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SCORES SIXTH VICTORY ♦ Consistent Silverdale Continues on His Triumphant Way. « Gallops Three -Quarters in 1:11%] to Defeat Illegitimate — Favorites Fare Poorly. LATONIA, Ky., June 5.— The scoring o* his sixth consecutive victory, in accounting for the Turkyfoot Road Purse, by E. B. McLeans three-year-old Silverdale and consistent overthrow of public choices, were the outstanding incidents of the second afternoons racing of the Latonia spring and summer meeting today. The racing was conducted under ideal conditions, but the failure of the well backed starters resulted in disappointment for many of the exceedingly laige crowd that attended. Silverdales victory in the fast time of 1:11% was at the expense of Howard Oots* Illegitimate, Retort, Lord Braedalbane, Oui Monsieur and Flashing Gem, the victorious son of The Porter and Margaret Ogden wearing down Illegitimate in a long drive to wia by a neck. Illegitimate, which was receiving weight by the scale from the winner, was among the best backed of the choices and his undoing made it five defeats in a row for the publics favored ones. Illegitimate flattered somewhat by In lilt by a good margin for more than a half mile, but, when ready in the stretch, Silverdale slowly made his way to the leader and, after heading him in the final eighth, gamely outstayed him, despite the latters refusal to give way after Silverdale had gained an advantage of almost a length. In the final fifty yards the favorite reduced the winners margin, but his unexpected rally was too weak and Silver-dale had a neck advantage when the placings were made. BIG SURPRISE. The program opened with a shocking surprise when C. A. Bidencopes Colonel Gil-more, in racing to his initial victory in three years, easily defeated Southland Boy, one of the shortest priced choices of the Kentucky season. Colonel Gilmore led for the entire three-quarters and won by three lengths from the favorite, which just managed to wear down A. B. Bensinger for second place. Southland Boy was tardy getting into his best stride and it was not until nearing the stretch that he began bettering his position and, while his high, belated speed permitted him to close up much ground, it was insufficient to make him much of a threat against the fast running winner. Wingo, making his first start since the Lexington meeting, graduated when he scored a neatly gained victory over Busy, the favorite, Jack Spratt and five other lowly juveniles in the second race, for maiden juveniles. The winner raced in front for the entire five-eighths and Willie Crump hustled him to the finish two lengths in front of the favorite. At one stage of the race the winner had an advantage of six lengths, but Busy gained fast in the stretch and rapidly reduced that margin. Jack Spratt, one of the two starters of T. H. McCaffrey, outstayed the others for third place. WHISKARM REPEATS. In one of the slowest finishes of the meeting, G. V. Barnes Whiskarm proved that his previous victory was no fluke and effected the overthrow of another favorite when he nosed out Royal Son in the third race. Hede-mora finished in third place and was followed by five others of the better grade distance platers. Aided by the jamming of many of their rivals on the first turn, the placed trio occupied the more forward positions at every juncture, although both the winner and Royal Son were forced to race from behind Hede-mora in the stretch, after the latter had led them by a big margin for seven-eighths. In the final drive Hedemora tired badly and, after passing her. the winner and Royal Son fought it out, with Whiskarm getting up right at the end for his somewhat unexpected victory. The early crowding greatly reduced the chances of George McCrann, which was looked upon as a strong contender, while Mop Up came out of the race in a lame condition. Another outsider triumphed with the running of the fourth race, a dash of three-quarters, in which Miss Blanche Watsons Edna Glenn showed a return to winning form and led all the way. There was a tinge of hollowness to her victory as Le Flore, a pronounced "rail runner," could not be taken to the outside of the winner in the final quarter and H. Schutte brought him to the finish close on the heels of the winner and under restraint. As he finished fast there was reason to believe that by a kinder performance he might have reversed the finish with the winner. He was followed closest by The Bat. which gained some ground in the stretch, where Padona and Princess Virginia tired badly. Failure of trainer J. M. Murphy to furnish proper identification for the three-year-old Grandwood, caused the stewards to order his . — ___ | l Continued on twenty-fourth page. SCORES SIXTH VICTORY Continued from first page. withdrawal only a few minutes before post time. Sydney, the promising son of Craigangower — Rima, which finished third in the recent running of the Bash ford Manor Stakes at Churchill Downs, broke the string of losses for the favorites when, after being backed to odds-on, he scored his maiden victory in the sixth race. He was opposed by seven other non-wir.ners and the race was decided over five-eighths. Whisp, which finished in second place, led the victor to the final eighth, where he tired and fell back. It was Whisps first start and the son of Whiskaway — Gypsy Blair should benefit by the race. He was an easy second over Aspirin, with Kings Crier in fourth place. As they fought it out stubbornly. Retort followed at an even pace in their wake and while he could not seriously endanger them, he easily held his position safe from the others, several of which got away in poor fashion. The latter included Lord Braedalbane and Oui Monsieur, both outsiders.
