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RICHNESS PROVIDED IN LATONIA RACING Program of the Meeting Replete With Opportunities for the High Class Horses COVINGTON ICy June 1 Itetween 350000 and 400000 will be distributed among the horsemen racing in Kentucky in the course of the thirtyone days of racing the Kentucky Jockey Club will in ¬ augurate at the beautiful Latonia course Saturday next The Latonia meeting will be signalized by the renewals at high values of the Latonia Derby the Latonia Oaks the Enquirer Handicap and some other fixtures of long standing also the institu ¬ tion of several specials that are destined to become popular in the future These stakes and an over ¬ night purse program of exceptional liberality have attracted to Kentucky more highclass horses than ever were assembled in the Itlne Grass State for spring and early summer racing and having Jiad several weeks of it at Lexington Louisville Havre de Grace and Kaltimorc most of these horses have already arrived at niidseason form formHotter Hotter racing than the Kentucky Jockey Club will conduct at Latonia between the fifth of June and the tenth of July will not have been witnessed in any part of this country in a quarter of a cen ¬ tury That the patronage of this racing will be unusually heavy is a foregon1 conclusion In con ¬ vincing testinumy of this fast widening popularity of racing the crowds that have supported the meet ¬ ings at Lexington and Louisville in Kentucky and at Howie Havre de Grace and lialtimore in Mary ¬ land have exceeded as regards size the most ex ¬ travagant expectations of the promoters of this sport They have fairly swamped the grandstands Providing adequate accommodation for them or even sufficient shelter in bad weather has been impossible and exerywhere contracts have been let for the enlargement and amplification of racing plants against a bigger crush in the autumn There will be a jam at Latonia but the sport will be worth anything it may cost of personal comfort comfortThe The order of the running of Latouias stake races fixed by Colonel Matt J Winn vicepresident and general manager of the Kentucky Jockey Club and Harry Ilrelvogel resident manager of the Latonhr track is asfollows Inaugural Handicap for 3yearolds and upward 5000 added one mile and a sixteenth Juno 5 5Litouia Litouia Derby threeyearolds 15000 added one mile and a half June 12 12Quickstep Quickstep Handicap threeyearolds and over 5000 added threequarters mile June 11 11Clipsetta Clipsetta Stakes twoyearold fillies 5 K0 add ¬ ed fiveeighths mile June 1 1Harold Harold Stakes twoyearolds colts and geldings 5C added fiveeiuhths mile June 23 23Enquirer Enquirer Handicap threeyearolds and over 5000 added one mile and a sixteenth June 25 25Latonia Latonia Oaks threeyearold fillies 5000 added one mile and a quarter June 30 30Cincinnati Cincinnati Trophy tvoyearolds 5000 added threequarters mile July 3 3Independence Independence Handicap threeyearolds and over 15000 added one mile and threesixteenths July 5 5Ten Ten Uroeck Handicap threeyearolds 5000 added one mill and a quarter illy 7 7Daniel Daniel Itoone Handicap 3yearolds and over 10000 added one mile and a half July 10 10The The Latonia Derby and the Ten Broeck Handi ¬ cap will bring the best threeyeaiolds in the coun ¬ try to Latonia The Latonia Derby is second in point of value of the Wests threeyearold spe ¬ cials and it is the best race s regards distance of the countrys threeyearold stakes because it is n race of one mile and a half It will be possible in a few days to give a fairly accurate forecast of the Latonia Derby field Hut it is safe to say now that Paul Jones the gallant winner of the Kentucky Derby will be a starter In addi ¬ tion to the regular addition of 15000 Paul Jones will earn a perquisite of 5000 if lie succeeds in defeating his opponents in the Lstoiiia Derby Paul T6ies is receiving special preparation for the race because being a gelding he is barred from par ¬ ticipation in most ct the valuable threeyearold rces that are being decided in the East EastHy Hy instituting the Daniel Koonc Handicap and fixing its distance at one mile and a half as well as by putting the Ten Ilroeck Handicap on his regular card and increasing the value of the Independence Handicap general manager Winn has given a strong stimulus to the development of ma ¬ tured longdistance runners and created attractions that will bring to the lllue Grass State in June and July horses that ordinarily would be running at Iilnumt Park and Aqueduct
