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1NMEM0RIAM TRIUMPHS OVER ZEVAND MY OWN WINS THE LATONIA CHAMPIONSHIP Gallantly Upholds the Honor of Kentucky and Leads Home the Conqueror of Papyrus by Six Lengths With the Plaadits ofLatonias Largest Crowd Ringing in His Ears My Own Badly Beaten. LATONIA, Ky., Nov. 3. The king is dead, long live the king. In Memorlam, Carl Wiedemanns three-year-old son of McGee and Enchantress gallantly upheld tho honor of " Kentucky this afternoon when he was home an easy winner from Harry F. Sinclairs ZeV in tho running of the 0,000 Latonia Championship Stakes, over tho mile and three-quarter distance. The son of McGee was a full six lengths clear of tho conqueror of Papyrus at the end of the long grueling contest and ten lengths farther away camo Admiral Cary T. Graysons My Own, while the Greentree Stables Rialto was so thoroughly beaten that he wafl pulled up by Coltiletti after turning into the stretch. Never has there been such a demonstration at Latonia or on any other race course as when In Memoriam ranged alongside and then camo on by tho Rancocas Stables champion and then on by to his easy victory. My Own was beaten before the stretch was reached and all the interest centered In In Memoiiam and Zev in that never to be forgotten rush through tho stretch. When Mack Garner brought the winner back to the charmed circle and the floral horseshoe was thrown over his shoulders and Garner was presented with an immense bouquet oi roses me coit snieu away snarpiy ana almost ran off from tho colored stablo hand and R. J. Gilmore, his trainer, had to jump to his head to quiet him. Ho still was full of M run and made a fight against tho decoration I that went with tho crown as king of the I three-year-old division. It was a truly run race and never was a colt more entitled to tho wild applause that broke from tho greatest crowd that ever as- m sembled at the Latonia course. Tho day waa a dreary one,, with drizzling rain falling all I afternoon, but that glorious raco mado all I forget the discomfort and the victory was J ono that was received deliriously by the fl Kentuckians. Tho New York champion and tho Virginia I champion had both gone down to defeat and I fair Kentucky came into her own. fl With an army of moving picture machines M trained on the winner tho crowd surgecl jqU- LrB the track for a better view of tho new champion a.id that continuous cheer waa Ni carried along until finally Mack Garner, who rodo Rockminster, winner of tho same race last year, was carried away on the shoulders of admirers. FORMER GOVERNOR PRESENTS CUP. Former governor James M. Cox, of Ohio, made tho presentation speech as he handed a tho handsome gold cup to Mr. Wiedemann 9 and ho said in substance : "I am here per- I forming this duty at the request of Matt J. M Winn. I love horses and horse racing and I if my presence in Kentucky will in any way help the sport and set back the wave of hypocrisy and fanaticism which has manifested itself lately, my services are at the j command of the horsemen and management" j Never was there such a tension before the I running of a race. When the drizzle of rain began, shortly after noon, there was appre- hension that the track might become muddy tefore tho running to the undoing of My Own J and the benefit of Zev. Then as the day wore r on there were anxious moments when the r rain would increase for a time and then j settle back to the drizzle that could do no serious damage to the going. During the J running of the third race there came a time I when the rain fell in greater volume and it was soon followed by the light drizzle. That was the order right up to post time of the big event j There was an expectant hush came over that .vast crowd as all waited eagerly for the appearance of the horses. Finally the cry went up "here they come." The four colts had emerged from the paddock and In h Memoriam was being led by the red coat that headed the parade. Both Rialto and Zev cavorted about nerv- H cusly in the parade, while My Own jogged H along briskly, the last of the quartette. H AWAY TO GOOD START. At the post it was In Memoriam that caused a slight delay, but Will Hamilton had them away to an excellent start and In Memoriam was just showing the way to Zev with Rialto third and My Own brought up the rear. After In Memoriam had set- tied into his stride. Garner took hold of him and all four colts were under restraint as Zev went to the front My Own had . moved up on the outside and all four were well lapped as the turn out of the back- j stretch was reached. Around the turn Earl Pool permitted My Own to run and he circled around until 1 he was a close second to Zev and that waa what was expected. All settled down to watch the duel between New York and Virginia. But Garner liad a handful of horse and he did not .permit In Memoriam to lose I his place and he galloped along strongly next to the inside rail. Going by the stand the first time, Zev was h leading My Own and going easily, but the jt Continued on twelfth page. JH IN MEMORIAM WINNER Continued from first page. son of King James was also under double wraps and it seemed that he could go to the Sinclair colt at the first asking. Still, Garner was content to wait back of the pair of them with In Memoriam. Rialto was already in difficulty and was dropping back badly. All through the backstretch run My Own chased after Zev so resolutely that he kept the son of The Finn and Miss Kearney running right along. It was seen that In Memoriam matched each move of the first two, but the interest was still in the first two for they were the ones that had created all the ante-race interest. Shortly after leaving the backstretch the second time, it was apparent that My Own was thoroughly beaten. He had failed to go to Zev when called on, while In Memoriam had moved up and was well lapped on him. Then In Memoriam went on by the now thoroughly beaten My Own and set sail for Zev. Sande had nursed the conqueror of Papyrus along cleverly and when he realized the danger in the charge of In Memoriam, he shook his mount up sharply. 3;v responded, but still In Memoriam continued tc close. Then Sande went to the whip as the big rangy bay continued to draw up under the masterly riding of Garner. He had felt no sting of the whip. He was running well in hand and it was evident that he had Zev beaten. An eighth out, the race was decided. In Memoriam was on, by and he was in hand at the end of the long history making journey. "When My Own was thoroughly beaten Pool did not punish him, while Rialto was also pulled up and was turning into the stretch when In Memoriam passed the finish line. It was a race that gave eloquent evidence that Carl Wiedemann knew what he was talking about when he offered some tim ago to match, his colt against Zev or any other three-year-old for 0,080 a side. In Memoriam was bred by P. T. Chinn and was purchased at the Saratoga sales by Mr. Wiedemann. While the big race overshadowed all the other carded dashes, still considerable interest was manifested in them and as close finishes featured several, it kept the crowd on edge. One of the closest finishes during the afternoon developed in the secondary feature, which also fell to Carl Wiedemann whose Great Jaz just managed to outstay Pegasus after a wonderfully thrilling duel. Winner Take All was up in time to beat Great Luck in the third race. Anonymous, one of tho starters, attracted Mose Goldblatts attention and he claimed him at a cost of ,300. T. P. Hayes colors were carried to victory for tho first time in a long while, when his Pumps got up to beat Captain Mac The entire field here raced closely grouped. The opening dash found Uncle Hugh the winner after a hard drive. He beat Chief Brant, with Rachel D. in third place. Queen Charming made a runaway of the second which brought to the post thirteen starters, Bamra landed in second and Black Grackle third. The Latonia meeting just terminated was one of the most successful in the history of the track. With its close the racing scene will shift to Louisville, where the sport begins for a period of ten days next Wednesday. R. S. Eddy, accompanied by Richard Lee, came from New Orleans to witness the Latonia Championship Stakes.
