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LATONIAS INAUGURAL Meeting Begins Under Ideal Conditions and Before Large Crowd. Lightly Weighted Jimmy Moran De. feats My Dandy Carrying Impost of 120 Pounds in Feature Race. LATONIA, Ky., Oct. 12. The regular annual autumn meeting of the Latonia Jockey Club was inaugurated here today under clear skies and a large crowd took advantage of the cool, pleasant weather to welcome back the thoroughbreds for a period of twenty-eight days, and the final important meeting of the year in the West. Due to recent rains, the track was slow, but not so holding and the better grade horses that participated in the first days sport turned in very creditable time. In the three-quarters Columbus Day Handicap, which topped the program of eight races, the remarkable My Dandy, packing top weight of 120 pounds, failed in his Kentucky debut when he fell a victim of the lightly weighted Jimmy Moran, which has been a big winner for M. Goldblatt, Cincinnati horseman. Jimmy Moran, carrying 107 pounds, first came around Gold Step, and then My Dandy with a rush in the stretch and, carrying on smartly to the wire, won by three lengths. My Dandy saved second by two and one-half lengths and, with Playtime disabled shortly after the start, Gold Step had only Our Cherrycote to defeat for third. PLAYTIME INJURED. After outbreaking his field Gold Step bore over sharply from the outside and caused a bad jam in which Playtime suffered injuries to his right foreleg. W. Moran, who rode Gold Step, was suspended for five days. My Dandy was the popular choice. Jimmy Moran covered the distance in 1:14. The Parke brothers put over the first winner of the meeting when Monte Parke hustled Altmark, which his brother, Burley, trains for B. Creech, to victory over seven others from among the better grade platers. The distance was three-quarters and, after getting the winner away fast, Parke had him in front the entire distance. In the late stages he tired, but Scream failed to wear him down and he got away with the honors by a half length. Scream outraced Shaker Lady by a length margin for second and Cayuga was fourth. The winner ruled a pronounced favorite. J. T. Looneys II Trovatore came through the winner over High Complexion, Jim Macaw and nine other maiden two-year-olds in the second race. The victor, ridden by W. Moran and rather neglected in the betting, had too much speed for his rivals and, while he tired in the late stages, outstayed High Complexion by a half length. Jim Macaw was two lengths back of the Dixiana filly and Baggage Master next. Bimini and Chestnut Tree quit badly after racing prominently for a half mile. DR. FARRISH TO FORE. Dr. Parrish added another purse to the A. J. Bellew stable coffers when he decisively defeated Hamburger Jim, Essential and nine others at the three-quarters distance in the third race. After taking command at the turn the winner came on to win much as he pleased and by three lengths. Hamburger Jim was prominent throughout and, holding on gamely, outfinished Essential by a length. Tadcaster, second choice to the winner, quit badly after showing speed to the stretch. Head Play, the good juvenile son of My Play, that races for Mrs. William Crump, wife of the former jockey, who is making quite a name for himself as a selector of yearlings and trainer, carried top weight of 122 pounds to a victory that was achieved in a canter and over Bubbler, Sun Gros and three others of his age in the Santa Maria Purse. The distance was three-quaretrs and the winner, ridden by H. W. Fisher, showed the way from the close of the opening sixteenth. The Crump colt ruled a pronounced favorite and was the third choice to score. Chene was a surprise winner, over Lady Dean, Our Grief and four others at a mile and one-sixteenth in the sixth race. Performing in suddenly improved fashion, the winner overcame a big loss sustained at the start, where she was away poorly, and G. Elston got her up to win by a neck. Lady Dean was indulged with the pacemaking, and, after gamely withstanding the bids of Our Grief, which finished third, and also Anita Ormont, which threatened mildly entering the stretch, just failed to outstay the winner.
