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LEROS SCORES BY NOSE Outlasts Shepherd Boy After Furi ¬ ous Battle in Feature Race Riding of Apprentice D Taylor Big BigFeature Feature of Wednesdays Racing Racingat at Fair Latonia LATONIA Ky June 13 J C Ellis Leros carrying top weight of 113 pounds captured the Hamilton County Handicap feature of Wednesdays well balanced pro ¬ gram at Latonia The veteran gelding beat Shepherd Boy Fredrick and five others covering the six furlongs in the fast time of 112 112Leros Leros ran an impressive race to get the decision by the smallest of margins and much credit for his victory can be given to his youthful pilot apprentice P Clelland who rode the first winner of his career at this meeting meetingLeros Leros which won the Memorial Handicap here May 30 was off well enough but was in close quarters on the turn and only the steady handling of his rider kept him in the race Turning for home Clelland took the gelding to the outside and from there on drove down to beat Shepherd Boy by a nose noseFredrick Fredrick which ran third was much used racing Ding Bin into defeat both of them alternating in setting the pace When Ding Bin weakened Shepherd Boy the favorite which had been racing under restraint moved up rapidly Fredrick finishing third tired in the drive and was two and a half lengths behind his successful rivals Ding Bin wound up in fourth place while the rest of the field was well strung out outA A drop in the temperature and some well balanced fields combined to attract another large weekday crowd and though patrons found it difficult to hit upon winners they seemed to enjoy themselves themselvesThe The big feature of the afternoon was the excellent riding of apprentice D Taylor Americas leading pilot He rode his first four mounts to victory and on each dis ¬ played the horsemanship of a veteran veteranMose Mose Goldblatts Occult scored her third straight victory of the meeting and D Taylor hung up his fourth consecutive win of the day in the Clifton Purse at six fur ¬ longs the days secondary attraction Dis ¬ couraging her rivals by racing the half in 47Vs Occult went on to score a handy win Continued on t ventynlnth page LEROS SCORES BY NOSE Continued from first page beating her nearest competitor I Prevail nearly three lengths lengthsTaylor Taylor had his mount away first and kept her in that position Sun Boy was closest to the pace to the stretch where he gave way to I Prevail Sun Boy finishing third in the field of five fiveOccult Occult has won all her starts at this meeting and today paid 780 I Prevail having been the favorite favoriteThe The performance of Nituma was far be ¬ low expectations and her admirers suffered a keen shock when she raced in last place throughout throughoutThe The first race for maiden twoyearold fillies was taken by the Long Run Stables Our Bettie a daughter of Billy Brush and Hullo Second to complete the five furlongs was Lillian Uhl while Jane IRachel was third thirdOur Our Bettie ridden by H Schutte raced in third place to the stretch where she ran past the leaders Lillian Uhf and Jane Ra ¬ chel and won going away The winner one of the longest shots in the race paid 49 for 2 The wellbacked Mary T was slow to find her stride and when she got within striking distance of the leaders she commenced to tire The start was delayed five minutes while the equipment was ad ¬ justed on Jane Rachel RachelOderic Oderic owned by F F Brant and ridden by D Taylor made a show of his opponents in the second event which brought together ten of the cheaper sprinters for a dash of threequarters of a mile Taking the lead befcjre going a half mile the veteran geld ¬ ing steadily increased his margin until at the finish he was four lengths in front of his nearest rival the wellback Oh Dave DaveThird Third money went to Valdosta which came from last place to get into the pic ¬ ture by a narrow margin Scrip Money had speed for more than a half mile but tired in the final eighth while the others were badly beaten beatenJ J W Parrishs Old Lady was backed into favoritism in the third race and she did not disappoint Moving to the front after going threequarters of a mile Old Lady won as her rider D Taylor pleased At the fin ¬ ish she was four lengths in front of Fair Cynthia her nearest rivaL Third at the end of the mile and seventy yards was Shirley May MayThe The victory marked the second of the meeting for the Parrish filly while her rider D Taylor was scoring his second win of the afternoon afternoonFair Fair Cynthia made a threatening gesture at the head of the stretch but tired there ¬ after and was lucky to save place money The first three had the race to themselves at all times timesDue Due to the fractiousness of Lady Rene at the post her entry will be refused for the remainder of the meeting
