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GRAND RACING PREDICTED Latonia Meeting Opens This Afternoon With Fine Card Great Contest Expected in the In ¬ augural Handicap Eternal Buns Fast Mile and Half LATOXIA Ky June 3 With the stage fully set for the opening of the Latonia meeting which will hold sway for twentyeight racing days the opening tomorrow promises to exceed the expecta ¬ tions of the management who have made prepara ¬ tions to take care of the largest attendance in the tracks history Interest in tie approaching racing is ixssibly keener than at any former time and not alone is it confined to local sections for requests for reservations have come from all parts of the country and the visitors for the opening will pro ¬ long their stay at least until after the decision of the Latonia Derby which will have its runnjng next Saturday Conditions for a successful opening could not be improved on The track is lightning fast with a firm cushion presaging a lowering of records in those dashes where the better class horses are entered In this connection it is confi ¬ dently exacted by the critics that the In ¬ augural Handicap at a mile md a sixteenth in which the stars in these parts will meet is likely to bring witli its running a reduction of the former track mark markSecretary Secretary Shelley has provided an excellent open ¬ ing davs offering with six highclass dashes at diversified distances surrounding the feature race TlKf latter has 4000 iu added money and will be worth jn the neighborhood of 3000 to the winner For the opening day there is a purse distribution of 13000 in added money with no purse of less than 1200 and only one race of this minimum value valueActivity Activity continued the ruler at the track today and i special train again brought hundreds of horses from Louisville that will take part in the racing There was also a goodly number of arri ¬ vals from the east and it included the stables of James Gasser C E Richards Smith Farrow and F D Weir The hitters consignment included the crack Old Rosebud Jack Hare Jr War Machine Toto and others othersThere There are eleven carded to start in the Inaugural Handicap and at least eight are counted on as sure starters The doubtful ones are considered to be Linden Drastic and Rifle The probable starters their weights and their jockeys follow followHorse Horse Wt Rider RiderThe The LunsforrtBeaverkill Porter 13 H Lunsforrt Beaverkill 114 C Robinson RobinsonMidway Midway 12 H Thurber ThurberFreccutter Freccutter 109 J Groth GrothCourtship Courtship 109 O Willis WillisRancher Rancher TJuassignedViva 118 TJuassigned Viva America 107 C Van Dnsen Major Parke 94 T Murray INTEREST IN XATONIA DERBY DERBYThe The running of the Latonia Derby is absorbing considerable interest though it will not be decided until Saturdav The trial of Eternal which came hero Sunday from the east with The Wanderer was regarded as phenomenal and should H G Bedwell decide not to send Sir Barton here Me Clellands racer is certain to In the favorite on the strength of his preliminary this morning He ran the full Derby route mile and a half in 235 tin fractions by quarters as follows 23 47 112 139 207 207Owner Owner McClelland is certain that his crack will on this occasion retrieve his lost laurels and is eager for the return meeting with Sir Barton on a fa i t track Xo advices have been received as yet from H G Bedwell as to his intentions in regard to the Derby but it is more than probable that he will send here some threeyearold to carry Coniniau der Ross silks in the race raceT T C McDowell this morning secured first call on jockey J Howard for the coming meeting Jockey Cruise lias been taken over by E W Moore who will hereafter make his engagements engagementsBarney Barney Schreibcr was among the newcomers to ¬ day from Xew York YorkIt It was learned from an authoritative source that the vacancy on the directorate of the Kentucky Jockey Club will be filled by Maurice Galvin a prominent attorney of Covington Ky and brother of Mayor John Galvin of Cincinnati Mr Galvins lection as a member of the Imard of directors is in recognition of one of Covingtons substantial fitizens His election will be ratified by the other directors of the Kentucky Jockey Club at their next meeting Mr Galvin stands high in his community and his election to the directorate will bo an asset to the Kentucky Jockey Club ClubWith With the beginning of the Kitonia racing the adoption of the eastern scale of weights goes into effect Tin higher weights will enable some of the older riders with ability to have more mounts mountsSecretary Secretary Will Shelley has been advised that Be Frank will IM among the starters in the Lutonia Derby and that he will be shipped from Belmont Park tomorrow tomorrowIt It is intended to use seventynine mutiiel machines daily during the present meeting and this big bat ¬ tery it is thought will prove ample to accommodate the speculative element in these parts partsThe The racing here will begin daily at 215
