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SCRATCHES RUIN CARD i Changed Track Conditions Result in Four Substitute Races. Unusual Number of Cancellations at Latonia — Cheaper Platers Monopolize Entire Program. • LATONIA. Ky.. June 28.— The elements, in the form of several heavy showers, which fell in this vicinity early this morning, were responsible for the lack of quality on this afternoons program at Latonia. The adverse track resulted in a great number of withdrawals, the acceptance of which by the officials forced the conciliation of four of the original seven races. It was the first time in the history of racing here that that number of contests had to be declared off, and it was with no little difficulty that the racing secretary and his assistants drafted emergency affairs to make up the program. The races declared off were the second, fourth, fifth and sixth, and the substituted contests were given those places on the program. It happened that the three races saved from the original program were for the poorer grade of racers and as the same class had to be catered to in drafting the new races, platers held full sway during the entire program. Although severe, the rains passed over early in the morning and clear skies prevailed during the afternoon. The favorable weather was accompanied by a high wind, which resulted in a rapid drying out of the track, yet handicapped the racers in the main stretch, where they met the full force of the wind. ATTENDANCE AVERAGE. An attendance of average proportions witnessed the racing which, due to the uncertainty of the track and lack of quality, failed to command the usual speculation. One of the closest finishes of the meeting resulted in the fourth race, the second of the four arranged this morning. This was given over to plater two-year-olds, and those involved in the close finish were Babble, which got the judges decision, and Sky High. Not far behind them, Choiseul took third at the close of five and a half furlongs. After heading the eight others from the start, Sky High, under the guidance of the inexperienced apprentice F. Haines put forth a determined finish, only to fail by the very shortest of margins. The race had its disappointment in Spanish Jack, which gave way badly after racing prominently to the final three-sixteenths. The youngsters raced over a heavy course as did the fields in the third race and all later affairs. Previous to the third, the track possessed a surface of mud. The first of the four substitute races, offered as the second on the program, resulted in an easy victory for Keeping Time, the favorite, after one of the poorest contests of the season. The winner took command after reaching the turn and, continuing well, it was all over as Jeff ONeill, which followed in second place all through the stretch, was unable to seriously menace the winner. Third honors went to Tommy. Efeldee and Mush Lee sacrificed most of their chances by getting away poorly. FAVORITE WINS. In the third race, one of the three original races, a second public choice triumphed, when J. W. Parrishs Woodlot was returned the winner. His success came after a hard effort and by a neck, over Yorktown, with Captain Jack Jr. in third place at the end of one mile and a sixteenth. The track was in an extremely heavy condition at the time this race was decided, and while the footing suited the placed trio, the five others were decisively beaten off after the first three-eighths. Tommy Murray, who had the winning mount, rode energetically. In the fifth race, the third of the "substitutes," the Four Oaks Stock Farms useful Roxie Weidel found the track to her fan*y and made a show of the eight that opposed her over the one mile and seventy yards. Great Sport finished second, with Jack Savage third. Dubois brought the winner from a long distance back with a rush on the second turn and, taking the lead in the stretch, won easily. Great Sport was second, and Jack Savage third. There was a second victory for the Four Oaks Stock Farm colors when the four-year-old Gold Bet chalked up his first victory in some time by accounting for the sixth race, the last of the emergency events. This was decided over the three-quarters distance and, after going the lead in the stretch, where he passed Baby Delhi, which had set the early pace, the winner continued in good fashion and won by a length from Dar-Fur. The latter, which came from far back with a belated rush, snatched second place from Baby Delhi right at the end and the early pacemaker finished only a head in front of Winging.
