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ROUGH RIDING AT LATONIA ♦ Considerable Crowding and Much Interference in Fridays Races. i Outstanding Form Reversal In Third Rare Resulting in Owner-Trainer Howard Being Called Before Stewards. 1 LATONIA. Ky., June 21. — Todays racing at I.atonia was marked by considerable rough riding, crowding and interference. There was likewise a decided form reversal in the third race, the easy success of Mollie Myhill resulting in owner-trainer Jack Howard being called before the stewards. U. C. Frakes uncovered a juvenile filly of promise when Jeanne Wachs, owned by E. G. Drake, which he saddled for the first time in the second race, outsprinted eleven other maidens of her sex for the entire five and one-half furlongs of the race. Well-backed, the winner flattered her supporters extensively when she raced into decisive command on the stretch turn, but some of the others opened up on her in the final quarter with the result that she had but a length over Sweeping Willow at the finish. The latter was closely followed by Ruth Mayes and Umbrian Princess, and then came Honey Locust and Yermiculite, the entry of D. E. Stewart, which had a big following. They finished inches apart, yet neither was ever a serious contender. Running back to his previous good race. Golden Colna scored his maiden triumph at the expense of a big band of seasoned platers in the three-quarters race which openjd the days racing Well handled by J. Meyer, who, incidentally, was riding his first winning race in some time. Golden Colna won by a length from Junior C. The latter made a game but vain effort to withstand the victor after he had disposed of Broomster, which tired in the final strides and lost third place to Rainstorm. The outstanding form reversal came with the running of the third race and served to occasion much adverse criticism. Jack Howards Mollie Myhill, under a change of riders from Joe Dominick to Jake Heupel. won with ridiculous ease over Little Scout, Jack Savage and six others. The distance was one mile, and an eighth and after Heupel permitted the mare to take a big advantage in the early stages, she retained it easily while under almost choking restraint the final half mile. Heupel was standing almost erect in the etirrups all through the stretch and this contributed to the unpopularity of the result. Dominick was programed to ride the mare, but he reported ill to the clerk of scales and owner-trainer Howard substituted Heupel. There was unnatural support for the Howard racer from various quarters, with the result that she prevailed as favorite. Immediately following the race the stewards had an extended session with Howard. For crowding and unnecessary interference the fourth race, given over to top grade plater two-years, was probably the outstanding example of the meeting. There were a dozen starters and it was only in the final eighth, where the various groups of racers separated, that the running was not marked by much jamming. The winner turned up in Wingo, ridden by apprentice J. Dell, and it appeared that the latters ability to out-maneuver some of his rival riders in the rough spots contributed largely to the coifs success. He won by a length and a half from Perfect Alibi at the close of the five and or.e-half furlongs, while Sky High outfinished Rip Field for third honors. The interference cut so deeply into the chances of so many of the participants that the showinsrs of many of the youngsters were not of their true form.
