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CHINATOWN VINDICATES BACKING E. G. Drake Four-Year-Old Scores in First Start in Two Years Miss Wise Finishes Four Lengths Behind Winner Original Feature Declared Off LATONIA, Ky., June 2. With the scheduled feature for this afternoon declared off, the eight-race program was devoted entirely to members of the claiming divisions. The first five races carded were designed for sprinters, while the remaining trio were over the more popular distance routes. Larger fields contested in all of the races than at any time in the past week, and interesting sport resulted despite the lack of high caliber performers. To round out the eight-race bill, racing secretaiy W. H. Shelley divided the original second race, which had most horses entered, into two sections, one part serving as the second and the other as the fifth. Favorites experienced considerable difficulty iii getting down on the front end, and the day was opened with the longest-priced winner of the current meeting at the Milldale course registering. Making his initial start in "two years, E. Gay Drakes four-year-old chestnut gelding, Chinatown, was returned an easy winner in the fifth, which was at six furlongs and brought out ten to match strides. Four lengths behind the winner was Miss Wise, while Gamaliel was next in order at the finish. Leaving the starting gate swiftly under the guidance of Charles Stevenson, Chinatown lost no time in opening up a big lead on his rivals and added to his margin as the race progressed. The winner was favorite in the betting, paying .80 straight. A rank outsider in the betting finished in front in the five furlongs dash for two-year-olds which opened the card when Frosted Rain proved an -easy winner and rewarded his supporters with 84.60 for straight. Threems finished second, with Re-Sweep taking down the short end. Macawlee was an odds-on choice in the field of ten and quit badly after having forced the pace to the final quarter. Coming from behind, Harold Wiley accounted for the first money in the second, a six furlongs dash in which nine started. The chestnut gelding was two lengths in front of Just Buck at the finish with Noma F., the second odds-on favorite to fail, landing in third place. The latter was the leader for the opening quarter but gave way to Just Bucks bid soon after, while Harold Wiley was in third place. Following two failures the form players finally succeeded in the third race when J. B. Respess Bolo scored over nine other Continued on third page. CHINATOWN VINDICATES BACKING Continued from first page. three-year-olds in the six furlongs sprint. Geo. Gable was second and Raymond third. Bolo forced Raymond to step lively in order to maintain a slight lead until approaching the final turn, at which point Bolo poked his head in front, and it was apparent that the early pacemaker would not cause any trouble for the favorite. However, Geo. Gable challenged and was gaining in the final stages, but not rapidly enough to overtake Bolo, which returned .20 for straight. L. Kays Virnock performed as if much the best of the band of juveniles that met at five furlongs in the fourth race, chalking up an easy decision by two lengths, with Epitome second and Lockstep sharing the third portion of the purse. Jockey Herman Schutte hustled the chestnut colt hard from the start to achieve the forward position during the first quarter and managed to maintain a safe advantage over his rivals for the entire distance, being under slight restraint in the closing stages.
