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HIGH DIVER IN UPSET AT LATONIA Riding of Roberts Factor in Victory of Reed Horse in Worth ville Handicap Two Share "Daily Double" ,816.20 for Each LATONIA, Ky., June 23 Coming from behind in gallant fashion, O. H. Reeds High "Diver accounted for the Worthville Claiming Handicap, one mile and a sixteenth event, which featured this afternoons program at the Latonia Jockey Clubs course. D. W. Butlers First Entry finished second, a head in the wake of the winner while the F. L. B. Stables Our Bud took third money. Buddie Treacy showed the way to the four others for the greater part of the mile and a sixteenth journey, while First Entry forced the pace. However, before reaching the final quarter, First Entry raced into the lead j and appeared to have the situation well under control. After straightening out in the I stretch, High Diver steadily whittled away the advantage of the pacemaker and, after reaching the final sixteenth, the six-year-old son of Baigneur Gentle Julia forged to the front. Jockey Porter Roberts, who had the mount on High Diver, came through with an excellent exhibition of horsemanship to keep his charge in front to the end. The vigorous handling that High Diver received from Roberts was an important factor in the result of the race. The winner was somewhat overlooked in the betting, and as a result backers of High Diver received 7.80 each for .00 straight. The card consisted of seven claiming events with the Worthville bringing together the most representative field to compete during the afternoon with a good-sized crowd in attendance. The largest "Daily Double" pay-off of the current meeting enlivened the sport to some extent with S. J. Sharp, owner of Eddie Lee, who is a resident of New Orleans, and A. H. Brodbeck of Bedford, Ky., the only persons who shared in the pool. Each of the two tickets were redeemed for ,816.20. Maiden two-year-old fillies made up the field in the opening race on the card, a five and one-half furlongs sprint, and C. A. Burks Georgia Mcaden came from behind! to handily account for the major portion! of the purse. Migal Fay finished second and Brill was third. Top Bracket displayed her usual burst of early speed and set the pace, but after heading into the stretch the leader began to tire, and Georgia Meaden, which had worked her way up gradually, forged to the front, reaching the finish line with an advantage of a length and one-half. The winner returned odds of 0.60 for straight. S. J. Sharps Eddy Lee performed in courageous fashion to gain the decision in the second event, a dash of six furlongs that brought together a capacity field of platers. Roberta was second, a half a length behind the winner, while Yenoc closed strongly to be third. It was a duel between Eddy Lee and Roberta practically all the way, with! the former forging to the front before the final quarter was reached. Under vigorous .Continued on thirty-eighth vage. , HIGH DIVER UPSET AT LATONIA Continued from first page. riding from Hank Gower, the five-year-old brown horse managed to stick it out long enough to be adjudged the winner. A close finish resulted in the third race of the day, a six-furlong sprint, which was accounted for by A. A. Youngs Discriminate, which was up to register by a head over Gamaliel, while Patsyette drew up in third place. Discriminate, coupled in the mutuel field, worked his way up on the outside and, responding courageously to hard urging, succeeded in outstaying Gamaliel, which swerved during the stretch racing when making his bid. Patsyette set the pace for most of the way but tired in the closing strides. But two tickets were sold on the "Daily Double" combination, which resulted in the largest pay-off of the meeting, returning ,816.20 for . Ariel Gold proved much the best of the ten juveniles that went postward in the fourth race, over five and a half furlongs, taking the decision by the comfortable margin of six lengths: The heavily backed Queen Irene was second, while Pickaway accounted for third honors. Breaking rapidly, Ariel Gold quickly opened up a big lead on her rivals and never left the result in doubt at any stage of the contest. The brown daughter of Aerial displayed a fine turn of speed in graduating from the ranks of non-winners under the 115-pound impost, i Charley Stevenson piloted his first winner since his return from Detroit when he guided Noma F. to victory in the fifth race of the day, a six furlongs affair which brought together twelve starters. Bill Bleiweiss was a fast-finishing second, while Don Pancho took down third money. Stevenson lost little time sending Noma F. into the lead and the bay filly made every post a winning one. She was one of the outsiders in the wagering, returning odds of 9.40 for straight.
