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LATONIA DERBY INAUGURAL DAY ATTRACTION * Ten to Contest for 5,000 Added Race at One and One-Half Miles ♦ All Candidates Reported in Fine Fettle, With Western Representatives Holding Edge on Eastern Rivals — Supporting Program High Class • ■, LATONIA, Ky., June 26. — Latonia, for almost a half century among the foremost American courses and during that long span of time, the scene of much important racing of valued and uplifting sort to the great sport, opens tomorrow for the first of its two meetings of the year. The inaugural program, featuring as it does, the forty-ninth annual running of the Latonia Derby, is one of the most brilliant and important to be offered during the thirty-one day meeting, Concluding on August 1. This one mile and one-half race, for three-year-olds, carrying 5,000 in added money, is assured one of the finest renewals in many years and the high quality and number of starters scheduled to participate in the running speaks for the brilliance of the racing throughout the meeting. In addition to the Derby, the Latonia Jockey Clubs program for the season includes renewals of such other valuable stakes as the Latonia Oaks, Independence Handicap, Enquirer Handicap, Cincinnati Trophy and Clipsetta Stakes. Each of the latter five fixtures are endowed with 0,000 in added money and the great number of eligibles for each include all the western stars and a number of eastern leaders. The Independence and Enquirer Handicaps are for three-year-olds and over, while three-year-old fillies have their big opportunity of the meeting in the Oaks and the Trophy and Clipsetta are given over to juveniles, the former to colts and geldings and the latter to fillies. PBEDICT SUCCESSFUL MEETING. The usual keen interest is noted on every side and, while greater Cincinnati has not escaped the depression sweeping through almost all business channels, it is not reported as hard hit as other large business centers and a successful meeting is forecast. Reservations for tomorrows opening are far more numerous than for the corresponding day last year and the possibility, of a complete sellout of such accommoda-* tions is an encouraging factor in arriving at optimistic estimates. Three-year-olds, primed for the gruelling Derby grind bring into the race the ever interesting, intersectional color and, barring a change from the present clear, warm weather, their matching of speed and courage will transpire under ideal conditions. For the East Mrs. Payne Whitneys St. Brideaux and A. C. Bostwicks Scuttle, the only filly in the field of ten, are to oppose the Wests formidable seven, made up of Pittsburgher, Spanish Play, Knights Call, Lightning Bolt, Joey Bibb, All Hail, Oswego and Boys Howdy, lone Canadian representative. St. Brideaux, capable, training mate of Twenty Grand, the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes winner, and himself a recent stakes winner in New York and second to the great older Questionnaire in his last esay, is expected to give Pittsburgher, the sturdy Kentucky colt, which lost the American Derby to Mate by inches, the bitterest sort of a tussle for the post of favoritism. JOEY BIBB IN FAVOB. Joey Bibb, third in the American Derby after overcoming adverse luck, is another with admirers galore, and many look for Scuttle, the daughter of Whiskaway, which finished second to Tambour in the American Coaching Club Oaks, to receive wide backing. All of the brilliant young racers are in superb condition for the sinew-straining test and the most bristling race of the year is in prospect. Lightning Bolt, fully recovered from a mild strain which forced him out of the Continued on twenty-second page. LATONIA DERBY ATTRACTION Continued from first page. American Derby, had his final preparation when he worked one mile and one-quarter in 2:09, very easily, late Thursday afternoon, and St. Brideaux, Pittsburgher, Joey Bibb and All Hail concluded their training with easy short trials over the fast track this morning. St. Brideaux rattled off a half mile in :48 handily, while Pittsburgher, accompanied by the older Cayuga, went three-quarters in 1:15 handily and All Hail three-eighths in :37% easily. Joey Bibb breezed three-quarters in 1:21%. Scuttle, Boys Howdy, Knights Call and Spanish Play went through final rehearsals Thursday «norning and Oswego, unloaded from Washington Park this morning, is in top condition, but may be withdrawn in favor of a less important engagement unless the track is muddy. With nine starters the race will have a gross value of 9,850, of which the winner will take down all but ,000, along with a handsome and valuable trophy. The value to the winner will exceed that earned by Gallant Knight when he defeated Playtime, Culloden and others last year. The supporting program offers high promise of much interesting sport and the field for the first race will be called to the post at 2:15 p. m. Officials under whose direction the sport will be held include Charles F. Price, C. Bruce Head, Thomas C. Bradley and Elijah Hogg, stewards; W. H. Shelley, S. Good-paster and S. H. McMeekin, placing judges and William Hamilton, starter. Mr. Shelley also acts as racing secretary and handi-capper. Prominent owners of East and West whose colors will be seen during the meeting include Mrs. Payne Whitney, Mrs. John Hay Whitney, C. V. Whitney, A. C. Bostwick, A. B. Hancock, H. P. Headley, Wood F. Axton, W. S. Dudley, B. B. Jones, J. N. Camden, W. P. Applegate, C. W. Hay, Thomas Piatt, J. B. Respess, Henry C. Yeiser, Jr., Polk Laffoon, Allan Gallaher, Sewell Combs, J. C. Ellis, W. H. Whitehouse, Mrs. William Ziegler, Jr., Charles Nuckols, R. S. Clark, Howard Oots, E. R. Bradley, Desha Breckinridge, Jouett Shouse, Edward Cebrian, Charles T. Fisher, H. P. Gardner, R. W. Collins, G. H. Walker, Brownell Combs, Silas Mason, Arnold Hanger, Eugene Rucker, Samuel Stone, H. M. Woolf, M. Goldblatt, G. M. Hendrie, W. E. Hupp, Joseph Leiter, T. E. Mueller, Le Bus Bros., Madden Bros., C. C. Van Meter, A. A. Baroni and many others. «
