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LATONIA DRAWS MORE RAIN Favorites Again Prove to Be Badly Selected Frank W Wins Like a Good Mud MudRunner Runner Harvest King Takes TakesHis His Race Easily LATONIA Ky June 23 A steady drizzle which began before the racing started continued through ¬ out the afternoon and caused the track to favor horses able to run well in the mud Favorites again suffered a Waterloo and were licntcn with consist ¬ ent regularity not a single choice succeeding in getting to the finish in the van Probably the most pronounced upset came with the running of the third race when Marjorie Ilynes was badly beaten even failing to land a portion of the purse purseThe The downfall of the talent began with the opener when David Craig was beaten easily by Breeze BreezeLord Lord Hamilton was given the call in the second race and he floundered hopelessly from the start and failed to get a portion of the purse the winner turning followingFrank up in Captain Mac with Alex Jr following Frank W which ran today for B 1 Coppage who secured him in his last ra y by the claiming process had no difficulty showing the way to tile good ones starting in the third nice Incidentally by his performance he showed himself to be h mighty cheap racer for the nominal claiming price at which he was secured securedThe The fourth race regarded as the feature of a somewhat ordinary card for these parts found Broom Peddler installed a big choice but his riders efforts to shake off Sewell Combs in the early running proved detrimental and he gave it iiC badly djiring the strotcu racing Giermonf Giermonfand and Vulcanite were the favored ones in the fiftli race but the finish found them distant followers with Itufus Riley and Prospector fighting it out hard for the purse and former getting the verdict In view of the fact that Rufus Riley had been working in fast time his odds of nearly 65 surprisingLucky to 1 was surprising Lucky R and Prunes were preferred in the sixth race but Prunes showed nothing and Lucky R just missed the victory by a narrow margin Ken ward beating her home by a head not because hi was best but due to Mooneys mistake of bringiiij Lucky K wide wideCLOSE CLOSE SHAVE TOE FERN HANDLEY HANDLEYFern Fern Handley took the final race after a drive to outstay the suddenly improved Huffaker with Wcnonah in third place a short margin in advance of the poorly ridden Aztec AztecTho Tho horses owned by the Baker estate will be dis ¬ posed of next Saturday The consignment will in ¬ clude Green Jones Betsy Dr Shafer and one other otherJack Jack Hill could with difficulty return to the scales after his finish in the closing race raceR R E Campbell one of the oldtime and favor ¬ ably known colored trainers died this afternoon at his temporary home near the track trackTho Tho riding exhibition that jockey Murphy put up on Regalo in the Enquirer Handicap terminated his services with Gallaher Bros establishment ac ¬ cording to trainer John Gallahcr Green Jones Dodge and Blackie Daw were other besides The Porter that came out of the Enquirer Handicap somewhat the worse for their rough nice Blackie Daws injury may prevent him starting until next fall as lie was cut badly about the front leics as a result of jockey Kederis action in cutting him off sharply sharplyJefferson Jefferson Livingston will offer for sale by auc ¬ tion next Saturday the horses Siwarlenc Wave Mammon Gibby Larry B Tidal Moga and Oreno There will be others miscellaneously owned offered for sale at the same time timeFrank Frank Bain tiie reputed owner of the 100X Patches was an arrival from the east this morning and while here probably will arrange for his trans ¬ fer cast and to the care of William Cahill CahillThe The Porter showed a bit of improvement and less soreness this afternoon but is still in a bad way His trainer is sanguine that he will be rounded into condition for fall racing unles unforeseen com ¬ plications set in
