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FIJI AT ENTICING ODDS Easily Takes Latonias Outstanding OutstandingRace Race and Pays 55 for 2 Howard Another Outsider Second SecondWith With Time Clock and Rose Cross CrossFinishing Finishing in Order Named LATONIA Ky June 30 Fiji a gallant little brown filly which races for the Young Brothers of Lexington Ky inscribed her name among the Blue Grass States immor ¬ tals by winning the fiftysecond running of the Latonia Derby before a great crowd at the picturesque Millsdale course Saturday afternoon Running back to her impressive victory in the Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs in the spring the brown daughter of Bostonian and O Girl encompassed the de ¬ feat of a crack band of threeyearolds which included three stake winners winnersSecond Second to complete the tortuous mile and a half journey was J W Parrishs Howard a maiden while in third place was the fash ¬ ionable Brookmeade stables Time Clock Fourth money fell to another invader Rose Cross owned by the Manhasset Stable while William Sachsenmaiers Plight finished fifth and Bianchi Scotts War Pledge sixth and the F L B Stables Hoosiers Pride seventh and last lastBy By her brilliant victory Fiji earned for her owners 7980 with second money worth 2000 third 1000 and fourth 350 350Fiji Fiji the fourth filly to win the Latonia Derby and the first since Handy Mandy won it in 1927 took the lead before going a quar ter of a mile and was clocked for the mile and a half in 2311 excellent time consider ¬ ing that she is of the alleged weaker sex sexThe The winner due to her poor races here was held in light esteem with the patrons and began rank outsider in the betting paid the liberal return of 55 for 2 2ELSTONS ELSTONS GOOD HIDE HIDEUnder Under the able handling of Gilbert Elston the filly was allowed to race into a decisive lead before being taken under restraint with Rose Cross War Pledge and Plight closely bunched behind her herPassing Passing the stands for the first time Fiji enjoyed a fivelength lead which she main ¬ tained around the clubhouse and well into the back stretch stretchAt At this point G Arnold astride Howard sensing the slow pace sent his mount up into second place a position he maintained during the remainder of the race raceRose Rose Cross moved back into third place when Howard went forward and the Man ¬ hasset Stable colt held his position until reaching the home stretch where Time Clock which had been moving up around his rival on the turn caught him himAt At the finish Fiji was two lengths in front of Howard while a similar distance back came Time Clock which beat Rose Cross by a nose for third money The others finished far back backBesides Besides the stake the trainer of the win ¬ ner was presented with a beautiful silver cup Tom Young trainer of Fiji received the trophy from the hand of Polk Laffoon president of the Latonia Jockey Club ClubJockey Jockey Elston was winner of the Derby for the second successive year having won it last year astride Gold Basis BasisLARGE LARGE CROWD PRESENT PRESENTThe The crowd was by far the largest of the meeting and compared favorably with the throng of former Latonia Derby days For the first time in years the grandstand grandstand boxes and clubhouse were filled long before the first field went to the post and when the bugle finally blew spectators were being crowded but onto the lawns Also for the first time in years the supply of programs was exhausted a half hour be ¬ fore the first race while people who began arriving as early as 11 oclock still were coming in through the turnstiles as late as the fourth race raceNoted Noted among the crowd were many out oftown visitors from cities within a radius of 300 miles of Latonia LatoniaAn An overnight drop in the temperature came as a distinct relief to those who have been sweltering in the oppressive heat dur ¬ ing the last week It was cloudy until the second race when the skies began to clear dispelling an earlier threat of rain A light Continued on t ventyninth page FIJI AT ENTICING ODD Continued from first page rain last night served only to settle the dust and the track this afternoon was at its best bestSecondary Secondary to the Derby was the Keene land Purse over six furlongs which devel ¬ oped one of the most exciting races of the afternoon with Mose Goldblatts Occult de ¬ feating the Ridgeview Stock Farms Ridge Mor by a nose These two threeyearolds hooked up after the first quarter of a mile and from there to the finish fought it out doggedly first one leading and then the other otherThe The victory was Occults fifth of the meet ¬ ing against no defeats and he is the first horse of the current meeting to make that record There also developed a surprise bat ¬ tle for third money with Grimace I Pass and Amazing racing past the judges heads apart and in that order The only other starter Florence Louise was distanced distancedOccult Occult was ridden by D Taylor who ac ¬ counted for his third victory of the after ¬ noon noonThe The first race on the program went to R L Stivers Little Connelly in a rousing finish in which three horses raced under the wire inches apart Little Connelly beat Buddy Apolis a neck while a head behind came Princess A O OLittle Little Connelly with D Taylor aboard was rushed to the front after a half mile and remained there during the rest of the mile and a sixteenth just lasting to hold her fast closing competitors safe Oh Dave was among the leaders for the first threequar ¬ ters but then tired badly and dropped out of the picture The presence of Mack Gar ¬ ner in the saddle made Princess A O a favorite favoriteDick Dick Star again was made the object of heavy play in the second race a dash of five furlongs for maiden twoyearolds but the colt proved a keen disappointment fin ¬ ishing last in a field of ten The race was won by Mrs S Hazards Bright Rose with Swepen second and Cross Ruff third thirdDick Dick Star had no excuses He was off well but after going a quarter suddenly tired and quit to nearly a walk Bright Rose meanwhile took an early lead and maintained it throughout though she had to be hard ridden through the final eighth to hold Swepen safe The latter was closest to the pace throughout and was easily best of the others othersPlaters Platers have been beating the Jones George veteran Broad Meadows for many months but five fair sprinters could not beat him today in the third race Coming on the outside on the stretch turn Broad Mead ¬ ows took the lead threesixteenths out and lasted to beat D A Woods Dyak by a half length in a race run in 111 Prince Sulie man was third three lengths back backLittle Little America and Prince Sulieman con ¬ tested the early lead with the former drop ¬ ping out after a half mile and later pulling up lame Broad Meadows was always close up and had no trouble taking the lead when jockey W D Wright called on him in the stretch stretchThe The winning Daily Double combination of Fort Springs and Broad Meadows re ¬ turned 2980
