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L ATONIES CAPITAL RAGIWj Captain Mac Shows Himself to Be a Good Colt Sunny Slope Wins in a Fast Run Mile Cleopatra and Over There Arrive LATOXIA Ky June JS W J Youngs Cap tain Mac proved himself a good threeryeatold by flu impressive fashion in which lie triumphed in the Leochares Purse of J200 which featured todays good card tho veteran Leochares for which he purse was named landing in second place with Dodge outgaming the others for third place Be ¬ cause of the supposed disadvantage a threeytar old has when racing with old horses Captain Map did not receive over enthusiastic support Dodge ami Rcgalo absorbing most of the betting atten ¬ tion Dodges backers met with early dismay when the horse stumbled and nearly fell at the start but he recovered and raced into contention His ailing legs found the hard course difficult to run over and he fell back on the stretch turn Cap ¬ tain Mac relped by the good ride he was given raced into the lead right at the start but Cob ¬ webs held to him closely for threequarters and later Leochares offered a stublx rn challenge but the threeyearold stood it in race horse style and was easing up at the finish Regalo ran disap ¬ pointingly and finally tired in the stretch stretchAn An unusually attractive racing offering was pro ¬ vided the Latonia patrons this afternoon and good sport was the order throughout the afternoon The winners were all extensively backed and contention Sunny Slope the crack of the late J B El wells string made his Latonia debut and ran a fine nice to win the mile dash in easy fashion in the fast time of 13S5 Sterling gave him a stern chase and finished in second place with The Leopard heading the others Itrig of War racing in her best form today had no difficulty in leadfin Converse to the finish of the first race The pair was backed to the ex ¬ clusion of the others and had lie race between them through the stretch i iArrow Arrow Point again figured in a winning race when she beat some ood sprinters in the second nice Anna Gallup was the favored one here but ran a dull race raceScottish Scottish Chief was passed around as a good thing in the third race a dash for twoyearolds but he had to b ridden hard for the entire race although showing the most speed and winning from Doric and Peppery Polly With equal racing luck the lat ¬ ter would probably have won She carried the silks of T J Pendergast today todayCleopatra Cleopatra and Over there in charge of trainer William Karrick reached the track yesterday from Xew York CleCpatra is intended to start in the Latonia Oaks to be run Wednesday She was worked a mile and a quarter this morning in 207 Over There will be a starter in the 15000 added Independence Handicap next Monday and his trial this morning of a mile and a quarter in 20 Vf makes him loom up a formidable candidate for chief honcrs in the race raceThe The acquiring of a big tract of ground adjacent to the Latonia track by the Kentucky Jockey Club insures plans for enlarging the track here and making the already extensive plant more commodi ¬ ous Engineers and architects are looking over the ground and drawing plans and specifications for the contemplated improvements It is likely that the building activities will not be started fully until after the fall meeting If found feasible the track will be converted into a mile and an eighth ellipse ellipseMrs Mrs Richard Dwyer wife of the late starter Dick Dwyer sent a note here expressing her thanks to each individual that contributed to the fund for herself and her children childrenJockey Jockey McAteo came with the W R Coo horses and will ride Cleopatni and Over There in their races here Jockey E Donahue accompanied the horses shipped by Williams Pros to Fort Erie It is the first time in ten years that the Williams 15ros horses are to start again on Canadian tracks tracksAfter After a tedious and long trip from the East Edward H McLeans The Porter returned here this afternoon t6 rejoin his stable companions
