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MISS JEMIMAS GAMENESS Enables Her to Win Latonias Feature in a Close Finish. 1, Dartmoor Takes the Other Principal Race of the Day Stock-well a Failure. BY J. L. DEMTSEY. LATONIA. Ky., July 7. C. E. Rowes consistent Miss Jemima again figured in a sterling performance when she triumphed in the three-quarters handicap in game stylo over Barracuda, to which she was conceding twenty-four pounds of actual weight. She beat him home by the narrowest kind of a margin. It was a story of combined racing tactics which almost brougnt about her defeat. In this case it was Pindar red which kept her at high pressure and forced her to tire in the stretch. Barracuda, following directly in the rear of the pacemakers and favored by his light impost, gained steadily through the last eighth and only Miss Jemimas sheer gameness enabled her to last it out just long enough to gain the verdict. Pindar Peel, after racing with Miss Jemima to the last eighth, tired, but finished gamely. The time of the race, 1 :11, marked an extra creditable performance, considering the strong wind the horses faced in the stretch racing. Todays attendance was again of generous numbers and was attracted to the track by the good off-day offerings. Several of the dashes had among theh- starters some of the better grade horses here. In addition to the three-quarters handicap the mile and seventy yards race, in which some speedy ones started, furnished a rousing contest, the victory falling to Dartmoor over Lady Astor, with Yoshimi in third place. Favorites continued deceptive, but the sport was close throughout and highly interesting. The opener brought an upset in the victory of Bobbie Shea, which coming with a rush in the stretch won easily from Prince Welles and First Consul. WINS FOR NEW OWNER. Mayor Carrel ran in the interests of E. Trotter, who purchased the colt prior to the race and in addition to winning the purse had him serve as the medium by which to procure from Hal Price Headley Green Spring via the claiming route. Green Spring is said t; be a highly promising prospect and at the claiming price of ?1,000 appears a good bargain. He finished in third place. Mayor Carrel and Glcn.ivet headed him. The outstanding surprise of the afternoon came in the third race, in which a low-grade band met and it furnished a victory for Chinnie Walsh, which under Owens good ride ran in much improved form and, taking the lead in the stretch, beat Merchant home. The race marked the first appearance in nearly two years of the one-time crack Stock-well. He appeared high in flesh and raced a3 if short, tiring badly in the stretch. It was a great drop for the at one time mighty regarded horse to be in with a band of 00 top and bottom entries. Some useful youngsters met in the fourth race, with Jakie Hay the favorite, but the best he could do was to land in third place, Away, under light weight, winning from Bendita. Several fractious post actors, including Neddam, were among the starters in the final race and they delayed the start considerably. Neddam finally landed heavily on John S. Reardon. In the race Neddam led for the entire distance, but was lucky to get home a nose in front of Tippo Sahib, which ran a fine race. Blarney Stone landed third. JOCKEY CONNELLY INJURED. While exercising one of II. IL Hewitts two-year-olds this morning jcckey D. Connelly was thrown and sustained injuries that enforced the cancellation of his riding engagements for this afternoon. Jockey Mack Garner also had to refrain from riding this afternoon, owing to a slight attack of illness. James B. Brown, Louisville banker and a director of the Kentucky Jockey Club, was a visitor this afternoon and will remain over to witness the closing days races. The Daniel Boone Handicap will be run as the fourth race, while the Latonia Oaks is scheduled as the fifth race of the day. The Kentucky State Racing Commisison will meet in the Latonia clubhouse Saturday at noon. The chief business to come before the meeting is the allotment of fall dates. Ed. Trotter boujht Mayor Carrel for ,500 and half the purse before the first raei and registered him according to rules. In tho second race, which Mayor Carrel won, there were two claims lodged for Green Spring, one by Trotter, represented by Raymond W. In the draw Trotter got the horso at a cost of ,000. Thomas Piatt ha3 bought privately from tho Idle Hour Stock Farm four yearling3 Continued on sixteenth page. MISS JEMIMAS GAMENESS Continued from first page. two colts and a fdly by North Star and a colt by Black Toney. The colts sired by North Star are out of Bed Time Stories and Winning Widow. Tho filly Is out of Masks and Faces. Firebrand and Newmarket will be shipped to Empire to fill stake engagements there July 22. The entire Livingston string will first be taken to Windsor after tho close here. James Rowe, Jr., and jockey L. Penman return to New York Sunday. Hal Price Hcadley will send Hopeless and Lugs to Windsor in charge of jockey Walter Taylor, who will look after them during the absence of trainer W. Buford. The latter goes to Beaumont Farm to give the Headley yearlings there his attention.
