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lATONIA STAK EHGIBflS umber of Nominations for Feature 3 S SExceeds Exceeds Total for 1936 tftyOne Nominated for 15000 Added X Xtonia tonia Derby War Admiral Among AmongThose Those Entered LATONIA Ky May 20 A total of 318 lorses have been nominated for the seven idded money stakes to be run during the hirtyseven day meeting which gets under vay at Latonia a week from Saturday Of hese fiftyone have been nominated for the 15000 added Latonia Derby which will be enewed on June 12 and that array includes the names of practically every outstanding threeyearold in the country countryThe The number of subscriptions to the La ¬ tonia Derby exceeds the number named for last years running by fifteen only thirty six having been made eligible for the 1936 running of the old fixture fixtureHeading Heading the list of nominations of course is the Glen Riddle Farms War Admiral un ¬ beaten this year and winner of the Ken tucky Derby and the Preakness Should he also win the Latonia race he would earn an additional 5000 a sum the local manage ¬ ment adds as a special award if the winner of the local special also has won the Church ¬ ill Downs feature It is considered strongly possible that War Admirals connections will seriously consider sending the Man o War colt here in view of the added monetary in ¬ ducement which would make it well worth while to the owner of the defending three yearold champion championLARGE LARGE ENTRY LISTS LISTSThe The pair of stakes for twoyearolds the Clipsetta which is for juvenile fillies and the Trophy which is for colts and geldings drew sixtytwo and fiftythree nominations each while the Quickstep a 5000 added sprint for older horses of both sex attracted the names of fiftyone fiftyoneThe The popular 5000 added Latonia Oaks for threeyearold fillies received forty nomi ¬ nations only one less than last year while thirtyone were nominated for the Independ ¬ ence Handicap and thirty for the Enquirer Handicap The remaining stake the Inaugural Hand ¬ icap has a late closing nominations for this a run of a mile and a sixteenth for threeyearolds and upward being acceptable up until the Thursday before its running on opening day The Inaugural carries a 2500 purse purseLatonia Latonia racing officials were much pleased with the great response of horsemen to their stakes and were particularly gratified with the heavy subscription list for the Derby DerbyHIGH HIGH CLASS HORSES HORSESAll All of the stakes have attracted good horses and indications are that Latonia pa ¬ trons will be treated to some of the best racing in the Middle West Many horses of stake caliber will be quartered on the grounds and the tracks easy accessibility to other racing centers will make it possible for stake racers from other tracks to ship here for Latonias features at a minimum expense and loss of time timeAlso Also auguring for the success of Latonias stakes is the fact that they have been ar ¬ ranged so as not to conflict with the prin ¬ cipal contests scheduled elsewhere
