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a Here and There on the Turf t Latonias Abounding Pros- perity. Kentucky Improvements. Triumphs for Great Fillies. Trysters Consistent Eecord. i Yearlings May Be Rematched. j Prince James Not Incapaci- tated. 1 General manager Matt J. Winn, -who pre- 1 sides over the destinies of the Kentucky Jockey Club, expressed great satisfaction over 1 the wonderful success of the Latonia fall meet- 1 ing, which he declared was the greatest from 1 all viewpoints ever conducted in Kentucky. What surprised Col. Winn was the undiminished public interest in the meeting. Instead of this interest lagging as the end drew near, it became more intense, judging by the attendance on the closing days. According to available figures the daily patronage for the : closing week set a new attendance mark at Latonia. The meeting just closed has done much to emphasize the growing popularity of Latonia i as a center for high-class racing. It will spur Col. Winn and his associates to renewed efforts to further popularize the sport at this well-conducted course in future years. The ! enthusiasm that has been so freely shown is 3 not the least significant of the happy auguries 3 for the future of racing in Kentucky and likewise - may be accepted as a mark of the deep interest which the general public is taking in l the affairs of the turf nowadays. Col. Winn departed Saturday night for New r York and Washington on important business s matters. Upon his return he will begin the b work of the extensive improvements he has s planned at Latonia. Before leaving Manager Winn said: "We have good reason to be proud of the e success which has attended the fall meeting g at Latonia. The racing has been of the highest . class. The fields have been large, the contests . spirited and the stakes, beginning with h the Latonia Handicap and including the Latonia t. Championship and closing with the Latonia Cup, have brought the greatest horses in n America to the post. "There is no more loyal racing constituency y anywhere than the patrons of Latonia. They y are entitled to see the leading thoroughbreds Is of the country and it is the aim of the Kentucky i. Jockey Club to provide them with sport of highest order and to bring the champions i. of every class together. In my long experience on the turf I have never seen a a cleaner or better meeting." After a short business trip to New York k and Washington Colonel Matt Winn will return to Kentucky to carry out the plans perfected r- by him for the improvements at Latonia i- and Churchill Downs. The stewards s stand at Latonia will be removed to the inside of the track and will take the place of the old timers stand. The ornamental struc a t i j 1 1 1 1 1 : i ! 3 3 - l r s b s e g . . h t. in n y y Is i. i. a a k r- i- s of ture will include the board upon which the Tl prices and the results are displayed, and will in in have many novel and attractive features. The ht he placing judges will have a new pavilion that fe will not obstruct the public view. A tunnel bj by will also be built across to the center field Yi for the accommodation of those who may have hi he business with the stewards or to be used by hs those wishing to see the races from that viewpoint, particularly on big days. The inner course will be further beautified by the removal K of roads and by the rearrangement of as floral decorations. k; At Churchill Downs the clubhouse will be . ii in entirely remodeled with seventy-seven boxes y added. The lawn will be terraced so as to pro- . ii vide standing and seeing room for 5,000 addi- tc to tional persons, which will relieve the conges- G tion on Derby Day. Other improvements will be made to add to the comfort of racegoers and to increase the beauty of that historic n course. , h a And now the conviction is forced that tho n two-year-old fillies may be the bsst of their n age this year. That is to say that probably Willis Sharpe Kilmers New York-bred Sallys Alley may be best and Edward R. Bradley has o of the next best in Blossom Time. The question of which is the better of these two ought to be decided when they come to-gether in the race for the cup that will be offered by the Maryland Jockey Club Tuesday at a mile. The running or the double Pimlico Futurity at Pimlico marked a new spot in the history of the American turf and it was a big thing for racing. The distance over which I . is the contestants were raced was calculated to decide a championship and with the weights close to the scale, there only being breeding allowances, made the tests true ones. j A feature sure to excite comment is the j fact that A. Johnson ro"de both of the winners, j As he also rode Morvich when that fast colt won this race on the occasion of its first decision, last year, his record in connection with j the race is one for his fellow riders to envy, j Tryster, racing for the Westmont Stable, earned an additional ,000 for his owner when 1 he took the Pimlico Serial Weight-for-Agc i Race at the Maryland Jockey Club meeting ; Friday. A