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] y 1 * s I , , , , j j j * J t • • ; | PROTEUS NEXT ENGAGEMENT Winner of Thomas Curran Memorial to Start in Cincinnati Trophy. ♦ Expected to Meet All Leading Western Juveniles in Latonia Fixture to Be Run July 11. ♦ LATONIA, Ky., June 16.— The leading juveniles of western racing and the winter season will be seen under colors during the thirty-one days of summer racing starting at Latonia, Saturday, June 27. After his brilliant victory in the renewal of the Thomas Curran Memorial Stakes, in which he carried the top weight of 125, owner Anthony Pelleteri announced that the next engagement for the son of Infinite and Our Option would be in the Cincinnati Trophy. Stake dates as announced by the Latonia Jockey Club placed the three-quarter test, with an added value of 0,000, to be decided July 11, or the third on the list of the six brilliant features. The thirteenth running of the fixture, which is devoted to colts and geldings, closed with 184 nominations and will gross 7,000 in the event twelve accept. This will mean that the winner will earn more than 3,000, which is a tidy sum in these days of depression. From all indications the battle between Charles T. Fishers Easter Time and Pelle-teris Proteus has not ceased, for they will again hook up in the Trophy and the pair probably will meet some formidable opposition in Liberty Limited, from the Texas-owned Three Ds Stock Farm Stable; W. E. Smiths Wise Talk is now rounding to form after suffering from bucked shins, while Joseph Leiter has good representations in Prince Ascot and Prince Hotspur. Hoosier Prince, which Tom Taggart paid 0,000 for at Saratoga last summer, has been training fine at Washington Park and trainer Bryant Ott stated before he departed from Churchill Downs that unless a mishap occurred the High Time colt would be at Latonia for his Trophy engagement. Proteus has clearly demonstrated that he is a colt of the first flight. After a hard winter campaign at New Orleans, he won the Idle Hour Stakes at Lexington and carried the top weight of 12J pounds to beat Liberty Limited in the Bashford Manor at Louisville. His victory over Easter Time, considered one of the best juveniles to show, in the Curran Memorial, fully substantiated the belief of his great number of admirers that he was the leading juvenile of the year. The four weeks intervening between the Curran and his Trophy engagement will give the youngster a much deserved rest and will add greatly to the chances of the colt carving his name under the names of such crack racers as Don Leon, Tannery, Toro, Wise Counsellor, Miss Joy, Star Voter, Old Rosebud, Emerson Cochrane, Helios and others. This will be the first year that the trophy has been confined to colts and geldings. The abolition of the Harold Stakes was the reason. Heretofore the youngsters battled in the Harold and Clipsetta and later came together for the supreme honors in the Trophy. With such good ones as Proteus, Easter Time and others meeting in the Trophy, the Clipsetta will also come in for great consideration. Butter Beans, the sensation of Havana racing and the winner of the Debutante Stakes at the Downs, will match strides with the California owned Uma. They are two of the 126 fillies named for the Clipsetta. The Clipsetta, also carrying an added value of 0,000, will be decided at five and one-half furlongs and is carded as the feature for Saturday, July 25. Princess Ivre, which defeated Butter Beans in the Hinata Stakes, at Lexington, is one of the four named by Joseph Leiter for the Clipsetta. Two-year-old racing will be one of the outstanding features of the long meeting and probably the 1932 Kentucky Derby winner will be seen in action in the Derby. a
