view raw text
CLOG DANCE FAILURE Surprising Upset Occurs in La- tonias Main Race. ♦ Agincourt Shows Great Improvement to Win, While Favorite Finishes Far Back. • LATONIA, Ky.. June 26.— The decisive defeat of R. S. Clarks Clog Dance after ha had been installed an odds-on favorite for the Owls Nest Park Purse and sudden improvement of R. B. and B. O. Hickmans filly, Agincourt, which won the race without much effort, provided a double-barreled shock for a large crowd at Latonia this afternoon. While Agincourt had an easy time outrunning her four opponents for the one mile, which she traversed in the fast time of 1 :38%, Clog Dance, under the guidance of Earl Pool, in the race and was in the rear of the others for the final half mile. Vesta finished second with Uptime taking third from Boris. In gaining command on the first turn with his victorious mount, H. Schutte permitted her to crowd Uptime a trifle and she was two lengths in advance of the latter entering the back stretch. This margin she held all through the later stages, while Uptime, after retiring a good distance back on the stretch turn, finished with good speed in the stretch and succeeded in wearing down Boris, but could not menace Vesta, which enjoyed second place for the final half mile. But for a brief display of early speed. Clog Dance was outrun by all of his opponents, with the result that he reached the finish in last place. He was made a 7 to 10 choice, the shortest of the afternoon, and as favorites did not far so well, his complete undoing occasioned more profound disappointment than it might have if form had been closer adhered to in the other races. It was another day of ideal weather. The track was in excellent condition after a day of racing over a dull course. VETERAN SCORES. Another rejuvenated veteran came back to score his first win after an extended retirement when J. B. Respess* Foreign Relations outsprinted a poor band of younger rivals in the opening dash, Dubois had the victorious seven-year-old in front for the entire three-quarters and, while he tired badly in the final eighth, the advantage he gained during the earlier racing permitted him to reach the finish a head in advance of Adelot. The latter was followed by Sandy River and then came Keeping Time, which shared favoritism with the winner and went to his defeat without apparent mishap. The bolting of My Dan on the turn marked the race. Apprentice Jess Dell rode his first winner in several days when he hustled Ruth Mayes to victory over an inferior band of maiden juveniles in the second race. This was at five and one-half furlongs. The winner rac?d from behind in the stretch and. after disposing of the leaders, won drawing away. Donora, which cut out the pace to the final eighth, barely lasted for second place over Ojibway and Dorita, the trio finishing inches apart and with Ojibway getting third place. Sweeping Willing and Tela, which were expected to prove strong contenders, retired steadily after showing speed to the stretch. FOURTH TRIUMPH. There was another victory for the aged when S. N. Holmans Blanc Seing improved his fine record for the season by accounting for the third race after a driving finish with The Southerner and Smoldering. It was the victors fourth triumph since he returned to competition this spring after a long absence. A factor from the outset, the winner showed fine 6peed after reaching the stretch and, gradually wearing down The Southerner and Smoldering, got up in the final strides. Jack Howards La C.olondrina and jockey Hurst Philpot made up the winning combination in the fourth race, the second for juveniles of the cheaper plater variety. Flo ONeill finished second, just a nose in advance of Surcease. The latter was the one to set the early pace, but the winner sprinted past her easily after entering the stretch and, continuing in good style, held the lead safe in the final drive to win by a length. Surcease continued determinedly after being headed and was only a head back at the end. Flo ONeill succeeded in snatching second honors from the early pacemakers. Miss Peggy, the favorite, ran an even race to finish in fourth place. Rough riding, which has marked much of the racing during the meeting, marred the sixth race and cost High Storm, another pronounced favorite, whatever chance he had. H. Schutte, on Joseph Sabbath, was the offending rider and his inability to keep his mount "from swerving into the favorite and others during the first eighth, brought him a suspension extending to the end of the meeting. The winner here turned up in Sign Off. ridden by Danny Connolly, and he scored in a drive over Princess Virginia, with Billy Basil third.
