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I PASS IS DISQUALIFIED Plumage Awarded First Place in Feature at Latonia. . Stewards Set Back the Plunkett and Chinn Racer After Interference in Stretch Smear Wins. LATONIA, Ky., Nov. 4. What appeared deliberate foul riding marred the running of the Bellevue Claiming Purse, the principal race of todays sport at Latonia, and resulted in the disqualification of Plunkett and Chinns I Pass, ridden by Otis Clelland. As a result of his riders tactics, I Pass managed to finish in front of Plumage, Bay Angon and the four others comprising the field, but the stewards promptly set him back and awarded the race to Plumage. Bay Angon, ridden by G. Riley, whose handling of the three-year-old also brought grief to the much battered Plumage, was awarded second money, and Chene was moved up to third. Foul riding was the order throughout the final quarter of the dash. It began on the stretch turn, where I Pass came up on the inside of Plumage and Bay Angon and after getting his head in front, swerved out, crowding Plumage into Bay Angon. As if in retaliation, Bay Angon sharply bore in near the last furlong and Plumage, ridden by the young D. Dickson, was receiving such treatment that Dickson was obliged to pull her up almost to a canter. After Plumage took back, I Pass and Bay Angon continued the bumping right down to the finish. SPARKLING FINISH. During the approach of the finish Dickson swung Plumage to the inside and, despite having the worst of the heavy footing, she outran I Pass and Bay Angon, and nosing out Bay Angon in the final strides, was just a head back of I Pass at the finish. Chene also finished fast and was beaten little more than a length by the leaders. Lonell, New-gro and Come On completed the field. The disqualification met with approval and the stewards suspended Clelland for five days for his rough riding. I Pass ruled a trifle better than 40 to 1 in the betting and Plumage was a pronounced favorite. Despite threatening weather, the attendance held up and while little quality was, to be found in the races supporting the feature the sport was interesting, Twelve of the older and cheaper grade platers raced one mile and one-quarter in the fifth race and the race developed one of the more interesting contests. The winner turned up in Orchestration, and he enjoyed only a head over Seths Ballot in scoring his second victory in consecutive starts. Six lengths back Blind Hills and Sand Fiddler finished so close that only the placing judges could separate them and they gave the third part of the purse to the former. Partisan, favorite here, was taken back entering the stretch in a contending position and was five lengths back of Sand Fiddler at the end. MAKING BUBBLES EASILY. George Keeton saddled the winner of the first race for all ages in Mrs. A. Burketts Making Bubbles and the Bubbling Over gelding won easily at the three-quarters distance from Hamilton, Morsun and eight others, including several two-year-olds. The winner, ridden by H. Chinn, sprinted into command at the turn and experienced no trouble carrying on well in front of his rivals thereafter. Hamilton widely outstayed Morsun, and Monks Dude was best of the others. The second race was won by Society Talk, three-year-old Harmonique filly recently acquired by J. Snyder. She defeated Balderdash, Vonnie, Grand Champion and eight others at three-quarters and got away with the victory by a length. Only a head gave Balderdash, the favorite, second over Vonnie. Balderdash raced from a good distance back after being blocked leaving the back .stretch, and with better fortune might have reversed the finish with the winner. R. Fischer was astride the winner. Poorly judged handling of several of his opponents contributed to the six lengths victory scored by Smear over Star Brook, .Continued -on second vagzj. I PASS IS DISQUALIFIED Continued from first page. Platinum Blonde, Major Lanphier and others in the third at three-quarters and for all ages. Smear, favorite, ridden by E. Legere, showed the way from the close of the opening five-sixteenths, where he easily supplanted the juvenile, Cicero, in the lead and through the stretch it was only a romp for the C. V. Whitney gelding. At the close Star Brook was six lengths away from the winner and second, and Platinum Blonde scratched out third over Major Lanphier, which had the worst of the footing for most of the trip and under a better judged ride might have shown to better advantage. Contrary to custom, the three races given over to two-year-olds were at the end of the program and in the sixth, first of the. three, Yarnallton carried Thomas Piatts colors to victory over the mile and seventy yards distance. He won easily and Kentucky Moon, .a rank outsider, filled second place and High Diver, coupled in the betting with Pony Up, which finished fourth, was third.- High Diver forced the winners pace in rather brisk order to the stretch turn and, weakening thereafter, gave way to Kentucky Moon and his stable companion in the concluding stages. Bourbon Prince, Baggage Master, Long John and Venetian were well backed ones among the unplaced.
