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TOUGH TIMES AT LATONIA Favorites Prove Deluders and Bring Woe to Their Followers. George Starr Wakes Up and Wins a Race in Which Blackie Daw-Runs Like a Trotter. LATONIA, Ky., October 7. The last half of the afternoon found adverse weather here and a steadily changing track in favor of mud runners. The accompanying cold -with the rain made it disagreeable for the big throng that again visited Lalonin. Earlier in the afternoon it was promising for enjoyable sport and several of the dashes brought to the post well matched ones. Surprises were frequent, however, as the accompaniment of i several form reversals. That of George Starr in the sprint handicap was the most noticeable. In his previous race he was beaten easily by a somewhat less pretentious band than he mot this afternoon, but in his race today he showed fine speed from the outset and turned seeming defeat into victory after Rapid Day had headed him a sixteenth from the finish. Rapid Day also ran a good race and accounted for second place, with Mile. Dazie third. While George Starrs winning was of the reversal order, the ra.ee. of Elackie Daw was more so, for ho failed to figure prominently in any part of the race and finished far back. The old worn-out and stereotyped phrase "He has been running in long races and it has dulled his speed for sprints" was probably the alibi iu his ease. Repeatedly this claim lias been -proved a fallacy. Another form somersault came with,- thcvictory of GjjaeajiteeA vin-tho second dash. An ordinary band met her but they were decidedly an improvement ovet- those Guaranteed lias started against and sh was favorite in her last previous race when ridden by 11. McDermott. She. triumphed over Furbelow, hilt at that her success- .was achieved in lucky fashion and probably more the result of the luck of experience of larke, who had the mount on Furbelow. In keeping with the gloomy conditions were the moods of the speculative brigade :it Hie close of the afternoon for favorites were decidedly elusive and met with a complete Waterloo. Their downfalls began in the first race when Meliora brought up in the rear of the first three at the finish. The winner heri was Diana from Sam Reh and Fluzey. Tools riding of Meliora was none too brilliant. PLENTY OF ROUGH HIDING. Our Betsy had the call in the second race, a dash p one mile for two-year-olds, but her elimination came at the start when she wheeled and was left standing. This race was marked by an overabundance of rough riding, all the starters in hack of the winner, Thibodaux, the extreme outsider, suffering with Megan worst of all, for she was almost thrown several times by interference. Thibodaux came across from an outer position on the first turn and the advantage he secured resulted in h?s victory over Lieut. Colonel with Blue Deep following. Dodge was thought to be benefited by the changing track. The drizzle which had begun while the horses were at the barrier in the fourth race had put u slippery surface on the course, but the footing was still firm, as indicated by the mile and a sixteenth in 1:4G that Easteslde accomplished in beating Dodge. The latter showed fine speed in leading until in the last seventy yards, where the lightly-weighted Easteside overhauled him. Jockey A. Paul, on Young Adam, was suspended for five days by the stewards for rough riding. Jockey Gregory was suspended for three days by the starter for disobedience at the post. Jack Phillips will ship Guy, Pit and four other horses to the New Orleans Fair Grounds next Tuesday. T. F. Bornman will also send some of his horses with the Phillips consignment. " With only a named list of six starters in the Latonia Cup, at two miles and a quarter, having its decision tomorrow, the race does not measure up to its standard in other years. There is regret over the abscuce of some of the long-distance stars expected to go. The race, however, is promising from the fact that the field is well matched and a closely and stubbornly fought battle should result, A special train of eight horse cars left Friday morning bound for Churchill Downs. Included in the consignment were the stables of W. Dondas, A. F. Dayton, J. H. Moody and Frank Rector. Another large shipment will go forward Saturday morning. K. T. West has arranged to campaign his good bread winner Tippo Sahib in Cuba through the coming winter. G. W. Schilling, who is visiting the various racing" centers in the interest of the winter race meeting at Tijuana, was an arrival here Friday. Die expects to remain until Sunday.
