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THE PORTERS INAUGURAL HANDICAP Fast Son of Sweep Runs a Great Race Under Heavy Weight and Wins Easily BY J L DEMPSEY DEMPSEYLATONIA LATONIA Ky June 5 Edward B McLeans stout and sturdy The Porter added another triumph to his long list by accounting for the Inaugural Handicap with 7000 added and worth ffilliO net to th winner in commanding fashion from the best field that could be mustered in the handicap divi ¬ sion His impost of 131 pounds did not seem to Ixithcr him despite the stiff going and at I end of the race found him easing up to outstay Be Frank with Atta Boy II pressing the Garrison1 representative closely for second place It was the first time that The Porter had started over the track since his hard fall last year during the running of the Enquirer Handicap when he sus ¬ tained injuries that kept him out of racing for wnni time The victory was a itopular one for in addition to The Porter ruling a big favorite the little big horse is a decided favorite with race goers in these parts Despite OBriens re ¬ straining tactics The Porter kept Ginger close com ¬ pany for a half mile and afterward raced into a long lead and had matters his own way through the last eighth Be Frank under strong riding wore Atta Boy II down for second money the lat ¬ ter running a good and game race The disap IKtintment of the race was King Gorin The Ken ¬ tucky Handicap winner of this year was at all times a distant follower and finished far back backIn In the threequarters handicap which served as the secondary feature Paul AVeidel continued his clean record and it marked his fifth consecutive victory since graduation from the maiden ranks at Churchill Downs He took into camp a really highclass band of sprinters and won witii the ut ¬ most ease Sewell Combs landing in second place and Lady Fair Piny heading the others othersPrince Prince Hal which cost 35000 scored his initial victory in the silks of his new owners and inci ¬ dentally ran a game race to outstay Kiuburn in a hard stretch drive The Harry Payne AVhitney Damask was given an opportunity to redeem him ¬ self here but again proved a failure This race WHS exclusively for threeyearolds and was con ¬ tested by several that will be factors in the de ihsjoit ut tuc LttlMiiu Doruy4t6 besrun BexfiSat urday urdayHARRY HARRY MORRISSET A VISITOR VISITORHarry Harry Morrissey who presided at the barrier dur ¬ ing the recent Tijuana meeting was among the visitors and departed tonight for his Kemphind FHm near Lexington LexingtonSecretary Secretary E G Stoll of the Kentucky Racing Commission issued a notice this afternoon that all racing colors must be confirmed within a period of ninety days from date If not confirmed within the specified time the colors will be void and a ft of 25 charged for hew registration registrationJockey Jockey Hanover was suspended for five days by the stewards for rough riding while astride Kin burn in the fourth race raceJohn John Hachmeister former general manager at Latonia and Douglas Park was among the club visitors visitorsEmil Emil Herz who is now devoting most of his time to his Short Grass Stock Farm near Lex ¬ ington was among the visitors visitorsAn An immense throng taxing the capacity of the rebuilt plant and far in excess of the manage ¬ ments expectations welcomed the return of racing at Latonia This too in spite of threatening weather and a deep track that served as a slight drawback to the sport sportLouisville Louisville sent here an extra large delegation and it necessitated a special train for their accom ¬ modation Among the Falls City sportsmen were Col Aennie one of the leading stockholders in the Kentucky Jockey Club P J Haiilon another di ¬ rector and stockholder and Charles F Grainger resident manager of Churchill Downs DownsC C N Garrison owner of Be Frank came from New York to witness his representative run in the Inaugural Handicap HandicapAV AV Booth sent notification here this morning that he would ship Gladiator here to run in the Latonia ThursdayTrainer Derby The horse will arrive Thursday Trainer AV Garth requested advice as to the weight that Paul Jones will have to carry in the Latonia Derby He was notified that because of a five pounds penalty for winning the Kentucky Derby Paul Jones would have to carry 131 pounds
