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HIGH COST REGAINS SPEED Overhauls Fast Jorice in the Stretch in the Feature Race Prospector Defeats Raider and andPrecious Precious in a Hot Finish Big Crowd at Latonia LATONIA Ky July 2 In the threequarters handicap for n purse of 2200 which featured todays card High Cost won in good style from Jorice with Top o th Horning third High Cost maintained his speed better this afternoon thali in his two previous races and fooled the wise ¬ acres for when they expected him to drop back he drew away from Jorice and won by a short length The time 111 represented the fastest race of the day Todays good racing offering was productive of interesting sport and was again witnessed by a big attendance Speculation was on a par witlL tlio good conditions conditionsIn In the mile and a sixteenth purse Prospector was the victor but only after a hard drive to outstay Raider and Precious The latter had the betting call and might have been the best but a faulty beginning coupled with bad racing luck was re ¬ sponsible for her undoing Had Howard her rider succeeded in keeping her out of pockets in the first threequarters she might have led for the entire race raceConsiderable Considerable interest attended the appearance of Cotton Blossom a daughter of Luke McLuke Crownlet making her debut in the second race The filly l sbeenjdiowiBg eMational trialsitafliil on the strength of it stfe was backed with rare confidence She won but only after she had provided some unpleasant moments for her large coterie of backers when she suddenly evinced a disposition to quit in the last eighth after having seemingly indicated that she could spreadeagle her opponents Murray however kept her going long enough to withstand a threatening challenge from Orlova The filly is regarded as one of the cracks of the season and her race this afternoon was in the nature of a preliminary for the rich Cincinnati Trophy to be run on the closing day dayCLOSE CLOSE AND THRILLING FINISHES FINISHESA A rousing finish came in the onening race when Boustelle just managed to outstay Discussion after a hard drive Another closely fought contest came in the third race ill which Catania beat Metem and Military Girl GirlThe The mile and aa eighth selling race sixth on the card enabled John C Ferriss to take down his first purse vrith Quito after many trials in which he has figured prominently but never quite suc ¬ ceeded II C Basch was an outstanding choice in this but he had to be ridden to his utmost to outstay LotteryC the fast coming Lottery C T Worthingtoa contemplates shipping Viva America and others in his stable to Canada as soon as authoritative advices of the opening of the Dominion track are received receivedJ J S Ward will take Escoba and Midway to Saratoga after the close of racing here The two yearolds Bly and Louis A that he is training for former jockey Roscoe Goose will be shipped to Louisville where they will be given full oppor ¬ tunity to recover from their recent illness and be campaigned next fall fallJockey Jockey Holmes who made his appearance today with colors up was instructed by starter Dade to accept no more mounts until he acquires more rid ¬ ing experience experienceJockey Jockey Warrington was suspended by the starter for the remainder of the meeting for disobedience at the post Jockey postJockey I Connelly was today congratulated on becoming girlSeveral the father of a baby girl Several of the owners who had contemplated shipping to Libertyville are now going to wait and note developments there If the racing goes along without molestation there will be plenty of ship ¬ ments to the halfmile track
