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LATONIA TRACK READY Everything Completed for Inaugural Saturday of 31 -Day Meeting. Horse Colony Increased by Arrival of Over 100 Horses of Pretentious Stables From Washington Park. LATONIA, Ky., June 23. Finishing touches were added to the Latonia race track today and everything will be completed for the opening of the long thirty-one day meeting which gets under way at the picturesque course Saturday. Nothing has been left undone in preparation for the Golden Jubilee anniversary of the lamous old plant and it is bedecked in its best regalia for the opening which will be fea- tured by the fiftieth running of the Clipsetta Stakes, which took on an additional lustre this morning with the arrival of Edward R. -Bradleys Boy Crazy from New York and Mrs. Payne Whitneys Absolution and Souer Blanche from Washington Park. With the track in the best condition since it was resoiled two years ago, some of the present records may come in for a reduction, but, despite its fastness, it has a better cushion and is safer than it has ever been before. In addition to the work on the stables, which consisted of reroofing a majority of them, the club house and fences have been painted and repaired. The green and white color scheme predominates throughout and, with the natural background of the green hills and the sea-blue lake in the infield, visitors to the track on Saturday will view the old course in all its glory. The horse colony was greatly increased this morning-with the arrival of more than one hundred horses from Chicago and with twenty due to arrive between now and Sunday every available stall will be occupied by the first of the week. NOTED ESTABLISHMENTS. Included in the huge shipment that arrived from the Windy City, which required five horse cars to transfer, were the pretentious racing establishment of Mrs. Payne Whitney, which is directed by the Louisville trainer Jack Middleton; those of Allan B. Gallaher, John S. Wallace, D. R. Riddle, the Warm Stable of Mason and Hanger, A. L. Ferguson, Breckinridge and Shouse, D. M. Rhodes, W. M. Ingram, Bernard B. Jones, Raoul Walsh, Young Brothers, Gorham Brothers, and several others. In addition to that special, two cars were required to transfer the large stable that William F. Knebelkamp sent from Bainbridge Park and those of Edgar Iglehart, James H. Edwards, the F. L. B. Stable and Mrs. E. Carney. Those that arrived from Lexington were the horses of C. W. Greene and Jesse Spencer, while John J. Flanigan came in from Louisville with his small, but select, stable. The Clipsetta, which, undoubtedly, will be one of the best races of the year for two-year-old fillies, will have a worthy companion in the Licking Valley Handicap, which is the supporting attraction for the. opening days program. Weights for this race, at three-quarters, and acceptances will be made tomorrow at the regular time of closing of the entries and from all indications it will attract some of the best sprinters seen in western racing this season. GALA WEEK OF RACING. The first two weeks of Latonia racing will be a gala affair for, in addition to the Clipsetta on Saturday, the following Saturday will witness the running of the fiftieth Latonia Derby and on the following Monday the Independence Handicap is down for decision. The city of Cincinnati will be celebrating the Queen City Golden Jubilee at the same time and the Latonia management will co-operate with the Queon City officials in adding several races in honor of the fiftieth celebration. Col. Matt J. Winn, executive director, Polk Laffoon, president of the Latonia Jockey Club, and Maurice Galvin, vice-president, have informed the Queen City Jubilee management that two or more handicaps will be run in honor of the occasion. Besides the aforementioned stakes, the Quickstep Handicap will be decided July 9, the Cincinnati Trophy July 16, the Enquirer Handicap July 23 and the Latonia Oaks July 30. Although the nominations for the seven stakes were not as liberal as that of 1931, the majority of the eligibles are now quar- tered at Latonia or will be here to fill their engagements. The late closing of the stakes deprived them of any complimentary nomi- Continued on twenty-first page. I LATONIA TRACK READY Continued from first page. nations and this means that spirited contests should be in order in each of the fixtures. Although Mrs. George Ledermires Play Lady yva.s the only Clipsetta eligible to be called on for a trial over the prevailing fast track this morning the others expected to engage at the five and one-half furlong3 Saturday have completed their final important trials. Play Lady went an easy five-eighths in 1:04. Clyde Van Dusens Betty Derr breezed five-eighths in 1:01, while James C. Ellis Honey Locust went a mile in 1:40 for the best work during the training hours. The Greentree horses that arrived from Washington Park were Surf Board, Checker-berry, Justinian, Tweeny, Girl Graduate, Next Call, Soeur Blanche, Double Shuffle, Sizzling, Absolution, Tea Tax, Catwalk, Un-swept, Sweet Flag, Ruckus, Plum Wild and Mad Flight. Harry Saladin unloaded A. B. Gallahera Back Log, Oswego Princess, Whirling and Glynson.
