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FIRST PURSE OF YEAR » -Dunmore Scores Initial Triumph for Everglade Stable. » Defeats H. P. Headleys Amsterdam and Paraphrase — Rainstorm Occurs After Race. ♦ LATONIA. Ky., June 19. — Dunmore, onm of the chief reliances of the Everglade Stable, of Messrs. Burton and Ward, accounted for th« first purse of the year for that establishment when he triumphed in the Lyric Purse, one-mile, the oustanding race on todays good mid-week program at Latonia, His triumph under a well judged ride by Leslie Picbon effected the overthrow of Amsterdam and Paraphrase, the entry of H. P. Headley, which commanded the post of favoritism. They finished second and third as named. In Paraphrases wake were Peter Parley, The Choctaw, Buddy Basil and Jem, all of which found the pace, which ended in the winner running the distance in 1 :37%, too fast for them. As the field paraded to the post there wai a light fall of rain which developed into a near deluge just after they had finished. The downfall was responsible for changed track conditions for the subsequent races-After an extended period of oppressive heat the rain came as a relief. Beginning slowly, Dunmore was forced to race in last place at the end of the first three-eighths, but got up for the lead shortly after reaching the stretch and, drawing away thereafter, led Amsterdam by a length at the finish. The latter set the pace, held on well after the winner headed him and waa five lengths in advance of his stable companion at the end. DERBY ELIGIBLES WORK. Amsterdam, Paraphrase, Buddy Basil and The Choctaw, eligibles for Saturdays Latonia Derby, were worked out after the race. The former pair showed to best advantage, with Amsterdam finishing one mile and a quarter in 2:04% driving, and Paraphrase, the same distance in 2:05% in like fashion. Buddy Basil ran the same course in 2 :06 under hard pressure and The Choctaw waa pulled up after traversing a mile and an eighth in 1:52%, which wjis slower than the time for any of the former trio for the same distance. Charles Patterson saddled a winner for Frank Navin, who races a small stable under the name of the Bloomfield Stable, when the three-year-old Personality, making his first start of the year, triumpher over Golden Colna, Brookdale Miss and others in the opening sprint. Hustled into the lead without delay, the winner made his own pace and led by a good margin for the final three-sixteenths of the three-quarters. After being in close quarters and a good distance back for the first three-eighths. Golden Colna closed with fine speed and overhauled Brookdale Miss for second after the latter had disposed of Jeff ONeil. Both the latter pair were forward factors from the break. BUSY IMPRESSIVELY. The promising juvenile Busy, owned by J. B. Respess, graduated with the running of the second race, for masculine maiden juveniles, and decided over five and one-half furlongs. The winner, after setting his own pace, won by two lengths from Selection, with Long Run third. Selection managed to keep in nearest pursuit of the winner at every stage and outstayed Long Run. After racing prominently to the stretch, Wildolive and Bluch Dineen b *gan tiring, while inability to escape crowding greatly reduced the chances of Haramzada. Dubois had the winning mount and his charge was backed down to odds-on. With apprentice Cooler experiencing difficulty in his handling of Blanc Seing, the pronounced favorite, Gideon, making his first start in some time, had no hard task racing to victory over the public choice and other* in the fourth race, over three-quarters. As Tommy Murray sent the winner into the lead approaching the turn. Cooler eased back and. while Blanc Seing raced gamely in the stretch. Cooler was of little assistance to him and he failed to give the winner much of an argument. Rainstorm, which began last in the field of eight, got up for third place by a half length over Storm Signal. A second odds-on choice made good when Harned Bros. Congo II. accounted for honors over four distance platers in the third. Southland Boy finished the one mile and a sixteenth in second place, while Sesqui saved third after heading the others to the stretch. Apprentice H. Scutte had the winner a good distance back in the early stages, but the gelding moved up fast after a half mile and. racing into the lead on the stretch turn, held it without much effort against the weak ehallenge of Southland Boy, which waa entrusted to the inexperienced apprentice J. Dill. Both High Storm and Keith, the other participants, raced in game fashion, yet could not seriously threaten their more forward opponents.
