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ROULEAU IS UNLUCKY 1 Assistant Starter Helps to Bring About His Defeat at Latonia. Lady Champ the Winner, Leading All the Way Translate in Another Victorious Race. LATONIA, Ky., October 5 Todays feature race, a mile dash for a purse of ?1,700, resulted in victory for W. W. Dardens Lady Champ, which had a two-lengths lead over Rouleau, with Cherry Tree in third place. There were six starters in the race. Lady Champ, with a high display of early speed and from a good beginning, moved into the lead at once and, under a good ride, held sway for the entire race. Rouleau was the favored one, his previous good performance justifying the confidence reposed in him. He might have been returned the winner but for a faulty beginning due to the action of the assistant starter, who in his effort to keep the horses quiet at the post failed to release him promptly when the barrier was sprung. It caused Rouleau to be far back at the outset and he was still considerably in the rear for the first half mile. Thereafter he gained steadily, but was unequal to the task of overhauling the leader. Cherry Tree seemingly was done after going three-quarters, but Dartmoor, which had been prominent in the early part, began tiring in the stretch and it enabled the Goldblatt filly to land the shorter portion of the purse. Good sport under ideal conditions prevailed this afternoon and another immense crowd viewed the racing. Translate again figured in a winning race, but it required his best on this occasion to succeed, for he began slowly and under his heavy impost he was forced to run at his topmost speed to gradually wear down the outsider, James F. OHara. The latter when approaching the stretch turn looked all over the possible winner, but Translate responded gamely to the urging of his rider and drawing level with the leader a sixteenth from home. Barracuda landed in third place. Big fields made up the initial two races and the starters in them consisted of the poorer grade in the claiming division. James B. Brown, which was a disappointment on several occasions, found a band that he could beat and won the opener after a mild drive to pass Tony Sue, with Manicure following. THREE FOR JOCKEY IIEUPEL. Jockey Heupel made it three in a row when he scored with Taylor Hay in the sixth race, having previously won with Lady Champ and Translate. Taylor Hay was in with eleven other youngsters and enjoyed a large following. He had his difficulties in the early stages, but passed into the lead when reaching the stretch and succeeded in holding Cheva safe during the final drive. Ailsie Vernor, the early leader, finished third. E. R. Bradleys colors were in front in the closing race when Brilliant Star outstayed the four other good platers starting in it. Rib Grass came with a rush to land second place from the weakly ridden Tulane. The latter would have been formidable with a good ride. The twelve that made the contest in tha second, a mile and a sixteenth dash, "found Sway an overwhelming choice, and he flattered his backers during the first mile, but iet down suddenly, his delicate underpinning beginning to sting and causing him to give way to Trooper, which had been following him closely. The latter won by a neck, with Sway beating Hyanpom for second place. Bradleys Toney appeared best of the two year-olds that met in the third race, but again backers of favorites were disappointed, for the finish found him in third place, just being beaten by a nose for that portion of the purse by Green Spring, with Great Jaz, a quietly but extensively backed one, winning after having led for the entire race. The stewards approved the applications of George Mayberry for a trainers license and of Linal Gregory for an apprentice license. Four horses owned by John McKee, in charge of George Mayberry, are arrivals at the track from Jamaica. John Troxler shipped the horses owned by Max Ilirsch to New York, where their owner will campaign them for the remainder of the racing season.
