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FAST RACING AT LATONIA High Cost Sets a Great Pace in Beating Miss Jemima Dream of Allah Takes Another AnotherRace Race for Her Owner Rider RiderWida Wida Hurt in a Fall LATONIA Ky June 20 Maintaining a high order of speed from the btart and holding to his task in gamer style than is his usual way High Cost reversed the decision of his last race with Miss Jemima and beat her to the finish by a neck in the threequarters handicap which featured this afternoons Latonia offering Angon finished third a good distance in back of the leaders and Dar jeeling headed John S Reardon and Atta Boy II the others comprising the band of starters in the race The threequarters was covered in 111 a highly creditable performance on the part of the winner in view of his early pacemaking with such fast quarters in 22 and 23 At that his surcess was in doubt all through the last eighth for Miss Jemima was bearing down on him in resolute style under Lykes best riding and the Rowe filly would have triumphed in a few more strides While Miss Jemima ruled favorite High Cost was by no means neglected and was almost in as much popular esteem as the filly Angon likewise had a host of supporters supportersIt It remained for Dream of Allah the flashy nnd almost masculine appearing daughter of Colin Garden of Allah to carry E B McLeans silks to another victory the second she lias scored for iiiin during the Kentucky season Her achievement came in the fourth race in which a dozen highly regarded juveniles met At the rate of betting esteem in which Dream of Allah was held it was supposed she would win unattended but the contrary de ¬ veloped for Wayward Lady gave the McLean filly a stout game and Butwell had to ride her out through the last sixteenth to keep her iu front by a scant half length It might liave been that Dream of Allah was a trifle short shortThe The sixth race in which some good threeyear olds met at a mile was attended by a bad fall with Mowing Bubbles and jockey S Wida the central igures Blowing Bubbles had attended Blanche Mac the leader closely until nearing the last eighth where there was a general closing up and in the scramble Secret Greetings was forced over on Blowing Bubbles whea Botheration ridden by Garner came over sharply The Bradley colt went down in a heap and appeared to have struck the fence Botheration after the fall made a rush to overhaul Blanche Mac but in the last sixteenth drive that ensued the diminutive Josiah proved a match for the more experienced Garner and kept Blanche Mac in the lead long enough to get the verdict Secreta Greetings landed third thirdWida Wida was carried to the track emergency hos ¬ pital where he was given medical attention He was badly lacerated about the back where he bail struck the fence but the gravity of his injury could not be determined by a superficial examination and ic was sent immediately to a local hospital Jockey Garner was given a fivedays suspension for rough riding ridingEL EL CORRZROS ENTRY BARRED BARREDAfter After the third race in which El Correro was jeaten a full quarter of a mile Lothair being the winner here the stewards issued an order direct ¬ ing the entry clerk to reject his further entry because of his apparently unfit racing condition at present The reason for El Correros presence in the race was obvious T P Hayes bad lost Lothair by the claiming route in his last race and El Correro was to have been the medium for claim ¬ ing Lothair back but in this Mr Hayes was thwarted for L Erb also made a claim for the horse and in the draw secured him at a cost of 2300 2300Jockey Jockey Lunsford carried off the riding honors for the afternoon with three victories two astride High Cost and Kewpie ONeil owned by his con ¬ tract employer and his other success coming with Bright Leaf in the opener carrying Hal Price Head leys silks silksThe The closing dash almost brought about another fall and came in a peculiar manner while the horses were leaving the harrier A sparrow flew almost into the car of Dark Horse next to the rail and in his effort to avoid the bird Dark Horse threw his head in the air and missed his step and stumbled Scobie was also making an effort to ward off the bird striking him about the same time that Dark Horse made his blunder and he was thrown out of the saddle but managed to scramble back The incident naturally caused Dark Horse to be eliminated as a contender contenderTodays Todays attendance was surprisingly large and the racing interesting the hot weather being con ¬ ducive to fast time timeHorsemens Horsemens attention is called to the closing on Friday of the Breeders Futurity for 1923 the La ¬ tonia Championship Stakes of the same year and the Kentucky Joekey Club Stakes to he run in 1022 At the name time will be the final day for last payment by nominators to the Championship Stakes and Breeders Futurity to be run next fall fallJockey Jockey Newton Barrett departed tonight for Fort Erie where he will ride free lance He will con ¬ tinue riding in Canada during the summer summerBarry Barry Shannon manager of the Idle Hour Farm who has been in New York during the past two weeks returned this morning He expressed the opinion that Morvich Broomster and Olympus were the best of the twoyearolds he witnessed racing in the east He regarded Grey Lag and Knobble as the outstanding threeyearolds and John P Grier the superior of the older division
