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FERN HANDLEY ONCE MORE Speedy Mare Confirms Her Good Form in Another Victory Rafferty Furnishes a Surprise Adonis Wins in His First Time of Racing BY J L DEMPSEY LATONIA Ky July 2 Fern Handle added another victory to her string of Latonla successe when she just lasted long enough to lead home Mile Dazie in the threequarters handicap for fillies and marcs for a purse of 2200 Fern Handleys win was achieved as a result of her saving considerable ground on the stretch turn whereas Mile Dazic was forced to come wide Few considered Fern Hundley good enough to make the weight concession she did to the others and Cliii tonville was given the betting call The latter began tardily but raced into contention at once and was witli the leaders just before reaching the stretch but at this juncture she began tiring and it was a hard effort for her to retain third place placeRain Rain in the morning slowed the track consider ¬ ably and caused it to be cuppy for a time It bothered some of the starters judging by their ninning The threatening clouds presaging a downpour were dispelled and bright sunshine and intense heat was the rule during the latter part i of the afternoon Most of the finishes were close and driving Marvin May took the opener af ter a hard driv jtojUUtstJiyRuby and Louir A 3Z3 3iJiSt xhe Ally had to be roused to his best to finish in front of West Side In the second race I Rafferty furnished an upset by his victory iii the third race in runaway style end Adonis a firsttime starter proved the good thing his connections held him to be when he led some good colts home in the fourth race raceJockeys Jockeys Lunsford and Connelly both reported sick today and had to cancel their riding engagements engagementsW W Perkins has acquired the contract on jockey Erickson formerly held by the Wayne Stable StableThe The Keystone Stables horses were shipped this morning to Windsor to engage in the Devonshire Park racing racingC C W CLARK AMONG ARRIVALS ARRIVALSCharles Charles W Clark owner of the good colt United Verde Pictor and oilier horses here in charge of trainer George Barnes was an arrival this morning from Califonia and will stay here for the re ¬ mainder of the meeting meetingTrainer Trainer William Karrick who br6ught Cleopatra and Over There here will start them in the differ cut stakes they are entered in during the rest of the meeting and at the conclusion of Latonia racing will transfer the pair to Belm6ntilPark and rest them there until the opening of the Saratoga meeting Cleopatra will be raced only moderately this summer as it is the trainers in ¬ tention to run her in the 50000 Latonin Cham ¬ pionship Stakes to be run here in the fall Jockey Sande is expected to arrive tomorrow to have the mount on J K L Ross twoyearold Star Voter in the Cincinnati Trophy and Sande will also remain over to pilot Boniface in the 1 000 Independence Handicap which has its deci ¬ sion Monday There are twentyfour juveniles carded to start iu the Cincinnati Trophy and they embrace the stars in the youngster brigade here It is ex ¬ pected that the field will be reduced considerably but at that at least sixteen starters are looked for to make the struggle for the valuable prize and the ornate and costly trophy which additionally goes to the victor victorJockey Jockey B Kennedy was struck in the eye while on Anticipate during the running of the first race and was unable to fill his remaining engagements engagementsPagan Pagan Pans failure to start with the others in the second race was attributed to his not being accustomed to blinkers which was part of his equipment today and used for the first time Jockey McAtee after the race said it was with difficulty that lie could make the horse gallop after being left leftAdvices Advices were received here this afternoon that Wiidair and Dr Clark were on the way from New York to start in the Independence Handicap to ba run Monday The horses are coining in charge of S A Cloptou
