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DRASTICS GALLANT FINISH Gives Him the Enquirer Handicap in a Punishing Drive Brookholt Loses by Failing to Run RunStraight Straight Jockey Lyke Stars StarsWith With Three Victories BY J L DEMPSEY DEMPSEY1ATONIA 1ATONIA Kv June It Tin Enquirer Handi ¬ cap at a mile anti a sixteenth having a net value of ir M niul a costly stiver cup donated by Ed wnrd H McLean was won this afternoon by Drastic which outstayed Montfurt Jones Brook liolt to gain the prize l y a nock Pastoureau fol ¬ lowed In third place with Olnger fourth enabling him to save his starting and entrance fee Dras tis performance while a really good one should not have earned him the victory had Brookholt continue to run straight in the stretch The loss of ground entailed by his running out was wore than UK margin by which he was beaten The Moutfort Jones representative showed fine speed and displaced Miss Jemima in the lead before a half mile had been traversed and came to the stretch turn with a clear lead but at tliis point his erratic propensities were asserted and he swerved out steadily to the outer rail It was thl that enabled Drastic coming with a rush after having closed up much ground to flash by right at the finish finishIt It marked the third consecutive victory for Dras ¬ tic at this track Kleven started in the race with Pastoreau a slight favorite but nearly alltlie Gbrin Best 1al and He Frank were considered dangerous before the race but they were always on run The runThe usual big Saturday crowd was again pres ¬ ent and the visitors included many representative persons in this section and vicinity The Louis ¬ ville contingent was again especially large and each train from that point had uunierous extra coaches to accommodate the Latonia visitors visitorsFine Fine weather and a fast track contributed ex ¬ tensively toward bringing about good sport sportJockey Jockey Lyke figured greatly in the days racing and he piloted three of the afternoons winners In the case of Tom Saunders it was due to his good ride received that the horse was enabled to triumph On Gipsy Queen and Black Servant his able horse ¬ manship was an outstanding factor factorOne One of the outstanding surprises of the after ¬ noon developed with the running of the second race in which Edward B McLean homebred Lough Storm a daughter of Lough Fpyle Storm Nvmph making her racing debut and ridden by N Huff won from Alberta S and Bit of Green Bet tina was an overwhelming choice in the nice but she seemed to sulk and flinch for most of the way resulting in her failure to get part of the purse purseLinden Linden scored his first victory here this year and to do so he had to be much the best for he almost fell at the start when he stumbled He got up in the last few strides to overhaul Bon Jour The winner was claimed by T X Botts for S3VOO and Doeod owned by Botts reverted back to his former owner Mose Goldblatt who secured him for 9UOWilliams Williams 9UO brothers will ship their horses to Fort Eri tomorrow and race at ail the other Canadian trait later on onJohn John Masterson bought Bubbling Louder on pri ¬ vate terms and he will be shipped witli others in tie Koers stable to Devonshire Iark next week weekAt At 1 sale of horses by auction in the paddock here the following were disposed of Meliora to OMeara Bros jl M Emu by Light Brigade tasnarina W Kirwan Spngs OMeara Bros Pimenta ch f by Light Brigade Allspice B K McAfee 12 Mozel J Hasin ftt fttTut Tut ornate and costly Ji made especially for and donated by Edward B McLean was presented to the owner of the Enquirer Handicap winner by the lion John Oalvin mayor of Cincinnati He witness the race as the guest of the stewards
