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LATONIA DERBY PROSPECTS Outlook Now for a Field of Ten to Compete for 10000 Added Prize Time Clock Plight and Hose Cross Expected Expectedto to Prove Most Formidable at the Stamina StaminaTesting Testing Distance of Mile and a Half LATONIA Ky June 27 The announce ¬ ment that Mrs Isabelle Dodge Sloanes Cav ¬ alcade will not start in the Latonia Derby Saturday has buoyed up the hopes of the owners of other eligibles and it is probable that a field of ten threeyearolds will try for the 10000 prize which will have its decision over the trying one mile and one half route With such a formidable array of threeyearolds consisting of Cavalcade High Quest and Time Clock it is no diffi ¬ cult task for Mrs Sloane to make a selec ¬ tion other than Cavalcade to carry her col ¬ ors in the Latonia classic In appointing Time Clock as her dependence her choice is one which might prove a wise one The son of On Watch and Milfoil ranks well up with the caliber of performers that will try for honors in Saturdays race raceAll All that is needed to crown his effort with success is a repeater of his performance in the Florida Derby in which he was suc ¬ cessful when he turned back such stars as Agrarian Boy Valet Soon Over Coequel and others He packed 114 pounds in that engagement and ran the nine furlongs in the remarkably fast time of 149 149William William Sachsenmaiers Plight winner of the Texas Derby which finished second to Cavalcade in the Detroit Derby is looked upon to furnish strong contention in the La ¬ tonia Derby and it is conclusive that he will rule one of the choices if not the favor ¬ ite due to his sterling performance in the Motor City fixture Plight is a plodder of the Cavalcade type and will be favored by the longer distance distanceIn In accounting for the historic Dwyer Stakes Rose Cross proved that he has not only speed but staying qualities by his per ¬ formance over the mile and onehalf Word was received here Monday by Mose Gold blatt that the son of St Germans and Red Red Rose will surely be sent on to fill his engagement in Saturdays race while Growler which finished second to him might also make the trip as he is also an eligible eligibleIn In the Dwyer Rose Cross carried 116 pounds and negotiated the mile and a half in 232 a figure that might have been shaved had the Manhasset Stable colt been pressed As it was he won the race by seven lengths lengthsThree Three local eligibles had long workouts Wednesday the most impressive trial being turned in by H H Battles Hoosiers Pride Continued on twentysixth page LATONIA DERBY PROSPECTS PROSPECTSContinued Continued from first age This gelded son of Blondin stepped a mile in breezingThe 141 and was only breezing The other two to go a route were Fiji the filly owned by the Young Brothers and Bianchi Scotts War Pledge Fiji went a nandy mile and a quarter in 207 while War Pledge negotiated the full Derby dis ¬ tance a mile and a half in 238 also handily
