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DINNER DANCE IN BEST FORM ♦ Carries Colors of R. S. Clark to Victory at Latonia. » Displays Brilliant Speed Bat Is Forced Oat to Limit to Withstand Agitator at Finish. LATONIA, Ky., June 20.— Dinner Dance, a rank offender in previous races this season, displayed his best form in carrying the colors of R. S. Clark to victory in the Westwood Purse, the best race on the Latonia program today. While his performance was an improved one o%-er recent showings. Earl Pool was forced to call upon him for his utmost, as the belated rush of H. P. Whitneys Agitator was such that he raced the winner to a necks difference at the end of three-quarters. Agitator finished far in advance of Nellie Custis, which took third place from Energy. Setting a fast pace from the start. Dinner Dance never relinquished the lead and on the turn into the stretch opened up the commanding margin of five lengths. This he managed to retain for almost an eighth, but upon reaching the final eighth he began shortening his strides and thus forced his rider to keep hard at him in his successful repulse of Agitator, which gained gradually in the late stages. Nellie Custis, which Agitator wore down quickly, had been a contender from the start and she also found the final pace too fast While racing close up in the early stages she might have suffered some interference from Dr. Parrish. which appeared inclined to swerve, as he showed fine speed for a half mile before he tired suddenly. Energy, of which much was expected, had his chances greatly reduced when he was caught in a jam near the turn. Previous to the start. Uptime, which had a scattered following, broke through the barrier and sprinted off about three-sixteenths of a mile before being brought under control. While Dinner Dance traversed the distance in 1:11%, the track, though fast, was somewhat deeper than it has been during the meeting. The crowd was one of the largest of the meeting for a week day and mid-summer weather prevailed. Outbreaking her poor company and making her own pace. Fuss and Feathers led through- Continued on twenty-fourth page. DINNER DANCE IN BEST FORM Continued from first page. out in the three-quarters race that opened the afternoons sport. She was hustled right along during the final three-eighths, but showed decidedly more speed than her rivals and won with consummate ease and by tluee lengths from Winging, with Scotland Forever third. The latter just Called at wearing down Winging for second and displayed evidence of soreness after the race. Nine others participated. The colors of Jack Howard, former jockey, were carried to their first victory, when the Flying Ebony— Azalea filly. La Golon-drina, accounted for the purse in the second race, a claiming affair for maiden juveniles. She won easily at the end of the five and a half furlongs, with second going to Panky and third to Susans Sister. The latter, after beginning from an outer post position, set the pace, and after threatening to lead for the entire distance, tired suddenly in the final eighth. Here both the winner, which had followed closest to the pae-emaker from the start, and Panky, disposed of her and went on to finish four lengths apart as Panky opened up a length over the early leader. Hot Shot, the overwhelming favorite Walter Taylor saddled for II. P. Headley in the Terrace Park Claiming Purse, or third race, had his work cut out, making good for his big following. He outsprinted his rivals over almost every inch of the three-ejuarters, but tire-d sharply after reaching the last eighth and was ridden out to the utmost to retain one length of a lead of five lengths which he had when he entered the stretch. As he tired, Yucatan, Eskimo, Deep River and Virado gained on him and followed tightly grouped behind him at the finish, which they reached in the order named. 1
