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"FAIR LAT0J!A,, DOES ITSELF PROUD . I i "Fair Latonia" did itself proud today. No longer Is there d tubt si to Its proper place j : in the sun. It established its place thor- • i I oughly. llany may question its claim to rank M witb spacious Belmont Park and ornate Sar-i ■ atoga, hut it excels both these racing ] I grounds in picturesquenesa. First-time vis- itois from afar marveled and expressed con- ■ j viction that for natural beauty no other r;ic- " !-ing strip in the world has anything on the Kenton County course. The bills surround- "i j ing the track and sloping off in the dis-tance ■ I never loked greener or more pleasing to 5 the eye. The deep lake, almost taking up one entire section of the infield and branching off r . in zigza r style, lent charm to the picture ! ! as a whole. Altogether it was a wonderful 1 | sight, one that will linger long in the memory 1 of those fortunate enough to be on hand. j i Notables in all walks of life, high personages " i In the nations political affairs, pillars s r of finance, merchant princes, social leaders ■ and foremost sportsmen from all parts of f the country made Latonia their Mecca this 3 j afternoon. All space in the reserved sections were exhausted - I long before the time set for the first I race. Many took advantage of the occasion II to give their guests luncheons and every f tyble in the clubhouse inclosure had its full II ■0 .out of diners. It is estimated that 10,000 automobiles conveyed - most of the crowd to Latonia. Street t cats from Cincinnati ran at a minutes interval - to the track. All were crowded with h eager turf enthusiasts. Lunches supplied the e family noonday meal In many instances and d general jollity reigned among the grandstand occupants who had thoughtfully provided d themselves with provender, for trials and tribulations awaited those who placed their r dependence on the public dining-room. It was simply impossible for the caterer and his s augmented staff of assistants to care for ir the eager and hungry throng. Relief from crowding came when the gates ■s to the infield were opened and a good portion - of the multitude surged to the high h ground, where they had an excellent view of all the racing, and particularly the feature e race. General manager Winn, whose enterprise ■e brought the kings of the turf to Latonia to settle the three-year-old supremacy, has is every reason to be proud of the grand contest that resulted, the public approval that it followed and the brilliant success that was achieved. Colonel Winn said : "We could Id not have had a more perfect day. The pro gram was in keeping with the occasion and id I i j : • i I M ■ ] I ■ j " "i j ■ I 5 r . ! ! 1 | 1 j i " i s r ■ f 3 j - I I II f II - t - h e d d r It s ir ■s - h of e ■e to is it Id id that ever saw a I j the crowd was the largest in Kentucky. The Kentucky Jockey race Club did not originate the Kentucky Special 1 purpose in view. •with any self-commercial rivalry. The peculiar r nor in any spirit of conditions that faced all the racing asso- elation*, east and west, last spring, by rea son of the epidemic of sickness that swept t all the tending stables, kept a number of the 2 out of the Kentuckv best three-year-olds Derby, the Preakness and the Belmont So | it occurred to me that this unfortunate con-: - remedied by giving the B ditkm could be . i Kentucky Special, where the three-year-old , kinrs of the turf could meet on neutral ground. It provided a further opportunity f section to see the e *!for the people of this thoroughbreds of the Last. great "The SOCCC3S of the Kentucky Special has s been unquestioned. We owe it to the spten- which loves high h did support of the public class racing, to the newspapers whicn gave e so generously of their space and to the „ owners east and west, who have made this 3 great contest possible by bringing the stars of their stables to the post. ii "The approval given the Kentucky Special i encourages me to say that the people of the e| middle West are entitled to the best that * the turf world can offer. It is the intenion n of the Kentucky Jockey Club to make Latonia [- the greatest race course in America a between the turf • and to provide contests stars of every class which cannot be sur- passed." j Among the distinguished visitors were : . Former governor James E. Cox of Ohio. ! governor Harry L. Davis of Ohio, governor ,r j Edwin P. Morrow of Kentucky, senator R. !■ P. Ernst of Kentucky, congressman Arthur ir Rouse of Kentucky, former senator C. W. J. Watson of West Virginia, J. S. Cosden, owner ,r of Snob II. : Irey Woodson of Owensboro. . Ky.. former chairman of the democratic na-d tional committee ; Sam Ross of Washington, n, Captain P. M. Walker, James R. Drown, di-d i- rector of the Kentucky Jockey Club; H. K. C. Knapp and party from New York. It. T. Wil-tt 1- son, owner of Pillory, who was accompanied ;d by Mrs. Wilson, their daughter and Poxhall .11 Keene of New York ; Walter J. Salmon, n, j Mayor Carrell of Cincinnati, Hon. J. N. S*. Camden, Major T. C. McDowell, Renjamin in Riock, owner of Morvich ; E. F. Simms, s, Charles P. Taft, newspaper owner of Cin- f cinnatl. I Henning Chambers of Louisville came in in ! his private car with twenty-eight guests. H. L P. Whitney, owner of Whiskaway and Olym-:o n- pus. wired Col. Winn that on account of an in important business engagement he was un-i- able to be at Latonia to see the big race. j Many prominent newspapers east of Kan-ls n. sas City had representatives to cover the , big race and it required eighteen special tele-s e" graph wires in the press stand to send abroad *d their reports.
