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LATONIA TRACK RE-SOILED * Horsemen Rate Milldale Course J Faster Than Churchill Downs. ♦ More Than Two Hundred Fifty Horses s Stabled on Grounds — Five Weeks Before Opening. ♦ LATONIA, Ky., May 28.— Although it is s five weeks before Latonia throws open its 3 gates for a thirty-one-day meeting, resident t manager Russell Sweeney and track superintendent - . Charles Nolte have it in readiness now. The track proper, which was resoiled last spring and which, due to the drought, . was not at its best for the first 1930 meeting, . is at its best. According to a majority f of the turfmen, it is faster than the Churchill 1 Downs track and in addition has a good 1 cushion. The latter is of great benefit to 5 all courses. Despite the long layoff between the past t Churchill Downs meeting and the opening r here June 27, there are daily arrivals. At t present there are more than 250 horses 3 quartered at the Milldale track, and Mr. . Nolte is busy turning down applications for f stall room. He doesnt know where they f are coming from or where to put them. . Horsemen who in the past have always remained . for the entire Illinois season are in i quest of stalls. "I could use as many more j barns as I have now." was the way the ; track superintendent put it. In contrast to the 1930 spring meeting, , the flower beds in the infield and club house are remembrances of the years when i Exterminator, Firebrand, Gowell, Lieut. Gibson . and other immortals carried their flying feet over the Kenton County sand. "It will be one of the best meetings in years," was the remark of resident manager . Sweeney, and after a talk with several [ of the natives and many of the horsemen, , that opinion seemed to be the consensus. Canada, when Latonia is having a meeting, - never appeals to Johnny Walters. The ! trainer of the George Hendrie stable of : horses moved up from the Hendrie farm i several days ago and is stabled snugly in i one of the barns near the six furlongs post. Trainer Walters usually spends the majority of the racing season in Canada, but as several . of his two-year-olds were late rounding ; into form he decided on waiting for the : Latonia meeting and then moving North. Cliff Porter has six horses here which i he brought from Louisville. Our Cherry-cote, the property of the Young Brothers and an eligible for the Cincinnati trophy, is ! the topnotcher of the band. Jim Hukill, after ordering a car for Chicago, decided at the last moment that he i would rather take a vacation at Latonia, , and he brought fourteen horses. Five of ; them are the property of Furst and Bauer • of Cincinnati, and Abe Furst is an eligible for the Cincinnati Trophy as well as Hunchback . and Castle Cliff. The latter pair have ; yet to face the barrier, while Abe Furst ; was a winner at Lexington. He bucked | after that race but is now ready to go on. , T. L. Pierce has twelve horses here for ■ various owners. Five were campaigned at . Churchill Downs, while the seven others , were vanned here from Lexington. Before i leaving Louisville Pierce turned over to Ros-coe . Goose the two-year-old Elizabeth W., which he will campaign at Washington Park. Trainer Pierce has for the Valley Lake . Stable of Nash and Partridge the two-year-olds . Beauty Pride, Prince Rock, Gay Way and Dizzy, and for Gorham Brothers Laila Wild, an eligible for the Latonia Oaks, and Joann Gorham. He has the two-year-old Chatter Cat for W. D. Hamilton and Upset Ann and Espionage for Thomas Piatt. The ; latter is a half-sister to the American Derby Winner Windy City. The first get of Cyclops and Eminence will be broken and prepared for racing by E. C. Anthony. The youngsters, the property of H. Massey, the Canadian sportsman, were raised at Miss Blanche Watsons farm in Fayette County. Chatson and Aristocrat, which Anthony campaigned at Havana, are 1 the only older horses in the stable. Mr. Massey, who is ill at Detroit, is improving, according to recent word. The ; horses are owned in partnership with W. F. • Knebelkamp and the produce are sons and daughters of mares Massey and Knebelkamp raced. *
