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GREATEST THOROUGHBRED RACE OF A DECADE Meeting of My Own and Zev in the 0,000 Latonia Championship Stahes at Latonia Today Expected to Result in One of the Most Momentous Contests in History of American Turf Sectional Interest in the Struggle at Fever Heat In Memoriam, Rialto and Taylor Hay Also Named to Start Large Crowds Arriving From All Parts of the Country Presaging a Record Breaking Attendance for Covington Course LATONIA, Ky., Nov. 2. With both Harry F. Sinclairs Zev and Admiral Cary T. Graysons My Own at Latonia and ready for the running of the 0,000 Latonia Championship Stakes tomorrow there has never been greater racing interest in Cincinnati. Already hotels are crowded to capacity and with the many specials that are due to arrive tomorrow it will be the most representative gathering of racing folk ever brought together on one track in the history of the American turf. Not since the days of long ago when there was such strong sectional feeling In ths matching of turf champions has there been such a sporting event as this same Latonia Championship. New York remains loyal to Zev, the conqueror of Papyrus, but Virginia and Maryland to a man pins its hope to My Own, the three -year-old that was to have taken the place of the son of The "Finn and Miss Kearney had he been unable to keep his appointment with the British invader. Then there is Kentucky, and the home folks have Carl Wiedemanns In Memoriam as their hope, while Zev has a companion representative from New York in the Greentree Stables Rialto. As for C. W. Hays Taylor Hay, another that has been named through the entry box, he will not go to the post unless something should happen to bring about the scratching of one of the others. Here is the field: P.P. Horse. Wt. Owner. Rider. Trainer. 1 In Memoriam 126 C. Wiedemann. .M. Garner. ...... .11. Gilmore 2 Zev ........126 .Rancocas Stable. . . ...E. Sande. ....... .".S. C. Hildreth- 3 Rialto .... ;.126 Greentree Stable F. Coltiletti.......J. Rowe, Jr. 4 My Own .126 Cary T. Grayson..... S. McLane :.W. H. Brooks 5 Taylor Hay 126 C. W. Hay. ."..-.J; M. Goode On the way to Latonia Rialto narrowly escaped a serious injury for there was a partial wreck of the train in which he was speeding west, when a driving rod of the locomotive broke shortly after leaving Columbus. The only hardship was a delay of a couple of hours, but James Rowe Jr., who is in charge of the colt said "that it was little short of miraculous that the wreck was not a serious one. , Col. Matt Winn, general manager of the Kentucky Jockey Club, has made elaborate preparation for the running of the championship and from the grooming of the track to arrangements for the comfort and convenience of the crowd every detail has been taken care of with the thoroughness for which Col. Winn has so long been famed. All afternoon, while the track was in good condition, there were eight harrows and floats constantly at work between the races giving the- course the surface of a billiard table. This Latonia Championship was originally a prize of 5,000 added, but Col. Winn announced after the running of the International match and the victory of Zev over Papyrus, that should both Zev and My Own be brought to the post he would increase the purse until it should be worth 0,000 to the winner. Then with the additional ,000 that gees to the nominator it will really make the prize 1,000 should Zev be the winner. This race will be continued at this rich figure when there is reason for such a prize and it is just one more princely prize to the many that have made the Kentucky Jockey Club famous. All afternoon there were fresh arrivals from the various points where horses are raced and tomorrow morning there will come thousands more from New York and Washington and Baltimore, where no trip is too far to see My Own in action. It is a sectional race and one with a greater sporting flavor than any that has been staged for many a year on the American turf. Admiral Grayson with W. P. Burch, the veteran trainer that developed My Own, came over with the Virginia and Maryland chaijipion and they are quietly confident in their colt. There was no decision made on the important question of what rider would have the "mount, but" at this time it seems more than likely that S. McLane, the boy -who has galloped him in his trials, will be his pilot for the big prize and the championship that goes with the running. S. C. Hildreth ia here with Zev and Farl Sande, first jockey for the Rancocas stable, came along with him as did Mrs. Hildreth. Zev himself reached Cincinnati at 9 :10 this morning, his car being picked up at Columbus by the Cincinnati Limited. Willie Brennan was the personal attendant of the champion and he had for traveling companions the two-year-old Stanwix and his pony, Billy. Zev is a rare traveler and shipped exceptionally well. After the running of the first race today iConUaued from thirteenth naseU GREATEST RACE OF DECADE Continued from first page. My Own worked, with McLane up, an easy mile and an eighth in 1:56. He was being pulled up at the end and there was no time in the running that he was really extended. The fractions were 12, 25, 36, 4S, 1:00, 1:13, 1:26. 1:40 and 1:56. Scotch Broom accompanied My Own for the first half mile and was then pulled up, while the son of King James went along the rest of the way alone. After My Own had completed his final of a mile and an eighth in 1:56 W. P. Burch said that the move was a bit faster than he had intended, but lie is thoroughly satisfied with the condition of his colt He expressed the hope that the weather bureau was wrong in its prediction of rain for tomorrow and promised that if the track remains fast My Own will hang out a worlds record for a mile and three-quarters. "Zev will not be able to shuffle along in front of My Own if the going is fast," was the assurance of the veteran trainer. S. C. Hiklreth is just as confident that Zev will be able to "shuffle along" in front of My Own as he has been doing with the other good ones. He also expressed the hope that the going would be fast so that the question of the superiority of the Sinclair colt over the Grayson champion would be settled for all time.
