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, I i I i ■ ! • I i i : I I ■ ■ I | 1 SURPRISE AT LATONIA ♦ Extreme Outsider Accounts for Feature Race of Day. ♦ Keeneland Studs Forest Nymph Scores in Taylor Mill Purse With Broad Axe Second. ♦ LATONIA Ky., June 12.— Forest Nymph, the Keeneland Studs home-bred starter, furnished an outstanding surprise when she triumphed in the Taylor Mill Purse, an allowance affair that featured todays racing over a slow track at Latonia. The victorious daughter of Luke McLuke — Forest Lady led for almost the entire mile and seventy yards and won in a driving finish by a half length from Broad Axe, with Bonaire third. Pigeon Hole and Bonivan were the only other starters, the former losing third place by inches. The winner was the extreme outsider and her triumph came after three choices had succeeded in accounting for first honors in earlier races. J. Majestic wasted no time getting the winner to the front after the field got away to a ragged start, in which Broad Axe was the chief sufferer. She was never permitted to sprint into a decisive command and withstood challenges from Bonivan, Bonaire and Pigeon Hole as she sped over the firmest going to the stretch. Here Broad Axe moved up in menacing fashion, yet found the winner equally as game and was unable to make an impression upon her half-length advantage in the final eighth. Bonaire and Pige»n Hole waged a furious stretch duel for third place behind the more forward pair, the former ultimately gaining the placing by a nose. Pigeon Hole was accorded the post of favorite, with Bonivan second in public regard. TRACK SLOW. The slow track was marked by a firm path that encircled it and attracted the eye of the riders. The major racing was conducted over this fairly dry strip and horses that were unable to get to the coveted path failed to race with much success. Favorable weather was again the order and a large and enthusiastic crowd witnessed the racing. Showing an improved performance, W. L. Drakes Downcast, a disappointment in several recent engagements, scored an easy win over Royal Pennant, Runaway Princess and four others in the introductory dash, at three-quarters. Heupel sent the winner into the lead at once and, taking him over the firmest footing, always had him in command and finished two lengths in front of Royal Pennant. The latter closed fast after being outrun to the final three-eighths and was racing best in the last eighth. He had a half length lead over Runaway Princess, which outstayed Blue Granite by two lengths for the smallest part of the purse. Outsiders garnered the chief honors in the second race, at five-eighths, for eight maiden juvenile fillies under selling conditions. C. H. Trotter furnished the winner in his suddenly improved Brookdale Miss, ridden by T. Murray, with My May second. The performance of the latter provided even more surprise than that of the winner, as she was very much neglected in the betting. Ann Beall was third, followed by Chiz and Arline Conner, the strongly backed starter of Mrs. L. A. Conner. Arline Conner was never a serious factor, while Agitation, which shared favortism with the former, came to grief when Heupel, her rider, suffered a badly bruised eye when struck by a clod. The injury was so painful that Heupel almost lost control of the filly be- fore he succeeded in pulling her up and she did not finish the course. DECISIVE VICTORY. In the third race, at one mile and a sixteenth for plater three-year-olds, W. E. Caskeys William T., which came in for extensive late support, triumphed decisively over George McCrann, with Isostasy third. Queenston and High Storm completed the field. The winner raced away from the others when ready in the stretch and C. Churchman got him to the finish three lengths in advance of George McCrann. Isostasy followed only a half length back and was fast wearig down George McCrann. Ragus. the pronounced choice for the fourth race, for lowly two-year-olds, had a close call from defeat when Courier raced him to a nose finish at the end of the five-[ eighths. Excepting only for a brief period in the stretch, when he held a clear advantage, the winner was always hard pressed and from the manner in which Courier gained in the later stages he probably would have reversed the order with the winner in an- other stride. Brigand, which figured in the fight for leadership during much of the race, was a tiring third, followed by Nos Redna. Poor riding probably cost Grandma C. a more forward position at the finish here. She had early speed, but was taken back and allowed to swerve throughout the stretch. Iadona added another mild surprise when Continued on twenty-fourth page. SURPRISE AT LATONIA Continued from first page. he took another purse with an easy victory in the sixth race, over three-quarters mile. He distanced the others in the first quarter and was at the finish ten lengths in front of the latter. W. Barrett had the mount on the Kenton Farm Stable gelding. Third place was annexed by Grand King, which tired after offering a meek challenge on the stretch turn. Chatson and Revolver were never able to get into contention at any time. F. P. Letelliers Border Chief, another at long odd3, proved easily best among the ten lowly platers that started In the final race, at a mile and seventy yards. He disposed of Ginestra after reaching the stretch and drew away fast without being subjected to hard riding. Ginestra was raced into the lead in the first half mile, after getting away slowly, and tired after being overtaken by the winner. A narrow margin gave Happy Birthday third over Vernon. McCulloch and Scotland Belle ran dull races here.
