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MANY HORSES FOR LATONIA I » Track Superintendent Swamped ] With Requests for Reservations. • Track at Its Best After Rain of Saturday . and Sunday — Playtime to Remain at Covington Course. • LATONIA, Ky., June 2.— The elimination of the Quick Step Handicap and the Harold Stakes and the adding of ,000 to all other i stakes, with the exception of the Derby, Oaks and Independence Handicap, appears to have met with the approval of all of , the owners intending to campaign at La- tonia during the thirty-one-day meeting J starting June 27. i "Not since the revival of Illinois racing have I been asked for stalls for so many £ prominent and leading horses." was the way track superintendent Charles Nolte put it. After a check up of the unoccupied stalls • and his list of reservations today, Nolte found that he had more than 300 additional , horses to find stabling space for and he | stated that they were some of the best , horses for which he would have to find , quartern. "Among the list of reservations or . those asking for stabling accommodations are eastern owners that usually move on to Saratoga after Aqueduct or take in the Em- j pire City meeting," stated Nolte. Considering the value of the two two-year- • old events which have been increased to an , added value of 0,000 and the Enquirer Handicap, which also received an additional ] ,000. it means that more than 00,000 will j be given away in purses and stakes during j the thirty one-day meeting. The best of the two, three and older divi- ] sions are among the nominations for the six ] stakes to be decided during the mid-summer meeting, which terminates August 1 and ] unless something unforeseen occurs between now and the decision of the stakes, the best , of the horses then racing will be at Latonia, after a review of the list of reservations. ] NEEDS LONGER REST. After the heavy showers Saturday night j and Sunday, the track was at its best this , morning. The 300 or more horses now , quartered appear ready for racing and i the grounds are in readiness for opening. . After talking with Charles Bacharach at J his New Orleans home, Johnny Daniels an- nounced this morning that he would not . send Playtime to Chicago for the Peabody -Handicap to be decided Saturday. I ad- ] vised Mr. Bacharach that the colt needed a | longer rest and with it would be in top-notch shape for the Independence Handicap," stated trainer Daniels yesterday morning. Our Cherrycote and Chicon, the two-year- -olds that Cliff Porter has been training for , Tom Young, were sent to Bainbridge and j will be turned over to Vic Gallo to train. ■ Gay Drake brought his van from Lexington to make the transfer. Drake announced that j Kai-Sang. which is standing at his farm, was bred to twelve mares this spring. Drake bred the Rancocas horse to six of his own. Furst and Bauers Donn Bon was sent to j E. K. Thomas Bourbon County Farm and trainer James Hukill states that he is consid- j ering selling him to the government. John Daniels will be among those who will be at Washington Park for the American Derby. A majority of the owners and train-ers at Latonia have arranged to take in the Chicago classic. Stabling accomodations for the first horses of Frank P. Letell have been arranged for their inception. Among the number will be Mince Pie, a candidate for the Latonia Oaks, and Chalk and Thomas Latonia Derby eligible, Birthday Gift. The three-year-old Au-rilla, the four-year-old Dr. Dougherty and the two-year-olds Castle Cliff, Split, All Luck. Asphodel and Joeretta, which trainer James Hukill left at Lexington when he transferred twelve others to Churchill Downs, arrived from the Blue Grass city. Hukill has eighteen here, among which are Abe Furst, Hunch Back and Castle Cliff, candidates for the Cincinnati Trophy. During the coming meeting Hukill will have the services of jockeys D. O. Hardy, R. Reeves. W. Lennie and apprentice O. Potts. Lennie. formerly with the Keeneland Stud, entered Hukills employ Monday. IN CHARGE OF CLIFF PORTER. After sending Our Cherrycote and Chicon on to Bainbridge, Cliff Porter is now training for the Warm Stable Our Grief, Star Parade and Flaunt and for Mrs. C. Porter, Lady Sweet. R. L. Stivers has two two-year-olds in charge of Oscar Williams. One is a half sister to his good campaigner Star Play. George Chancellor, agent for the A. P. Canale stable, was here to inspect the eight in charge of A. Thomas. Aimee Goldsmith. a winner at Louisville, heads the band. Twelve horses of Hal Price Headley are due to arrive at Latonia in the next several days. Owner Headley will journey back and forth from his Beaumont Farm to supervise their preparation. Tom Sanford, tiainer of the Brown Hotel Stable, expects jockey Mike Rose, contract rider, here a week before the opening of the meeting, unless his services are needed at Washington Park for the closing day stake. F. J. Uhlein has Broad Axe and three Others for Mrs. F. J. Uhlein quartered at Latonia. Wise Talk, the son of Wise Counsellor, which W. E. Smith named for the trophy, had his first breeze in several weeks Monday.
