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LATONIA FORM UPHEAVALS Barney Shannon Suddenly Devel ¬ ops From Plater to Stake Rating Defeats Such Celebrities as Old OldRosebud Rosebud Viva America and andCourtship Courtship With All Ease LATONIA Ky July 1 An upset developed in the mile anil i sixteenth 2500 handicap today when Barney Shannon galloped homo to an easy victory with Viva America and Old Rosebud fol ¬ lowing mid several others including Courtship winner of the Enquirer Handicap and Lillian Shaw Kentucky Oaks winner following The winner showed amazing improvement over previous races here He lias been showing nothing but a good ride coupled with his being favored by u light impost enabled him to keep up with the lead ¬ ers until reaching the stretch where Thurber called on him and he moved nr steadily to ultimately pass Viva America and Old Rosebud in the last sixteenth and win as his rider elected The time of the race 143 is only twofifths of a second away from Dodges track record for the distance Viva America and Old Rosebud exhausted each other in the suicidal pacemaking their jockeys sub ¬ jected them to Much was expected of Lillian Shaw in the race but sho never figured prominently at any stage and acted as whipperin for the others throughout throughoutSurprises Surprises were sandwiched in between formful racing this afternoon the failure of Rancher to figure more prominently in the result in the third nice being particularly disappointing His poor showing was probably due to being forced to travel wide and Luusfords inability to do him justice The winner turned up Jn SewelL Combs over Top the race was riin was much the best but he was away poorly and suffered from being caught in a jam from which he could not extricate himself until well along in the stretch stretchThe The highly regarded The Swimmer finally man ¬ aged to break into the winning ranks by scoring over some good youngsters in tiie second race in which he ruled an outstanding favorite He began better than usual bided his time until straiglit encd away for the stretch racing and drew out with ease in the last eighth Ace of Trumps had a hard struggle to outlast Alex Jr for second place placeFor For the first time in weeks a favorite succeeded in winning the opening race when A N Akin won from Pullux and Star Baby There would have probably been a different result had Sirocco not been forced to race extremely wide which cost him considerable ground groundLady Lady Fair Play was another favorite that re ¬ warded first choice backers and her victory was achieved in easy fashion in the fourth race Bull ¬ doze being closest to her at the windup with Dixie Carroll heading the others othersDOUBLE DOUBLE FOE THE lOWENSTEINS lOWENSTEINSM M J Lowenstein followed up their Haniey Shannon success by taking the sixth race with Kil ¬ kenny which scored a nose victory over Jackstraw and Money Maker in lucky fashion Selma G and Money Maker were by far the best in the nice but the former was pulled up in the last sixteenth without apparent cause Money Makers failure was due to a bad start startMint Mint Cat raced surprisingly well for a horse that that has been showing the extreme lameness he has and led a good band of platers throughout in tin ¬ selling handicap that closed the days card He was the longest priced winner of the afternoon afternoonJ J S Wallace departed for Libertyville 111 where lie will officiate as presiding Judge and sec ¬ retary Four cars of horses departed for that point also alsoGeorge George Land in charge of F J Kelleys horses will ship them to Louisville after the racing here and they will be rested until fall fallJockey Jockey S Boyle was suspended by the stewards for the remainder of the meeting for striking jockey Lunsford with his whip during tho running of the third race raceOld Old Rosebud and others in the F D Weir con ¬ signment will be shipped to Yonkers and engage in the Empire City track racing before going to Saratoga SaratogaT T C McDowells crack youngsters High Com ¬ mand and Distinction which have been out of racing since their last starts on account of bucked shins are again taking their daily exercise and are being prepared for a campaign at Saratoga where they will be shipped with others of the McDowell owned meetingR racers at the close of this meeting R L Baker J J Troxler J O Whitlow J T Ireland and J P McPherson will send their horses at the close of racing here to Lexington where they will be rested until the resumption of Kentucky racing racingThe The progress of the DempseyWlllard bout at Toledo will be made known to Latonla patrons by special wire wireA A large and wellmatched field is assured for the Independence Handicap Friday when one of the largest crowds of the year is expected to witness the racing Racing secretary W H Shelley has arranged an attractive program for the National holiday and all arrangements arc completed to en ¬ tertain the big gathering that will come from all parts of Kentucky
