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ROSE OF SHARON BEST Demonstrates Superiority Over Current in Convincing Fashion. ♦ Scores in Ridgewood Country Club Purse at Latonia — Negotiates Heavy Track in Fast Time. 1 ♦ LATOxVIA, Ky., June 14.— Rose of Sharon, J. N. Camdens winner of the Ashland Oaks and Kentucky Oaks, this afternoon added additional luster to her record when she easily defeated Current, Ben Machree, Nellie Lyons and Vesta, some of the most formidable three-year-old fillies that could be mustered to oppose her in the Ridgewood Country Club Purse at Latonia. Under an impost of 118 pounds, which forced her to concede weight to each of her opponents, the winner traversed the one mile and seventy yards in 1:49, over the heaviest track of the meeting, and won under restraint by a length and a half over Current, which led Ben Machree by three lengths. Under an extremely confident ride by Willie Crump, who rode her to victory in the Kentucky Oaks, Rose of Sharon was hard ridden for a brief time in the run through the stretch, where she easily overhauled Current and, sprinting clear of the latter, finished the final seventy yards under restraint Up until Crump made his move in the stretch the winner was under strong restraint as she followed closest to the pace-making Current from the opening quarter and might easily have taken command at an earlier stage. Upon reaching the stretch turn Earl Pool hustled Current into a lead of three lengths, but this did not disturb Crump and it was almost an eighth closer to the place of finish before he permitted Rose of Sharon to make her move. This completely overwhelmed Current, yet the latter continued gamely and was well out of range of Ben Machree after she had lost the lead. BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE. By her performance the winner left no doubt of her superiority over those of her division in these parts and offered further assurance that she will be close to unbeatable in the impending running of the Illinois Oaks at Washington Park and Latonia Oaks at the Covington course. The track was the most testing of the meetings, the heavy condition requiring the most sturdy to negotiate it with any success. Favorable weather resulted in attracting another large crowd to the grounds and patrons were rewarded with interesting sport. For the second consecutive day the Harnod Brothers McCulloch, ridden by apprentice H. Schutte, easily accounted for the introductory dash, engaging the cheaper grade. Downcast, which commanded the post of favoritism in the betting, finished second and Fuss and Feathers tor k third. Following close to the leader. Downcast, during the opening furlong of the six furlongs, the winner had no difficulty in racing into the lead after reaching the stretch and drew away to win by six lengths. Holding second place was accomplished by a good margin by Downcast, while Fuss and Feathers was up in the final stride to nose out Hailstorm for the third place. There was a lack of contention in the race for plater maiden two-year-olds, offered as the second, and the poor contest provided by the eleven youngsters culminated in an easy win for L C. Youngs Mutual Friend. He headed the others, -eading Good Indian by a length. There was a wide gap between Good Indian and the others which finished the five and one-half furlongs well strung out Le Sport and Truly Movin showed disappointing efforts here. SUCCESSFUL FAVORITE. The first successful favorite turned up in Retort which had to be ridden out to the limit to defeat Smoldering, Scott and two others in the Mt. Echo Claiming Purse, for which he had such a decided call in the betting that he ruled at odds-on. Both Smoldering and Scott gave the winner a hard contest for the entire three-quarters and, but for Willie Fronks ability to get the victor through on the inside of the former pair on the turn, there might have been a different result. As it was. Retort reached the place of finish with slightly more than a length advantage over Smoldering, the Jatter holding on stubbornly all through the stretch and thus forcing Fronk to keep hard at work on the winner. After he had delayed the start for several minutes, the erratic Wolfy, which was staunchly supported, managed to get away in motion and the advantage contributed greatly to his leading his opponents for the entire one mile and a sixteenth of the fourth race. Tommy raced to second place, followed closely by Little Scout, which had a big following. While holding to the lead, the winner encountered stout opposition from Tommy all through the last quarter, but stuck to his task in game fashion and ultimately disposed of his rival, which tired in the last half mile, but could not improve his position, yet outran the others. The Audley Farms Dusky Maiden furnished the outstanding surprise when she won eased up over a lowly band of maiden juveniles in the sixth race, for which Coby and La Golondrina, both unplaced, were the most fancied. The winner, at better than 43 to 1. outsprinted her opponents by a big margin from the opening quarter and won by six lengths from Peace Bud at the end of the five and one-half furlongs. Third honors fell to Best Balance. After being shuffled back when near the turn, Coby remained out of contention and La Golondrina was outpaced all the way. Gallaher and Combs Lamkin accounted for his first purse of the year when he vanquished Respond, the choice, Bonny Basil and Others in the seventh and final race. W. Cooler had the winner in front for the full one mile and a sixteenth and he reached the finish six lengths in the van of the favorite, which began slowly, but, after racing into ■■■■ --ond place, could not threaten the victor. Thomas Scott, general manager of the Kentucky Association track, who recenly returned from California. seeotnpaatel by Billy Klair. Allan Gallaher and Jim Reed, cam* »£rom Lexington to make a short stay.
