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HEAVY RAIN AT LATONIA Changed Track Conditions Necessitate Revamping of Card. Bustanybody Remains Undefeated and Wins His Second Straight Success in Most Pretentious Race of Day. LATONIA, Ky., June 3. Heavy rains over the week-end diverted the track to muddy and played havoc with racing secretary Shelleys plans, withdrawals being so heavy that it was necessary to revamp the card when the featured race was declared off. The second race was split, one end being used as a substitute fifth race. The skies, heavily laden with rain, gaveup their cargo while the horses in the third race were at the post, and the deluge lasted about five minutes. The track, which was slow for the first two races, became sloppy. After the best race was declared off, the only one left which embraced much class was the fourth, the Madison Road, in which seven of the better two-year-olds were under colors. This resulted in another win for Bustanybody, his second in as many starts, but this time he performed under the silks of Dubbs, and Runnels, who purchased him Saturday from E. R. Bradley. -While the winner had no reputation -as a mud-runner, he drew an abundance of support, going to the post almost favorite, and paid .90 to . Under the alert Willie Garner, who returned to the saddle after a five-day suspension, the gelded son of Bagenbaggage .raced among the leaders throughout, and when Capt. Nadi tired in the stretch the winner got on even terms. Capt. Nadi had more left than observers thought and offered strong contention, but the victor shook him off near the end and was ready to draw clear as they flashed past the judges stand. While Capt. Nadi was unable to withstand the winner, he held on with good courage to nose out Morlute, which finished third, leading home the highly regarded Maintenance and three others. Intermittent showers kept the crowd scurrying to and from the lawns and to Continued on thirteenth page. HEAVY RAIN AT LATONIA Continued from first page. the shelter of the grandstand. Despite the inclement weather which prevailed, the best week-day attendance of the meeting was on hand to view the sport. The second race; which figured in the revamping of the card, was reduced to six starters and afforded L. ODonnells Real Jam opportunity to score a decisive victory over the five others. The victor was favorite and virtually won all the way and did not even encounter a threat during the running, closing with a margin of ten lengths separating him from Pawn Ticket, which took second award under severe punishment with a head to spare over Pacific Coast. Jockey R. Brooks and Yantis formed a winning combination in the third race when under a hustling ride the victor was up to gain his conquest in the closing strides, finishing the three-quarters half a length before Glamorous, which was among those neglected in the betting. Another long shot accounted for the third award when Parade Step garnered that part of the purse. After many unsuccessful attempts, the Keeneland Studs Disaster finally found a band he could conquer and was the winner of the fifth race, the starters for which were drafted from the original second race. Finding track conditions to his liking, the son of Chance Play immediately went to the front from a fast start and after the first quarter never gave his backers much concern, winning with speed to spare. He was two and one-half lengths in the van, with Wild Gus second and third went to Miss Hit. Our Manager was regarded as one of the strong contenders in this but a rather poor ride by Willie Garner, in which he virtually tossed off third money, kept the Milam representative from sharing a larger portion of the purse. Displaying a .sparkling performance in the mud, D. B. Midkiffs Miss Vince scored in hollow style in the one and one-sixteenth sixth race. Winning by three lengths, the victress ran the distance " in the splendid time of 1:48. She . was ridden by .Leslie Pichon. Water Front, saddled by Joe Hard-wick, was the favorite, . but the best he could do was finish second, while third went to Almac, another that commanded, heavy support. R. J. Gilmore, former owner and trainer, is here in the interest of the Dayton Jockey Club trying to obtain horses for that meeting, which .begins June 8 and runs forj nineteen days.
