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LATONIA OFFICIALS ACTIVE Racing Secretarys Office Hums Preliminaries to Inaugural Owners Trainers and Jockeys Register Receive Entries for Feature of Sat ¬ urdays Opening Card LATONIA Ky May 26 The rustic and andlcturesque lcturesque Latonia course was the scene of considerable activity today as attaches of racing secretary William H Shelleys office were registrationsicense engaged in accepting registrations icense applications and putting things in shape generally for the opening of the im ¬ pending thirtyseven day meeting on Sat ¬ urday jockeysiled Droves of owners trainers and jockeys iled in and out of the secretarys office all with the same purpose in view being ready readyor j or the start of the season at the old and popular track While nominations for the 2500 Inaugural InauguralHandicap Handicap will not close until Thursday afternoon a sufficiently strong band of ofhreeyearolds hreeyearolds and upwards have already alreadyaeen aeen made eligible according to Larry Bogenschutz who has been attending to this detail pending the arrval of Shelley from fromhis his home in Louisville on Thursday morn ¬ ing ingCOMPLETE COMPLETE FORCE THURSDAY THURSDAYIn In addition to Shelley the entire official personnel that will handle the racing affairs at Latonia are scheduled to be on hand Thursday which includes stewards Charles F Price C Bruce Head Sam H McMeekin and Sam C Nuckols placing judge and clerk of scales Harry Lindenberger and mutuel manager E A Weidekamp WeidekampApplications Applications for licenses and other routine work will then begin while secretary Shelley will confine himself to the duties of shaping up the principal attraction on the eight race program that will be presented on open ¬ ing day Weights and declarations are to follow on Friday by the usual time for the closing of Saturdays entries entriesSeveral Several of the prospective eligibles for the Inaugural were on the track during the training period Wednesday morning for trials Most prominent among the likely starters in the opening day feature to en ¬ gage in workouts were Mose Goldblatts Dnieper the Jos E Widener castoff which raced consistently in Florida during the winter Dnieper went a handy six furlongs in 115 flat covering the half mile of the test in 49 flat flatVITAMIN VITAMIN B WORKS OUT OUTVitamin Vitamin B though not yet mentioned as a probable starter in the mile and a six ¬ teenth affair reeled off an impressive mile in 141 accomplishing the trial in a handy manner Vitamin B was timed in the fol ¬ lowing fractions Quarter 25 half mile 49 and threequarters 114 However Yantis from a standpoint of time was cred Continued on twentyeighth page LATONIA OFFICIALS ACTIVE Continued from Jirst page ited with the fastest mile move when this performer under a drive negotiated the eight furlongs in 139 flat Showing much i speed throughout Yantis went the first t quarter in 23 half in 47 threequarters in 112 seveneighths in 125 and completed the trip in 139 139In In addition to the aforementioned trio other prospective candidates in the opening day fixture are regarded as Whipowill Lit ¬ tle Nymph Indian Head Dashwood Grey Friar Josh Barbara J Compensatory Bandalore Seven Star and Midas MidasNumerous Numerous additions are regarded as cer ¬ tain however by the officials before the deadline rolls around with an estimated total of twentyfive or more being reached There is no nominating or starting fee for ithef racei x 1
