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SIX IN LATONIA OAKS Thirty-Seventh Renewal of Famous Race for Fillies. Heads Final Days Program at Covington Course Slow Footing for Running of Fixture. LATONIA, Ky., July 28. The ,500 added Latonia Oaks, at one mile and a quarter, will have its thirty-seventh running as the feature of tomorrows Latonia Jockey Clubs closing day program. Six fillies, each carrying 116 pounds, will test their speed and stamina over the gruelling journey in an attempt to place their name below that of Lady Savoy, Busy Signal, Flambette, Befuddle, Rose of Sharon and others of equal note. However, there will be solace in defeat for such gallant stars of the gentler sex as Bit of White, Princess Doreen, Black Maria, Cleopatra, Gadfly and Los Angeles have failed to reach that important niche that only thirty-six have achieved. Tomorrows Oaks, the last of the seven stakes offered by the Latonia management during the five weeks of racing, will bring together A. A. Baronis Bamboula, Illinois Oaks winner and late conqueror of Barn Swallow; C. E. Hamiltons Edith A., Charles T. Fishers Esseff, Sam Fursts Bright Bub-. ble, which finished second in the Illinois Oaks and Enquirer Handicap; Hal Price Headleys Technique and B. B. Jones Knights Gal. The latter, a full sister to Gallant Knight, 1930 Latonia Derby winner, is a daughter of Ethel Gray, which finished third behind Busy Signal and Cleopatra in 1920, will attempt to score the third success of the popular Audley Farm establishment of Mr. Jones, whose Easter Stockings and Banner Bright won the 1928 and 1930 renewals. ESSEFFS OAKS DEBUT. With the exception of Edith A., which devoted most of her racing to claiming affairs, the others have met sterner competition. While Technique, Bamboula and Bright Bubble have engaged each other, it will mark the debut of Esseff in Oaks racing. This daughter of High Time and La Belle Helene has been very successful this season in handicap and allowance racing. With the track heavy this morning and overcast skies prevailing, there is little hope for anything better than a slow track for the closing days program. The adverse track should make little, if any difference, to the starting field. All of the fillies have been tested over a muddy track, while Bamboula won the Illinois Oaks over a drying out track. Esseff, Knights Gal and Bright Bubble had their final preparation this morning, being called on for half-mile "openers." Esseff stepped it in :46., driving, after racing over the quarter in :23, and the three-eighths in :34; Knights Gal was timed the four furlongs in :48 and Bright Bubble completed it in :48. Although the Latonia meeting did not prove a financial success, it drew large crowds despite the hot and uncomfortable weather that prevailed for the greater part of the thirty-one days of racing. The six stakes provided some of the most thrilling and splendid racing in years. With Wise Daughter accounting for the Clipsetta; No Continued on twenty-second page. SIX IN LATONIA OAKS Continued from first page. More, the Quickstep; Ding Bin, the Cincinnati Trophy; Cousin Jo, the Independence; Gold Basis, the Latonia Derby, and Late Date the Enquirer Handicap, the leaders and runners up in their respective divisions were seen in action. Late Dates triumph in the Enquirer, in which he ran the mile and a sixteenth in 1:43, within four-fifths of a second of Chilhowees record, was the fastest run race since the Latonia track was re-soiled four years ago. The Oaks is ably supported by the Roess-ler Purse, a six furlongs sprint that attracted Isaiah, Otherwise, Slapstick, Billy Jones, Running Water and Plumage. The six other events attracted well matched fields.
