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NOISY ENTHUSIASTIC CROWD ♦ Turns Out at Latonia Despite Poor Card and Threatening Weather. ♦ ■ One Hare Declared Off and Substitute Provides IJest Contest of I»ay, With Massey the Winner. LATONIA. Ky., June 15.— Despite the continued presence of threatening clouds, a heavy, holding track and the weakest program of the meeting, local devotees completely shattered the lull that developed here yesterday by turning out in large numbers to witness the ordinary sport of this afternoon. The crowd was as enthusiastic as it was large, noisy approval accompanying the staging of each race. The program included a substitute dash, the original fifth race going by the boards as a result of the altered condition of the track. The cancelled contest was given over to some of the better members of the claiming division, which were scheduled to clash under handicap weights. The field gathered yesterday morning before the coming of the heavy rain, did not embrace a sufficient number of mud runners, with the result that it failed to withstand the assault of declarations. In its place, the racing secretary fashioned a dash at three-quarters for the cheaper three-year-olds and older horses. This affair attracted u limit field of twelve. Chilly weather was the order of the afternoon, with topcoats and other wraps being returned to service by no small number. The substitute race provided the most thrilling finish of the afternoon. Massey getting up in a bitter drive to overtake Jane C, which managed to outstay Nelljo for second place. The winner worked her way from far back, wiggled through on the inside in the stretch and raced gamely under the lash for the concluding dash. Jane C. was the most forward of the twelve from the beginning and only gave in right near the finish. Nelljo was prominent all the way and finished gamely to figure in the close wind-up. The colors of J. N. Camden triumphed in the opening dash of three quarters when his Massillon easily defeated five other three-year-olds under claiming conditions. He led his rivals at every stage, winning by a huge margin from Accumulator, which outgamed Indianapolis, the favorite, in a hard drive for second place. Peggy Cook garnered the first purse in many months for Treacy and Walker when she decisively defeated eleven other two-year-olds in the second race. She was confidently backed and her ability to sprint into a long lead soon after the start eliminated chance for any anxiety for her backers. Pretty Run. a field horse, wrested second place from Brumfield. The four-year-olu Atossa had sufficient speed to race in front for the full distance of one and three-sixteenths mile in the third race. She was given a smooth ride by J. McCoy for the first mile, but found the remaining ground difficult to travel with the result that she had to be shaken up repeatedly. Kscarpolette raced into second place. Tamper came from far back to gather third position. - The erratic Billy Witt made a runaway in the fourth race, winning from eight others at three-quarters with the utmost ease. Di-anella. a rank outsider, was second and Iani Roma was third. Billy Witt was. as usual. on his bad behavior at the starting gate, but todays start at Hamilton caught him in line and he was off with the leaders. He dropped back during the i.rst quarter, hut thereafter I.. Craver hurried him around the more forward ones and the finish found him cantering.
