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SPIRITED LATONIA RACING Starters Mainly Ordinary but Provide Exciting Finishes Paris Maid Triumphs in the Main MainRace Race but Narrowly One OneRace Race to Bradley LATONIA Ky June 23 In the feature race of today at a mile and a sixteenth which had a purse of 1800 came a finish that had the crowd in a frenzy while the desperate duel was on Paris Maid and Blowing Bubbles were the center figures in furnishing the struggle the mare triumphing over her younger rival but only by a matter of inches Blowing Bubbles good race was the more admirable because of his concession of six pounds and two years to the winner and his having forced the early pace and raced the speedy Cotton Blossom into subjection Accelerate landed third fairly close to the leaders Paris Maid enjoyed favoritism her winning race in a preceding start awarding her the post of honor The purse served to give some of the better grade horses here opportunity to contest with the result that there was improvement in the racing and the evenly matched horses engaged in some spirited finishes finishesThe The E R Bradley establishment had designs on three of the purses but failed on two occasions though his beaten representatives contended strongly and landed in second place The victorious one was Believe Idle Hour in the secondary attraction a dash at threequarters She triumphed over Bruns ¬ wick after having been forced to sustain a hard driye that ajmqst lasted thelengtli of tha stretch IrunBwck Tiera Tieraon on trhfinfefiingly but he gave way slightly to the filly in the last sixteenth Fallacy which had been the pacemaker to the last eighth tired slightly in the final drive but was good enough to retain third place placeThe The mile and a quarter dash which brought out ordinary ones was prolific of thrills because of tfie closely grouped formation the starters ran in though Wickford was the leader by a slight margin until reaching the stretch turn Here there was a general closing up with Kimpalong shooting through to the lead like a flash but he had his troubles for Wickford would not be denied and clung to him tenaciously The disappointment here was P G King which on the stretch turn seemed capable of taking the lead at will but there was chagrin for his ma nyt backers when it was noted that he quit under restraint Dr Raes failure was due to his being in close quarters for nearly the entire race without a chance of extricating himesif himesifKolin Kolin and Theisens colors were victorious for the first time at this meeting when James B Brown finished in front of some good colts starting in the second race including Banker Brown and Sntiave Prince Sir Hugh in this was probably best but he is a faulty beginner leaving the barrier far behind the others but he closed an immense gap and was going fastest at the end endFORM FORM REVERSAL IK OPENING OPENINGThe The opener produced a form reversal when Me Hora which several days ago ran a dull race led her opponents from the start and won from Green Grass placeAn with Cozette the favorite in third place An ordinary band started in the third race and Amanda showed the others the way from the start and won without great difficulty from Miss Patty Miss Nell which was grouped with others in the field landed third after having made up much ground groundThe The final race was productive of another nose finish with Byrne and Poilu figuring Byrne being given the verdict He was the real outsider of the afternoon to score scoreAl Al Farrar arrived here today to confer with trainer John Lowe in regard to the sale of some of the E Cebrian owned horses It is the inten ¬ tion of the owner to join his brother in Spain for a period periodJockey Jockey McAtee has made room reservation at one of the Cincinnati hotels and will come here next week with trainer Jack McCormack who will ship Nancy Lee here to start in the Latonia Oaks OaksWilliams Williams Brothers horses will be transferred to Louisville to rest during the intermission of racing in Kentucky after the close at Latonla LatonlaArthur Arthur S Lillard who last night killed his wif and failed in his attempt at selfdestruction at one time owned Sport Fancy Mess Kit and Col Lillard when they raced at Havana Of late he has been inactive as a trainer Family trouble is said to have been the cause of his gruesome deed deedThere There will be quite a number of owners resting their horses here at the close of the meeting Among those who have expressed their intention not to race until the fall opening here are Milo Shields and Frank Moody MoodyThe The Covlngton Lodge of Elks will liold funeral senices for Col Lawrence C Bogenschutz tomor ¬ row night at 830 at his former home in Covington Horsemen here who are members of the great fra ¬ ternity are especially invited to be present presentJames James B Brown and Banker Brown which fin ¬ ished first and second respectively in the second race are both named for the noted financier of IxmLsvllle who is also one of the directors of the Kentucky Jockey Club
