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LATONIA MEETING COMES TO AN END Exterminator Wins Thanksgiving Day Handicap j Closing1 Day Feature of Good Program Latonia Ky November 2S W S Kilmers great threeyearold Exterminitcr winner of the Kentucky Derby and Latonia Cup won the Thanks ¬ giving Handicap the feature of the closing day of the I itoiiia meeting and the end of Kentucky mc ing for the year Exterminator easily demonstrated his superiority over the good opposition he met iinii proved conclusively that he is a racer of ex ¬ traordinary merit especially in muddy or heavy going In his race today ho was never in danger and won with plenty in reserve reserveA A big holiday crowd was present to bid adieu to the thoroughbred until next spring Sjicculation was if large volume and the backers of favorites fared better than any day this week weekDixie Dixie Carroll with Lunsford in the saddle beat Eddie Tranter in the i eiier after the latter had et a fast pace to the last eighth Lnnsfords powerful finish materially aided Dixie Carroll in winning winningCaptain Captain Burns led all the way by a wide margin in the second in which the favorite First Ballot failed to run up to expectation expectationCainoufleiir Cainoufleiir found the going to his liking and Mond in a canter in the third while Baby Lynch practically duplicated that performance in the fol ¬ lowing race Both wen favorites and well backed backedThe The most closely contested races of the day wen the sixth and seventh David Cniig won the sixth after a stiiblxirnly fought duel with Opportunity jiiid the result was in doubt until the final strides It was even more close and exciting in the final race in which Bourbon Iid beat Jiffy by a head headJ J Mooney carried off the riding honors by win ¬ ning with Baby Lynch Captain Burns and David Craig He s No finished second on Jiffy and third on Ixith Adelia W and Wave WaveGeneral General Manager John Hachmeister was esincially gratified over the manner in which the meeting came to a close with such a fine crowd in attendance HI will remain hereabouts until the new year attending to matters in comicslion vith the two racing organizations with which he is identified He expects to make his usual winter pilgrimage to Naples Kla in January for a bit of rest and recreation Infore plunging into the preparations for next years racing racingWith With the closing of the meeting will come a gen ¬ eral scattering of the officials as well as the horsemen and others connected with the sport Pre ¬ siding Steward Price goes to his home at Louis ¬ ville until January when he plans to make his customary trip to Naples Flu Capt T J Clay his associate in the stewards stand will tqieiiil the winter at his home near Lexington LexingtonTomorrow Tomorrow will IK getaway day for horsemen in ¬ tending to race at the winter tracks Several hiin iired burses will leave for New Orleans and Cuba special trains having Iteen provided to Imth desti ¬ nations nationsJohn John Hachmeister said after the races that to ¬ day attendance was by far the largest of the fall
