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I : LATONIAS FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION LATONIA, Ky., July 3. The 5,000 added Independence Handicap, at a mile and a half, which will feature tomorrows card, is rich in promise as a contest, regardless of what track conditions will prevail. With sunny skies an attendance rivaling that of Kentucky Special day will be on hand to witness Exterminators effort to record a successive victory in the stake, but on this occasion, under a crushing impost of 110 pounds, the highest known weight carried by any horse in a stake race on a Kentucky track. Last year the durable Kilmer representative carried 130 pounds to victory. There arc eleven named to start, with a probability of at least eight going to the post. Exterminator having the ante-post call, and he will probably rule the favorite. Some creditable trials were placed to the credit of some of the probable starters yesterday, but it was over a track that had not been watersoaked as yet. Minto II.s mile and a half in 2 :37 was done easily and the mile and a half by Radio was one-fifth of a second slower. Parader was hard held and ran his mile and a half in 2 :3S. The allotted post positions and announced jockeys who will pilot the various starters follows: P.P. Ilorso. Jockey. "Wt. 1 Blarney Stone Owens 97 2 Exterminator A. Johnson ...1-10 3 Bouleau B. Pool 105 4 Kit of White A. Wilson ...112 5 Parader P. Smith 10S 0 Firebrand SI. Garner ...110 7 Minto II No rider 110 S Broomster L. Penman ...101 9 Devastation 15. Marinelli. . .102 10 Gangway B. Kennedy. . .101 11 Itadio No rider 103 L
