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CLIPSEITA TO KRICK Registers Lucky Success in the TwoYearold Feature Helens Babe Provides a Greater Surprise in Winning Quick ¬ step Handicap LATONIA Ky June 12 Renewals of the Quickstep Handicap and Clipsetta Stakes were presented at Latonia over a heavy track as the feature part of this afternoons program before a large representative crowd Black clouds hung overhead as T J Hollands Krick twoyearold filly raced to a lucky victory in the Clipsetta at five and onehalf furlongs and with 7340 to the win ¬ ner H P Gardners Thirteen Sixty proba ¬ bly best of the field of six finished second L T Coopers Ethel Dear third and J T Weavers Sincerely fourth fourthKrick Krick was the choice of a majority of those who speculated upon the outcome of tho Clipsetta but Hal Price Headleys Hel ¬ ens Babe provided a thorough surprise when she vanquished Arcady Prince of Wales Tangara and four others in the Quickstep which carried a winning value of 6440 6440This This daughter of Brown Prince II and Helen Barbee on her bad behavior at the starting barrier raced forwardly to the stretch lost ground at the final turn and then proceeded to challenge the leaders and the finish found her a length in advance of the Goldblatt speedster which had an ad ¬ vantage of one and onehalf lengths over the favorite Prince of Wales WalesArcady Arcady dominated the early running with Dark Phantom his closest attendant until the ultimate winner hurled her bold chal ¬ lenge inside the eighth post Here Dark Phantom began to retire slowly while Prince of Wales trapped next the inside rail could not give his best Arcady fought back with his usual gameness but the Headley threeyearold responding splendidly to jockey R Finnertys hard riding was not to be denied In the concluding seventy yards she made her victory decisive decisiveTho Tho crowd unquestionably tho largest that ever braved such threatening weather for tho sport over a heavy track spoke volumes for the popularity of racing hereabouts The attendance missed by a thin margin of equalling the patronage of the previous Sat ¬ urday when the Latonia Derby was the principal attraction The throng included hundreds who came from points afar Speculation was brisk throughout the after ¬ noon tho uncertainness of racing conditions failing to dampen interest all the way around aroundThe The racing opened in formful fashion when Grand King under a smart ride by E Ben ham was hustled into the lead in the first eighth and standing a hard drive gamely outstayed Lady Inez at the end The latter had to come from a long way back during the late stages of the stretch and the ef ¬ fects of her early efforts told on her right near the end Snowman raced into third position positionThe The second race brought about a driving finish with J N Camdens Piccadilly vic ¬ torious over Porridge and Ortlieb They Continued on twentieth page CLIPSEHA TO KRICK Continued from first page close order with withPorridge Porridge rapidly getting to the winner Pic ¬ cadilly was away fast and saved much ground while Ortlieb forced Porridge wide ahd in so doing probably cost him the race J Sehanks Lord Granite making his first start in some time and betting favorite Bprinted into the lead in the back stretch and thereafter raced in front of his opposi ¬ tion to annex the third race The event was offered over the distance of threequar ¬ ters which the winner ran in the good time of 114 = 5 The Runt was second with Dis ¬ ciple in third position positionKricks Kricks triumph was by a large measure the easiest of the current meeting Her suc ¬ cess was largely brought about by the poor riding judgment of 12 Legere who had the mount on Thirteen Sixty He permitted the Gardner filly to race wide around both turns and her course through the stretch with JCthel Dear lapped on her right was anything but true They made a wide opening on the inside through which Krick under W Pools energetic riding rushed through to snatch the main portion of the prize by a neck from Thirteen Sixty SixtyThe The latter was stubbornly engaged almost to the end by ISUiel Dear which suffered much as the result of Thirteen Sixtys bump ¬ ing tactics and wide racing which forced the Cooper filly to cover much more ground than any of the participants As a team they raced in front until Krick got into a skimpy lead as the race waned In the last few yards Ethel Dear tired slightly losing second place by half a length
