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• PLANS RACING AT LAT0N1A . * Clyde Van Dusen to Ship Twenty-Four Head to Covington Course. ♦ Audley Farm, Reichert Bros., Greentree Stable, C. V. Whitney to Be Represented During Thirty-One Day Meeting. ♦ LATONIA, Ky., June _— Dixianas Easter Time will be at Latonia for his Cincinnati Trophy engagement. The son of High Time and Complexion, which made a show of his rivals at Washington Park Thursday, will be among the twenty-four horses Clyde Van Dusen brings here for the thirty-one day meeting starting June 27. In addition to this highly regarded juvenile. Sweep All, a Latonia Derby candidate; Band Time, another trophy eligible; Cee Tee, which also is named for the 0,000 added fixture; Dawn Mist and Parfait. Clipsetta Stakes eligibles; Lady Dean and Betty Derr, candidates for the Latonia Oaks, are included in the shipment that leaves the Homewood course a week before the opening here for the mid-summer meeting. Van Dusen plans to send his numerous charges in two shipments. The first will be those to campaign on the opening day of the meeting, while the others leave Sunday, following the close of the Washington Park racing. "I may send a few horses to Arlington Park for their stake engagements, but present plans call for me having all of my horses at Latonia for the summer meeting, and if I decide to fulfill a stake engagement at the Arlington course, I will ship the eligible from Latonia," was the word of the successful trainer, who, in addition to handling the horses of Charles T. Fisher, has many for Herbert P. Gardner and several for his own account. STABLE RESERVATIONS. Many trainers of large stables have requested stabling accommodations for their horses. Kay Spence has requested thirty stalls for the Bernard B. Jones Audley Farm Stable; Reichert Brothers intend to bring on Brown Wisdom, My Dandy and others among their pretentious aggregation; Ros-coe Goose will have twelve or more for Laffoon and Yeiser, E. M. May, C. W. Hay and Dr. R. L. Woodward; Tom Hayes has requested twelve stalls for the W. S. Dudley Stable; Eddie Haughton is bringing twenty-six of Mrs. Payne Whitneys Greentree Stable; Mose Goldblatt returns with thirty of C. V. Whitneys and his own accounts; Frank Letellier will have the Latonia Oaks candidate Mince Pie and eleven others; the western division of the Middleburg and Ziegler Stables have asked for a dozen stalls, and others are on the list asking for stabling accommodations. Van Dusen has hopes of Betty Derr showing at her best in the thirty-fifth running of the Oaks. Shouldering 126 pounds, Betty Derr proved an easy victor over Cousin Jo in the 1930 Clipsetta Stakes here last summer. From all indications, Cousin Jo will be the filly she will be called on to defeat in the Oaks. Betty Derr was not ready for the Kentucky Oaks. Van Dusen had hopes of giving her a race prior to the nine-furlong test, but when she failed to get in for the Trial, a previous race to the Oaks, he instructed Pool not to use her too much. Since leaving Churchill Downs she has returned to the form that made her a triple stake victor last year. When she led Cousin Jo to the finish in the Clipsetta last summer, the half sister to the Kentucky Derby winner, Clyde Van Dusen, was conceding ten pounds to the Nuckols representative. Since then Cousin Jo has shown decided improvement. It was only a canter for her to win the last renewal of the Kentucky Oaks and prior to that race she annexed the Trial in easy fashion. Both are named for the Illinois Oaks at Washington Park. That race should show which will be the choice for the mile and a quarter test at Latonia. TRACK IN FINE CONDITION. The twelve hundred or more horses to be quartered at Latonia will have one of the best tracks in years to race over. This was shown this morning when two-year-olds were clicking off three-eighths in :36 with consummate ease. Track superintendent Charles Nolte has given the course his undivided attention. Several benevolent associations that intend to have one-day outings here prior to the opening of the meeting have tried to arrange for horse or mule racing, but as many of the horses are enjoying a rest it seems improbable that any horses will be seen in action. Despite more than four weeks intervening between now and the opening, resident manager Russell Sweeney has almost filled the list for club members as well as a long list of box holders. He states that since being connected with the plant he has never had as many early reservations. If present plans do not miscarry, the popular silks of William Woodward, owner of Gallant Fox, the 1930 Kentucky Derby winner, will be seen at Latonia. He has named Peake and Lafrance for the Latonia Oaks, and "Sunny Jim" Fitzsimmons has asked stalls for two horses. Both are daughters of Sir Galahad III. Lafrance is from the good mare Flambette and probably will be at her best for the July fixture. She was a little late in coming to hand, and her showing in the Coaching Club Oaks at the Belmont track next month will determine the future engagements for the filly. A
