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OFF-DAY AT COVINGTON Cheaper Horses Furnish Latonia Sport Over Muddy Track. poeur Blanche Carries Greentree Stable Colors to Surprise Victory Over Popular Muslet. LATONIA, Ky., Nov. 1 Although the .weather was much improved over that of yesterday, the racing at Latonia today was carried out under severe track conditions, and the deep, holding mud that prevailed .was responsible for a lack of quality in the program. The entire card was made up of claiming races, and as all were under the Jbwer scales, the horses under colors were jof the cheapest. Tn the fifth race, a three-quarters dash tor two-year-old fillies, the Greentree Stables Soeur Blanche furnished one of the feeveral upsets that crept into the sport when tehe defeated Mrs. M. Riesers Muslet, outstanding favorite of the afternoon. Muslet .went to the post at little better than one to two, finished second, three lengths away ifrbm the Greentree filly and five in the van of Little Connelly. The race was attended by an accident in which Bettina H ridden by G. South, went down shortly after the start. Both rider and racer escaped unhurt. A fine burst of speed rounding the stretch turn, where Willie Moran brought her up along the rail and on the inside of Muslet, Lituti Connelly and Aileen C. was the big charge on the winners triumphant performance. After speeding to the front, she splashed along in command for the last .three-sixteenths and not urged to the full-;est, got away with the victory, her second of the year, with something in reserve. , LOSES MUCH GROUND. "A considerable loss of ground, particularly "on the stretch turn, was sustained by the odds-on Muslet and with better luck she .would have been closer up. In the stretch she outsprinted Little Connelly, which, in turn, was too good for Aileen C, the early leader in the field of nine. Although a majority of the races fell to outsiders, several short priced choices made Jgood and others of the favorites took down some of the minor parts of the various purses. The improved weather was responsible for a big increase in attendance over the opening day of the week and while speculation also was better, the uncertain condition of the track held the volume of play below average. Deemster, inconsistent distance performer in the F. H. Carpenter stable, added another mild surprise when he defeated Wrigley Field, Running Water and live others over one mile and one-sixteenth in the sixth race. Deemster set all the pace and won by five lengths. Wrigley Field, last to leave the starting stalls in the ragged start, showed a fine performance to take second, and Running Water had no excuse in failing to finish closer up. Duelist quit badly after running along in third place for the first five-eighths. SPUD MAKES GOOD. The Jack Howard stable furnished another winner with the programs opening when Spud, which had the confident support of his connections, clicked victoriously at the expense of Young Bill, Helen Green and nine others of the cheaper sort and over three-quarters. Spud won much as Charles Corbett pleased and, once permitted to run in the stretch, made an utter show of- his opponents. At the end his advantage was five lengths and Corbett brought him to the finish under restraint. While crushed by the winner, Young Bill and Helen Green were far in the van of the others for the last half mile and the latter lost second Continued on seventeenth page. OFF-DAY AT COVINGTON Continued from first page. place to the former by little more than two lengths. Outsiders accounted for all honors in the second race, for maiden juvenile colts and geldings, under selling conditions at three-quarters. Sym Jack, racing for J. A. Franks Leader Stable, and ridden by the popular George South, was the winner, and got away with his initial triumph in an interesting finish in which Mentality, a "fielder," was second and Long John third. The winner was indulged with the pacemaking and tired in the late stages, but was good enough to stall off Mentality, which also grew very weary during the approach of the finish. Potential was the favored one here, but, after running along in a contending position in the stretch, he failed badly and the finish found him badly beaten. The second choice, Venetian, displayed nothing formidable at any stage. C. W. Hay furnished the winner of the third race in his home-bred Scotland Beauty. H. Tinker had the mount on the daughter of Paicines, and handling her in his usual skillful fashion, brought her through with a clear margin at the end. Hamburger Jim proved the runner-up in the field of twelve, and Dizzy was next to complete the three-quarters. Grand Champion, the early leader, landed in fourth position, a nose before Abe Furst. Betting support here was rather evenly distributed between Grand Champion, Scotland Beauty, Abe Furst and Hamburger Jim. Helen Bab was a winning favorite in the fourth race, and it marked the seventh success of the year for the daughter of Sun Pal. She met seven of the plater juveniles at the three-quarters distance, and after overcoming a measure of adverse luck, was up to win in handy order as Figuriste and Mudraker fought it out to a nose finish for the place, which was awarded to Figuriste. At the stretch turn, where R. Finnerty started through on the inside of the leading Dark War, with the winner, she was forced back when Dark War bore over, and this cost her much ground. When straightened away, however, in the stretch, Helen Bab came through too strongly for her rivals, and once in front added to her advantage with the further progress of the dash. Dark War quit badly in the stretch run. At the start Olive Sabath had no chance and, getting away pocrly, was eliminated.
