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LATONIA MEETING FINISHED 1 Fine Attendance Views the Decision of Good Races. Best Pal a Victor in the Valuable Daniel Boone Handicap, with La Rablee Second. LATONIA. Ky.. July 0. The Kentucky season, just terminated after sixty-one days, was not up to the financial success of last year. Country-wide depression made itself felt here and increased operating expenses, various taxes and increases in purses and stakes were contributing causes toward a decrease in profits compared with last years earnings. General manager Winn was well satisfied, however, and voiced his gratification with results as a whole and will continue to plan for the fall on :i pretentious scale. The racing this year has been below the expected standard. Scarcity of good riders has been one of the drawbacks in this respect. The class of horses that has been in daily action has also been below the standard commensurate with the rich purse offerings in this section. The terrific heat that has prevailed for nearly the last two weeks of the L-itouin meeting has caused a lapse of interest in the racing and the final days were draggy. The heated period was the severest in nearly fifty years. Todays attendance was again large and numbered many from adjacent cities. Louisville was par-ticiilrfrly well represented. Early in the afternoon there was promise of relief from tlie intense heat, for rain began before post time and a strong breeze wafting across the course tempered the sultriness, but the sprinkle was of short duration. The E. R. Rradley tide of success, which has been abundantly constant this year on Kentucky tracks, beginning at. Lexington, continued to the l.-it day here, when Rest Pal. the half brother to P.lack Servant, accounted for the Daniel Boone Handicap, worth 1.1921.sh0 net to the winner, defeating some of the best that could be mustered in this section and covered tin; mile and three-sixteenths in the track record time of 1:50V;-.. which is two-fifths of a second better than the former track mark held jointly by Milton P... Rancher. Drastic and Dr. Clark. Ii Rablee finished in second place, and Exterminator, top weight, and burdened with 135 pounds, following in advance of the compact band made up of Sands of Pleasure. Lady Madcap. Firebrand. The Porter and Woodtrup. LYKES FAULTLESS RIDE. Lyke rode Rest Pal faultlessly and timed his final rush to almost the fraction that would insure his success: He was tiring in the last sixteenth and giving way steadily to the presistency of La Rablee. which had in the early racing been far back, but moved up in the last quarter in business-like style. Although running fastest at the end, she could not down the Rradley horse, and a scant length separated the pair at the finish. Exterminator was in no wise disgraced by his performance. He held to his task in game style, was in the first flight from the start, encouraged his supporters to a high degree when he moved into the lead shortly after tiling straightened away for the stretch racing. Hut his weight began telling on him in the last eighth and the interference lie suffered when Lyke came over to the inner rail with the winner alio helped to lessen his chances. The disappointment of the race was The Porter. This stalwart son of Sweep Hallet Girl was considered the most formidable contender in the race, but he was always in the rear guard anil just before reaching the stretch Garner resorted to the whip. It was of no avail, for he was thoroughly spent. Spirited racing was the general rule in all the dashes, nearly all the winners being forced out to their utmost to get home in advance of their nearest followers. Jockey Lyke carried off most of the honors, beginning with the initial race, when he piloted Free-cutter, Gecrge J. Iongs one time crack, to victory over Clintoiiville and with wins ou Youneed and Rest Pal. Garner also rode well, having the mounts on Pegasus and Sir Hugh respectively. Montfort Jones and J. N. Camden owned and lioth trained by J. C. Milam. Sir Hughs escape from defeat was by the narrowest margin. Granite Ware barely failing in overtaking him right at the finish. On Pegasus Garner had comparatively easy sailing, for once in the lead, the colt only had to gallop along easily in the stretch and he was eased up to win by a half length from llephaistos. Had Garner so elected Pegasus could have won by five lengths. DADES ONLY REALLY POOR START. A band of twelve of the poorest grade contested in the mile and a quarter dash and in it came the first really poor start that A. P.. Dade has made at the meeting. His good starting has been one of the outstanding features. Whirling Dun was the visctor in the mile and a quarter dasn and he won easily, Wadsworths Last, the favorite, having been left at the post. Gipsy Queen, which has developed into a confirmed bad post actor, should have won the fourth race in easy style but for her bad post behavior, as she was away slowly and was only beaten by a neck after having closed an immense gap. At that Lykes superior riding ou Youneed was as much responsible for the victory as Gipsy Queens tardy beginning. The final race fell to Hlanehc Mac. a somewhat underrated plater, judging by her race today, for she -won from Rrotherly Love and Paris Maid in fine style. Col. Taylor, which finished third in the fourth race, was claimed by W. Recs for ?l.S0O. He is destined for half-mile Canadian racing, according to his new owner. T.C. McDowell has revised his plans about going to AVindsor and will send a contingent to Saratoga for the August meeting. Rest lal will be a starter in the Frontier Handicap, to be run at AVindsor the opening day. Jockey I Lyke will have the inouat. The Unidey horses, as LATGNIA MEETING FINISHED Continued from first page. well as those owned by E. 15. McLean, will be shipped to Windsor tomorrow. Trainer Smith, who managed the iiorses for II. II. Hewitt, changed his plan of shipping to Saratoga and will rest his charges here until the resumption of Latouia fall racing. Xews was received at the track this morning of the death of L. A. IJroaddus at his home in Illinois. Jeneral manager Matt J. Winn of the Kentucky Jockey Club will depart for New York on a business ttili tomorrow Milo Shields will pay a brief visit to his Nebraska farm. His Iiorses will be rested here until fall. J. O. Keene, member of the Kentucky Statu Racing Commission, will devote some of his time to training horses and will have charge of Miss Muffins. Secret Greetings. Lucknow. Willow Tree, Jean I.owdre and several others that will be raced at Saratoga. "!. II. Keene will be in charge of the 1 Canadian contingent.
