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MARK TIME AT LATONIA Overflow of Horses for Coming Meeting at Covington. 4 Surplus of Racing Material a Problem for Superintendent Nolte - Officials Due Today. LATONIA, Ky., May 22. With the arrival of more than 300 horses in the last twenty-four hours, the Latonia track attendants are facing a housing problem which is becoming more acute hourly. The thirty-seven day meeting opens at the Covington course Saturday, and at the present rate of arrivals all stables on and around the grounds will be filled. Charles Nolte, track superintendent, who has charge of the .assignment of stalls, says he can accommodate about 900 horses, but already has had requests for quarters for .nearly half again as many. Meanwhile the secretarys office was humming with activity as Larry Bogen-schutz and Fred Burton, assistants to racing secretary W. H. Shelley, accepted registrations, issued badges and attended to the countless details attendant to that department. In contrast to the condition that prevailed last summer, no sickness has been reported among the 500 or 600 horses already at the track. Last year sickness beset nearly every stable, particularly those which housed two-year-olds, but Nolte said that so far this year not a single case has been reported. LATEST ARRIVALS. Among the latest arrivals at Latonia is the stable of sixteen which Olin Johnson trains for J. C. Ellis. In this consignment, which came here from Dade Park, are Leros, Jonnie Nuckols, Funip, Nigger Beck, Miss Rebeck, Miss Hit, Parr Boy, Mission Clock, Noitso, Close In, Mary Miss, Miss Panco, Sugar Daddy, Adage W. and Olin J. Before coming to Latonia, Johnson visited the Ellis farm, where the latter has ten yearlings and twenty-four sucklings, all by Sweep On. Accompanying the "Ellis menage were two riders, Paul Clelland and Arthur Morgan. The latter, a Lexington boy who rode a few races in California, will begin his saddle career in earnest during the Latonia meet-in0. Two other large racing establishments to check in were the twenty-four which Tom B. Young is training for various owners and the fifteen which will represent Dixiana, in charge of B. F. Scheffel. The Young stable is headed by the Latonia Derby candidate Weston, owned by Jouett Shouse, and Fiji, the Young Brothers filly, a probable starter in the Inaugural Handicap on opening day. The others are Almac, Alsat, Alsahg, Bring Back, Flutter Up, Nordie, Kendal Green, Honor Her, South Bend, Fair Teresa, Broadway Wild, Jane F., Spectrum. Skalkahoe Griddle Cake, Hoosiers Friend, Hoffberg, Golden Sister, Boston Sound, At It and Brown Man. Thirteen of them are two-year-olds. DIXIANA CONSIGNMENT. In the Dixiana consignment are Red Sunset, Spartan Lad, Hasty Lady, Icy Wind, Our Tam, Hospitality, Miss Toro, Shining Hour, Mr. Ricks, Emvee, Brass Penny, Pom-pulus, Highland Lane, Carson and Prince Dean. Among others who registered their charges Wednesday were H. W. Steele, R. W. Pearce, George Gould, Gene Hilton, L. T. Pearce and J. D. Meeker. There will be plenty of horses at Latonia, and there also will be no scarcity of able riders. Among those who will ply the whip during the thirty-seven day meeting, are H. Louman, G. Elston, P. Clelland, F. Fernandez, G. South, L. Hale, L. Canfield, M. Garner, W. Garner, F. Burley, L. FIchon, G. Fowler, T. Vercher, A. Treptor, D. Taylor, H. Beasy, C. Beasy, J. Fernandez, A. Weeks, A. Latoco, V. Gruber, W. Kern, R. Yelton, J. Lane, N. Spine, R. Bemiss, G. Arnold and C. Compton. Many of these boys already are on the scene; all of them will be here in time to accept mounts Saturday. A field of ten or twelve seems assured for the Inaugural Handicap, the ,500 added Continued on twenty-ninth page. MARK TIME AT LATONIA .Continued from first page. feature for three-year-olds and upward at a mile and a sixteenth. Topping the list of intended starters, is the Brentwood Stables Late Date, which seems destined to rule a strong favorite. Others expected to compose the field are M. J. Conleys My ! Blaze, C. H. Fergusons Vitamin B., Morris and Johnstons First Entry, T. S. and J. S. ; Mulvihills Beaver Dam, J. W. Parrishs Scarp, H. G. Shoemakers Open Hearth, the Young Bros. Fiji and South Bend, H. W. and W. J. Youngs Safe and Sound, the 5 Devercaux Bros. Brustigert, and Kirby r Ramseys Flint Shot. South Bend and Fiji, were given useful 1 preps for the race Wednesday morning over " a slow track. Fiji was sent a handy mile ; in 1:43, the half in :51 and the three-quarters - in 1:17, while South Bend was 3 timed in 1:03 for five furlongs. The entire body of officials, for the meeting - is due at Latonia Thursday, when final preparations for Saturdays opening will get under way. i ;i i
