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AN ACCIDENT AT LATONIA r : : Four Horses and Riders Go Down in a Heap. r- None Seriously Hurt The Porter Wins in High Class Form Fair Phantoms Speed. LATONIA, Ky., July 1. Edward B. McLeans sturdy The Porter, six-year-old son of Sweep Ballet Girl, made his introductory race under silks for the year a notable one by scoring an Impressive victory in the 2,000 mile handicap in the good time of 1:37, the fastest over the track at this meeting. lollowmg him closest came Woodtrap with Brookholt in third place and Mariorie Hvnes and La Rablee following. The Porter, well ridden by Rutwell, indulged Woodtrap with the lead in the early running, but after going a half mile he began moving .up with great strides and, finding a clear path next to the inner rail just before reaching the three-eighths post, dashed into the lead with a rush and once in command held the race easilv safe. Woodtrap, ridden by D. Connelly, who changed his mind about retiring until next fall, showed great speed in pacemaking under an excel-lent ride and held Brookholt safe through the last eighth. Marjorie Hynes gave up till- struggle early and the last eighth found her quitting. La Rablee, of which much was expected, was in a sulking mood and followed far back all the way. What had the appearance of a bad accident came with the running of the third race, in which four of the nine starters fell in a heap in the last eighth of the mile and a sixteenth. Tlie sufferers were The Virginian, Hondo, Loyalist and Harold K , ridden respectively by T. Murray. W. Heinisch. T. Nolan and J. McCoy. Jockeys and horses were in a bad tangle and when it was unravalcd the injured were quickly rushed to tlie track emergency hospital. All the boys, excepting McCoy, were unconscious, but revived quickly under medical administration. Murray showed most injury under the superficial examination made and, after first aid. was hurried to a hospital in Covington. His gravest bruises are about the back, but is not deemed serious. Heiniscli may devclope a broken rib as his thief hurt, besides a number of bruises, and T. Nolan escaped with a bad shaking up. MeCov was unscathed. The stewards immediately began an investigation as to the responsibility for the fall, but up to the last race were unable to determine positively who caused it. Before being called into the stand jockey Francis voluntarily admitted that he indirectly caused it. but that it was due to jockey Josiah, who bored in on him with Rapid Stride, Josiah disclaiming any knowledge of so doing. Jockey Lilley, who rode? Fifi II. in the race, claimed to have seen The Virginian cross his legs and stumble before falling and was of the opinion this caused the fall. JOCKEY FRANCES NOT TO BLAME. The stewards are of the opinion that Francis mount caused tlie accident, but are not convinced the jockey was wholly responsible for the accident. They will look further into the matter before taking any action. The purse fell to Jake Feld. paying odds of better than 111 to 1, the second longest winner of tlie meeting. Jake Feld was out clear when the others went down and probably would have won any way, although The Virginian was coming like a flash just before he fell. The second shortest priced winner of the meeting came in the sixth race, with Fair Phantoms victory over some fairly useful two-year-old fillies, including Wayward Lady and Helen Rogers. Fair Phantom ran as if much the best and was under stout restraint all through the stretch. Speculation was confined to the three placed ones in the race and for a time it appeared as if the association would have to make good a big deficit to pay the customary five cents on each dollar, but it only called for a small amount to make up the deficiency. Small fields of evenly matched starters were factors for good sport in a majority of the dashes. Fast time was again the rule, intense heat and u perfect track making an ideal combination in this respect. The best finish came with the running of the second race when Banker Brown and Sir Hugh measured strides for almost the entire length of the stretch and terminated their struggle bends apart, the Bradley youngster just lasting under a terrific drive. Sir Lawnfal upset careful calculations when he won the opener with ease from Runzaf with John S. Reardon just lasting for third place. The latter was an overwhelming favorite, but is, in his present condition, merely a shadow of his two-year-old form. With three favorites failing in succession tin: talent sought to recoup with Rapid Day, but the best he could do was to land in third place, although he would have been second but for swerving badly in the last eighth. , The Jast race fell to Brotherly Love, which partially made amends to iiis backers for his failure in two preceding races. Connelly guided him this afternoon and he rode him in perfect style. Candlb Light and Young Adam fought it out for the minor portions of the purse. There was u claim in the final race for one of the starters, by L. Erb, but it is being held up en account of Erbs failure to register his representative. Lothair. as his property. Lothuir was claimed by Erb from his last previous race. . .
