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6 BEST BID ADDS TO EARNINGS Scores Second Latonia Victory and Third in Succession. Occasional Showers Fail to Deter Covington Fans Jockey George South on Two Winners. LATONIA, Ky., June 4. Occasional showers and a threat of heavier rainfall failed to dampen the enthusiasm of Latonia patrons, and another large crowd was on hand to view the sport today, which was featured by the Elmwood Place Purse. This attracted seven of the better grade sprinters, and they raced three-quarters. Best Bid, under the colors of H. W. and W. J. Young, scored -her second Latonia success and third in succession. Carrying the light impost of 100 pounds, the victress ran the distance in 1:14, a smart performance over the slow track. She finished with an advantage of two lengths over the Shady Brook Farms Visigoth, which ruled a slight favorite. Third went to the Long Run Stables Marynell, which was in quest of her third consecutive victory. It was the second winner for the diminutive George South. He rode his mount in faultless style, taking her in hand for the early racing, while Gilbert Elston set the early pace. South waited until approaching the stretch before .calling upon Best Bid for improved speed. Once under urging, she sped to the front and drew away gradually thereafter to win is hand. Visigoth was a strong factor throughout and had no excuse for Fowler gave him a good ride, saving as much ground as possible and steering into the firmer footing when passage made it possible. Marynell, successful in her two previous starts, came through with her usual game performance but could not meet the demands and under the strong riding of Jimmy Smith, Gilbert Elston gave a flash of his best speed to maintain the lead for half the distance but was unable to keep up when the real test came. A well-judged and courageous ride by jockey Frank Burley proved a deciding factor in the victory of Sanskrit, winner of Continued on thirty-fourth page. BEST BID ADDS TO EARNINGS .Continued from first page. the first race, which engaged eight juveniles at five furlongs. The victor, rather slow to attain his best stride, was brought to contention gradually and it was at the stretch head, where Burley really clinched the victory for the winner, for he saved much ground and was in the firmer footing from there to the finish. Thumbs Down, equal choice with Sanskrit, closed in second place, while third went to Gooseneck. Tripp Up, which races for R. L. Stivers, earned his first purse of the season when he made a runaway of the second race, in which nine of the middle class three-year-olds met at three-quarters. The winner, rank at the post, delayed the start for the most part of the six and one-half minutes delay. However, he was away in stride, and it was no time until he attained a commanding lead, which he maintained to the end. El Bandido and Lady Laura, which offered the strongest contention for the winner, finished second and third, respectively. Another two-year-old graduated from "the non-winner class when G. S. Morris Gray Jack, under a fine ride by apprentice Antonio Fernandez, was the winner by a neck before W. F. Knebelkamps Woodway, another capably handled by apprentice Morgan. The youngsters put forth all their knowledge to land their mount a winner, and Morgan might have been successful but for the loss of ground sustained when his mount bore out badly entering the stretch. Third went to the favored Early Call, which could not menace his stronger rivals, under hard riding. Earl Baker, consistent son of Chatterton, chalked up his second win of the meeting when he scored a lucky victory over Princess A. O. in the fourth race, which brought out nine inferior class sprinters for a test of three-quarters. He was a strong favorite and reached the end a nose in front of Princess A. O., which raced as if best, but under the weak handling of apprentice R. Bohn had to bow in defeat. Jaz Age, among the choices, accounted for third when he led home Julia Irene, just a head separating them at the finish. Battling Girl, mainstay of the stable of G. Henze, chalked up her first victory of the season when she proved best of five others, which raced one mile and one-sixteenth in the Southgate Claiming Purse, run as the sixth. The winner had the services of jockey Louis Ruder, and it marked his first success of the meeting. Second went to Coflier, which under the handling of Willie Garner, came to the end three and one-half lengths behind the winner. Angon Bridge was third, a length and a half farther back.
