormack will be skinned to Saratoga for the racing there thereThe The card which Secretary J B Camplwll has served 1111 for tomorrow is notable for quality rather than quantity and holds out the promise of sport of the most satisfying type The big thing of the day the Independence Handicap with S2500 added one mile and threesixteenths will lie contested by a closely matched Held of eight of the best of the western handicap division The probable starters and jockeys for the race will be as follows followsRancher Rancher L Mink Arriet Midway I Connelly Beaverkill Frcecnttor K Pool Franklin II Thur bcr Bribed Voter E Sande Buford K Simpson
