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WATCHFUL WAITING AT LATONIA TRACK Eorses Given Only Light Exercise to Keep Them On Edge Colonel Vennie Pulls Up Lame Cincinnati O October IS There were fewer horses at work at Latonia yesterday than at any time since the arrival of the stables from Louis ¬ ville in anticipation of the opening of the fall racing season This is taken to show that practically all of the seven hundred horses quartered at the track are in complete readiness for racing and that all that is needed to keep them on edge is slow exercise with an occasional fast workout It is unlikely that much will be asked of most of them until the early part of next week On Monday and Tuesday some sharp work may be looked for es ¬ pecially among the horses with opening day en ¬ gagements gagementsThe The track was in superb condition today and will remain so until more rain falls R L Bakers Pif Jr and the Waldeck Sables Moscowa two of the most prominent of the eligible for the 10000 Lntoiiii Cup two and a quarter miles to be run on the closing day of the meeting were the most notable of the horses at work Both were asked to do the same thing threequarters of a mile in 118 Other fairly good moves noted included includedCamoufleur Camoufleur Fiveeighths lu 1 = 0 f Diversion Half niile in 50 50Golden Golden Floss Fireeighths in 102 102Hanovia Hanovia Fiveeighths in 102 102Warsaw Warsaw Threeeighths in 30 30Words Words o Wisdom Threequarters in 110 110Other Other horses given slow work embraced Fleeta belle Cerinus Jack Wiggins Marys Beau Big Smoke Blackie Daw Lowell Kling Eulogy Lucky R Sweet Alyssum and Hodge HodgeEdward Edward Trotter has purchased from J C Milam the fast twoyearold Hidden Jewel This colt ran some creditable races early in the year but of late has been showing soreness in his work workColonel Colonel Venule the1 star of the Jefferson Liv ¬ ingston string pulled up lame after his work ¬ out and it cannot be foretold at this time if lie will stand the training necessary to bring him back to the races
