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LATONIA TRACK SLOW ♦ Typhoon and Royal Julian Stage Spirited Stretch Duel. Whitehouse Colorbearer Fails by Narrow Margin to Make It Double for Day. LATONIA, Ky., June 25— Over a slow track the Kenton Farms four-year-old Typhoon showed his first winning effort in some time to account for the Cynthiana Purse, the best race at Latonia this afternoon. Leading for the entire one mile and one-sixteenth, the victor lasted to outstay Royal Julian, the odds-on favorite, from the W. H. Whitehouse stable. Nellie Lyons was third in a field of five. Anticipating the third double victory during the meeting for the Whitehouse colors — carried to victory by Colonel Shaw in the previous race — the stables following installed Royal Julian the smartest priced favorite of the afternoon. His previous racing, as compared with that of the winner, fully justified this high regard, but the footing proved more of a boon for the winner than was expected, and while Royal Julian raced up to expectation, Typhoon was just a trifle too much for him. D. Froggatte, who had the winning mount, sent Typhoon into a good lead without much delay and, holding it easily until reaching the final quarter, he continued well enough in the final drive to hold a necks advantage over the favorite. Royal Julian moved up fast after reaching the stretch and made a game effort, but it was not enough for him to make good for his big following. HARD Fllf AL DRIVE. The spirited duel of the winner and the favorite was staged well in advance of the others, which failed to play a serious part at a...- time. In the last quarter Nellie Lyons gradually shook off Pigeon Hole for third place, and Reenie, which bolted on both turns, was pulled up far back of the others. Changed track conditions resulted from early morning rains, but the skies cleared before racing hours, resulting in favorable weather. The crowd was one of average size. Withdrawals due to the altered footing caused a cancellation of the original third race in favor of a contest for platers better suited by track conditions. Colonel Shaws victory in the Barnesdale Claiming Handicap, the fourth race and secondary feature, was his second at the meeting. Opposed by but three others, he had the W. H. Whitehouse colors in front for all but a brief time, when Chum held a short margin over him as they raced to the second turn. Chum, in fact, was alone in making a challenge, both Broad Axe and George McCrann dropping out of contention after a half mile, and finishing the one mile and seventy yards far back. On the stretch turn, Colonel Shaw drew away from Chum as if to make a runaway of it, but the latters retirement was only momentary and, showing better speed after reaching the final three-sixteenths, he gave the winner quite an argument in the last eighth. Chum, defeated by little more than a length, led Broad Axe by ten lengths and George McCrann was three lengths further back. MASTER WINS AGAIN. Master scored his second victory at the meeting when he easily defeated Efeldee, Dark Angel and five others over the three-quarters distance in the first race. He attracted considerable backing and his success was a score for the favorites. For the first half mile Dark Angel pressed him closely in a spirited duel for the lead, but she found the pace through the stretch too fast and Master was not long drawing into a commanding advantage, which he retained easily in the final drive, where Efeldee got up to take second by inches from Dark Angel and The Bat. J. B, Respess provided another winner when his home-bred juvenile Colonel Bell, which was making his first start, easily vanquished a large band of plater non-winners of his age in the second race. This was decided over five and one-half furlongs and jockey D. Dubois had the winner in advance of his rivals after the first quarter and easily outstayed Babble, with Panky outfinishing Gibbys Choice for the smallest part of »he purse. Babble was a factor after reaching the turn, but tired in his approach of the finish and thus lightened the winners task. Lucky Dream, the favorite, and several others suffered so extensively from interference in the crowding that marked the opening quarter that they were always far back. 15aby Delhi just failed to complete a double for the Respess colors, when she lost to Irince Bulbo by a head in the three-quarters substituted race, which brought out another large field of lowly campaigners. Hailstorm finished in third place. Under a hustling ride by Willie Pool, Irince Bulbo set his own pace and just managed to continue well enough when tiring badly in the final stages Continued on fifteenth pace. LATONIA TRACK SLOW Continued from first page. to outstay the Respess starter. The latter reduced her chances somewhat by swerving in the late racing, where she appeared a trifle too much for the diminutive apprentice W. Gooler. Her swerving forced Rainstorm into rather tight quarters during much of the last eighth, and with ample racing room the latter might have finished closer up. Cliff Porters Purple Light proved th« easiest kind of a winner over Turn Over, Colonel Gilmore and five others in the sixth race, the third over three-quarters. Taking command with a rush in the early stages he was never seriously endangered, and Danny Connelly found it possible to keep him under strong restraint all through the stretch. Her© Turn Over, after saving ground on the turn, finished gamely and outfinished Colonel Gil-more by a half length for third. The latter was eight lengths in the van of Winging, which showed a rather disappointing performance. Howard Oots Vandal proved best In the field of six, which started for the final race, over one mile and a sixteenth. Taking the lead when Lamkin bore out badly on the first turn, the winner held it thereafter and holding on gamely when Tony Joe challenged in the stretch, lie readied the finish with an advantage of a length and one-half. Third honors went to Double O.
