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LATONIA MEETING NEXT Plant Opens Saturday for Thirty Seven Days of Sport 15000 Latonia Derby Tops Offer ¬ ings of Stake Schedule Inaugural Handicap Opening Feature LATONIA Ky May 25 Plans for the inauguration of the fiftyfifth consecutive year of racing at the historic Latonia course have advanced to a point of com ¬ pletion and the plant is in readiness for the Saturday opening which will continue for a period of thirtyseven days and culminates July 10 10Gala Gala preparations for tremendous inaugu ¬ ral day of thoroughbred sport have been made with a nearrecord band of topnotch ers competing in the mile and a sixteenth Inaugural Handicap an event for three yearolds and upward upwardUpward Upward of twentyfive eligibles are an ¬ ticipated before the deadline for making entries is reached on Thursday and indica ¬ tions point to more than half of this num ¬ ber lining up before starter William Hamil ¬ ton in what is scheduled as the sixth event of an eightrace program programSUPPLEMENTARY SUPPLEMENTARY FEATURE FEATURESupporting Supporting the chief offering of the day is the Highland Stock Farm Purse a six furlongs dash for threeyearolds and up ¬ ward and scheduled to be presented fifth All of the remaining six races are designed to bring together the foremost performers of all divisions which virtually assures a stellar program when the lid is lifted on the lengthy season here hereA A total of 35500 in stakes and handicaps is included in the purse distribution during the Latonia meeting topped by the 15000 added Latonia Derby which comes up for decision on Saturday June 12 the thjjfd Sat ¬ urday of the season seasonWith With all of the barns well filled with thoroughbreds in training and the track in excellent condition trainers are able to whip their charges into tiptop shape before racing begins beginsMany Many of the most prominent stables of the nation are to have representation in the various stakes offered not only those which customarily engage in KentucEy racing but Continued on thirtietJi page LATONIA MEETING NEXT Continued from first page others from the Middle West East and other sections sectionsAmong Among the leading features which will be offered to racing patrons of this section are the Inaugural Handicap Quickstep Handicap Latonia Derby Clipsetta Stakes the Enquirer Handicap the Cincinnati Trophy Independence Handicap and La ¬ tonia Oaks all of which are extremely col ¬ orful and abundantly rich in turf history historyThis This years renewal of the Latonia Derby will be the fiftyfifth while the Clipsetta Stakes which usually draws topnotch bands of juveniles for the five and a half furlongs dash has been staged as many times as has the Derby The Latonia Oaks reaches its fortyfirst staging this season while the Cincinnati Trophy is thirtysix years old oldThe The Independence Handicap has been an annual feature at the historic course for the past twentysix years and the Enquirer Handicap comes next with nineteen renewals behind it itWith With such lavish expenditures as the La ¬ tonia management has gone to for the 1937 season the brightest outlook of recent years is in view and veteran turfmen agree that the old course is destined to make its re ¬ turn as one of the foremost racing centers of the United States
