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NEAR THE END AT LATONIA Only Two More Days of the Suc ¬ cessful Meeting Left Freecutter Wins a LongDelayed LongDelayedVictory Victory and Defeats Rancher Rancherand and Midway Track Talk Latonia Ky July 11 George 7 Longs Free cutter which has failed repeatedly in his last half dozen starts finally managed to achieve a brilliant victory when he triumphed over Rancher and Mid ¬ way in the mile and a sixteenth handicap which featured the card hut his success was in the main due to the timely judged ride that he received from Lunsford who nursed his high flight of speed during the early running and combining the reserve with a vigorous drive in the last eighth enabled him to outstay Rancher to the finish Rancher carried the big impost of 129 pounds and raced impressively Had the race been at a longer distance he would have won Midway acted unruly at the barrier and it caused him to waste considerably but at that had Thurber not brought him wide into the stretch and been able to give a more capable ride he might have won IchiBan one of the starters acted so badly at the barrier that she was solely responsible for the long delay there and when the start finally came it found her unprepared with tin result that she was virtually left at the post The threequarters race which was the next best offering of the afternoon resulted in a victory for Itlackie Daw in game style over Bon Tromp and Silk Lady The winner was best and ran to his top form taking the lead when called on by his rider and winning with speed in reserve though Bon Tromp was allowed to stay close to him at tlis irIsli irIsliMadge Madge F again showed consistent form and scored icr third victory during the meeting when she led home a fairly good band of twoyearolds that started in the third race Wyndover one of the out ¬ siders placeThe outstaying Camouflenr for second place The other four races brought to the post the limit number of starters and they were of Hie nediocre calibre Kiku in the opener beating Retta B a nose for the purse and thereby graduating into the winning ranks ranksBullion Bullion carried J 15 Respess colors to victory in the second race beating the wellintended Sybil easily easilyClara Clara Martin in the sixth race was aided to her success by the clear course she had from the rise of the bariier and it enabled her to lead from the start assisted by a good ride from Sande SandeThe The closing race resulted in a victory for Edward B McLeans Fencer on which Lunsford had the mount and it enabled him to continue in front of Sande in the matter of winning mounts in their interesting struggle for jockey honors during the meeting meetingJockey Jockey M Garner was found to have a slight fracture of the shoulder when put under an Xray examination and will as a result be out of the saddle for some time timeJockey Jockey W Knapp has been engaged by IS J Brannon to come here and ride either Colonel Liv ¬ ingston or St Bernard in the Cincinnati Trophy next Saturday SaturdayJ J P Ross superintendent of the Lexington track who has been here for several days has been be ¬ sieged witli applications for stable room by owners who intend shipping to the Lexington track after the close of Latonia LatoniaJudge Judge Allie W Young and T Hart Talbot l otli members of the Kentucky State Racing Commission were visitors at the track this afternoon afternoonLONG LONG DISTANCE EACING TODAY TODAYLovers Lovers of long distance racing will be especially interested in the seventh race to be run at Latonia this afternoon Racing Secretary Campbell has succeeded in bringing seven selling platers to ¬ gether at the unusual distance of two miles In ¬ cluded in the field is Williams Bros consistent long distance runner El Rey which wen the last of these long distance dashes at one mile anil threequarters El Rey is bound to rule a stmiwlf favorite for the race on the strength of his recent scries of successful performances performancesJockey Jockey Mack Garner was excused from lilling his remaining engagements on Rringhurst Dr Cannon and TzeLsi yesterday on account of being stricken with severe pains in the shoulder while riding Gin ¬ ger in the fourth race It was an aftermath of his fall of the day before The doctors could find no broken bones but arranged to have au Xray ex ¬ amination of the ailing shoulder made madeCapt Capt Thomas J Clay associate steward plans to return to his farm near Lexington Racing Secretary J B Campbell will make an automobile trip with a party of friends to a northern Michigan resort resortStarter Starter A 15 Dade will go to his home at Hen ¬ derson Ky to put in the rest of the summer summerJ J B McLnughlin supervisor of the parimutuels for the Kentucky State Racing Commission will re ¬ turn to his home at Lexington LexingtonEugene Eugene Elrod who manages the parimutucl de ¬ partment at all of the Kentucky tracks will go to Toledo to supervise the mutucl betting in connection with the Grand Circuit Trotting meet ¬ ing there Later on he will go to Cleveland for the same purpose after which he will return to his home in Louisville LouisvilleGeneral General Manager Hachmeister will remain at Latonia for a time winding up the affairs of the meeting and later will make a trip to Saratoga to interest eastern horsemen in the big events planned for next year and succeeding years at Latonia Frank J Bruen Manager Hachmeisters assistant expects to remain on the job at Latonin all summer summerBen Ben Levy is planning to leave for New York witli jockey E Sande immediately UIKHI the close of the meeting Eastern owners have been negotiating for the boys services servicesThe The horses of G A Marshall have been sent to Louisville for the summer summerJudge Judge E U Hopper known from coast to coast as a highly efficient racing official came up fro2i his home at Hustonville Ky to enjoy a few day of the racing and renew old acquaintances Judge Hopper was one of the original members of the Latonia Jockey Club and served as its wcretary for many years after the owning of the tnick in 18S3 He will remain herealxmts until the closiir of the meeting on Saturday SaturdayII II J Mclntyre treasurer of the Hamilton Jockey Chili was a visitor visitorAfter After Freecutter IchiBan and Midway had sorely tried his patience in getting the field away from the barrier in the Rossmovne Handicap starter Dude added all three of them to his schooling list