condition of thse- races is that any -i horse winning any two of the three that are : i offered earns this additional amount. Tryster : was the winner of Serial Number 1 and in this i race he ran its three-quarters in 1:11. In 1 his mile victory Friday, under weight for age, , he ran the distance in 1 :38, equaling the track record in beating the Rancocas Stables fine three-year-old Little Chief by a narrow r margin. But it has become a habit of the 3 good four-year-old son of Peter Pan and I Tryst to break track records and on two other occasions this year they have fallen before - his speed. The black whirlwind began by breaking the e Jamaica record for three-quarters when on the e opening day of the New York racing season a he took the Paumonok Handicap in 1:11. . The other track mark to be shattered by him a was at the track of the Empire City Racing Association, where he won the Scarsdale Handi-t. cap at a mile in 1 :38. Tryster has only been started seven times this year and he has been returned the winner on five occasions. The only times he has met defeat was when he was third in the Toboggan Handicap at Belmont Park, in which he was beaten by a stablemate, Rocket, and Dun-h boyne. Then in the Laurel Stakes at Laurel. In the last named race he was third to Ex-g terminator and the English horse Paragon II., at one mile, and when Paragon II. was disqualified for a stretch foul it moved Tryster into second place, After the running of the Toboggan Handi-s- cap Tryster was away from the races until the Empire City July meeting. There he was a winner from the best sprinters that could be mustered against him, in the short three-l- quarters of the Fleetwing Handicap. Follow-f l ing that one appearance he was away again 1 until the October meeting at the same track. Tl in in ht he fe bj by Yi hi he hs K as k; . ii in y . ii tc to G n , h a n n o of . I is j j j j j 1 i ; : i : i 1 , r 3 I - e e a . a Then he came back to make his track record the Scarsdale Handicap. Since that race has campaigned in Maryland and his defeat in the Laurel Stakes has been followed his two victories in the Pimlico Serial Weight-for-Age races. A colt of extreme speed, shapes up as one of the best milers we have for these fall days of racing. r 1 It is entirely possible and even probable 2 2 3 that there will be a private sweepstake ar- 4 ranged before the really cold weather sets in 5 a result of Ral Parrs declaration that he f G 1 7 has the fastest yearling that has been shown all of the fall trials. Frequently the fastest 1 1 yearling in November is not much the follow- ing July, but there always will be the desire 2 have a fast one in any month of the twelve. 3 Garth is not easily fooled in a yearling and t 4 Parr is also a good judge. They both think j 5 6 they have a world beater in the Ballot Change filly and will not be content until they try her out against the best from any string. They are not particular whether its a quarter of a mile dash or at three-eighths. They want to ; meet the best and they will back their opinion that they have the queen of the baby fillies. 1 One possibility for a meeting is with the best the progeny of Cudgel, the fine J. K. L. Ross stallion. The Canadian sportsman and breeder has some that he is particularly sweet on and he may meet the challenge of Captain Parr. Then Samuel Ross and Dr. Cary T. Grayson of Washington have some yearlings at the old Benning track that have been attracting wide attention by their phenomenal speed in yearling trials. So that altogether it likely that the Ballot filly will not have to go far to have an opportunity to display her wares. Unfortunately Commander Ross is ill at his home in Montreal and, thus far, has not been present for any of the Maryland racing, but it is expected that he will be on hand bz-fore the end of the season. It is pleasing to know that the reported injury of Charles H. Thierots Prince James is only a slight one and that it will not occasion a let-up in his training. The report was circulated that he had gone badly amiss in a training gallop and it was intimated that his crippled condition would prevent his filling his Pimlico engagements. A. J. Goldsborough, who has so successfully campaigned the son of King James and Lacona, has said that the injury is only a slight one and that he will surely start him in the mile and a half of the Bowie Handicap Tuesday. Prince James is in this handicap under 121 pounds and his won-J derfully consistent climb in the handicap divi-5 sion makes the carrying of that weight well within his capabilities. He has to his credit two victories over as good a horse as Mad Hatter and there have been few more con- sistent performers this year. He began by beating platers, but he quickly found his way to a place in the handicap division and, over a considerable distance of ground, he has proved himself a remarkably good horse. The Bowie Handicap will be his most pretentious effort, but no horse engaged in that 0,000 race has shown better ability to cover such a route, ex-g cept Exterminator.
