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LATONIA GOING IMPROVED Sunshine Affects the Track Fav ¬ orably but Brings Surprises Fort Bliss Wins at the Longest LongestPrice Price of the Meeting Gossip Gossipof of the Track Latonia Ky November 25 The racing at La ¬ tonia this afternoon was marked by frequent up ¬ sets with a majority of the races jioing to long riced horses The greatest surprise was furnished y Frank Weirs Fort Bliss which won the second race and paid his few backers the record winning irice of the meeting 13300 for each two dollars nvcsted Jack Hill Sunningdale and Sam Mc Meekin also won at generous odds and helped to deplete the bankrolls of the followers of favorites Frank Weirs stable was in the limelight during he afternoon with two winners those being Sun ¬ ningdale and Fort Bliss Jockey J Dreyer als nade an enviable record by riding both of the Weir lorses in addition to having tlie mount on Jack Hill HillThe The meeting entered upon its final lap this after ¬ noon under conditions much better than those which liandicapped the sport all of last week For the first time in over a week the sun shone and tho track was in much better condition than at any time during that period The offering was an ordi ¬ nary one being given over largely to tlie selling platers The single exception was the fifth nice which brought out five of tlie better grade of 1orses tinder allowance conditions at one mile The nice resulted in a victory for Mose Goldblatts Barry Shannon which took the lead when Oppor tiinitjr quit and field the race safe in the final drive Sands of Pleasure which forced the pace liad to stand much pressure to withstand the rapidly gaining War Machine the favorite in tlie betting bettingJefferson Jefferson Livingston was a visitor at the track He is rapidly disusing of the horses lie has had in training He has some six yearlings and as many older horses that will carry his colors after he sells all that have been booked to be disposed of ofA A Mel Earlocker secretary of the Belmont Park and Saratoga tracks was an arrival and circulated among the horsemen soliciting entries for the Sara ¬ toga Stakes of next year whkh are to close on Wednesday and for the Futurity of 1921 which is to close for entries later on onHe He expects to remain until the close of the nieet ing on Thursday Next month he plans to visit tlie breeding farms of the Blue Grass region of Kentucky in the interest of the Futurity He stated that K T Wilson president of the Saratoga Association would be an arrival here tomorrow to enjoy a bit of the racing at Latonia before visiting Kirk levington Farm near Lexington to inspect his tlior otigh breeding sto k including Olambala and Camp fire After looking over his stock Mr Wilson plans to proceed to his winter home at Palmetto Bluff South Carolina LIBEHAI ENTRIES FOR SARATOGA STAKES STAKESThe The big stables racing here are entering their horses liberally for the Saratoga fixtures of 191 and Mr Earlocker will go away from here witli a big batch of nominations to the many rich stake races AugustWord to be run at the Spa next August Word has been received that the Cuban season of racing will open on Saturday December 7 instead of Thanksgiving Day as originally planned The postponement is necessary because of the detention here of more than 201 horses destined to engage in Cuban racing as an aftermath of the repeated post ponement of the Latonia meeting and the inability of several of the Cuban racing officials and many employes to depart for Cuba until after the close of the Latonia meeting with which they are identified in capacities similar to those they fill at the Cuban track trackCharles Charles H Lausdale and Frank J Bruen who are looking after the interests of the Cuban track here are arranging for the departure of the big special shipment of horses for Oriental Park at an early hour on Friday in order to make as close con ¬ nections as possible at Key West where the train will be transferred en bloc to tlie oceangoing ferry for Havana HavanaLester Lester Henderson whose horses have been racing here with conspicuous success have pur ¬ chased the promising twoyearold Texas Special from UogersJ A L Uogers J W Fuller was an arrival from his home at Wills Point Texas when he conducts a nursery for the breeding of thoroughbreds Tokalon winner of the Brooklyn Handicap figures in turf history as one of the most noted products of his stud It is Air Fullers first appearance of the season in Ken ¬ tucky meetingWilliam and In will stay to the end of the meeting William K Phillips patrol judge on the Ken ¬ tucky tracks is arranging to go to Cuba for the winter to enjoy the racing at Oriental lark
