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Latonia Opens Today for forFifty Fifty Fifth Straight Year Winn Predicts Best Coving ton Meeting in Years Inaugural Handicap Feature of In ¬ itial Card With 15000 Latonia Heading Stake Schedule LATONIA Ky May 28 Resplendent in its ancient architecture and unsurpassable in its scenic beauty old Latonia brings back racing to Greater Cincinnati Saturday after ¬ noon for the fiftyfifth consecutive year and with the brightest prospects since the de ¬ pression era eraMatt Matt J Winn president of Churchill DownsLatonia Inc and the man directly responsible for making the Kentucky Derby Americas greatest turf spectacle is sincere in his belief that Latonia is destined to attain the greatest heights of recent years With yearsWith an abundance of thoroughbreds of quality and a stakes program consisting of 35500 in purses topped by the 15000 added Latonia Derby Latonia embarks on a meet ¬ ing of thirtyseven days which reaches its climax on July 10 with an exceedingly brilliant outlook Many new features for the comfort and convenience of patrons of rac ¬ ing have been effected since the curtain went down last year on Independence Day among them additional betting booths in the clubhouse a circular bar on the veranda laying of a walk leading to the side entrance of the track and other improvements of less importance importanceIDEAL IDEAL CONDITIONS CONDITIONSIndications Indications are that ideal weather and track conditions will prevail for the inau ¬ gural program consisting of eight races arranged by racing secretary William H Shelley who topped the offering with the 2500 Inaugural Handicap at a mile and onesixteenth for threeyearolds and up ¬ ward with the Highland Stock Farm Purse as the secondary attraction attractionFourteen Fourteen of the total nominees for the topline event accepted the weights and appeared in the overnight entries as prob ¬ able starters in the mile and a sixteenth struggle struggleThe The Millsdale Stables Giant Killer which is due to be sent from Washington Park by trainer Anthony Pelleteri for the contest drew top weight and is destined to shoulder 113 postwardNext pounds should he go postward Next highest in the esteem of the handi capper is Indian Head from the stable of W J Sprow Cleveland sportsman and Mose Continued on sixteenth page LATONIA OPENS TODAY FOR FIFTYFIFTH STRAIGHT YEAR Continued fiuin first page Goldblatts Dnieper which is Cincinnatis chief reliance Each have been allotted 111 pounds as their imposts impostsWhile While the foregoing members of the older division are certain to come in for consider ¬ able attention the performances of the two Latonia Derby candidates Dellor from the stable of J W Parrish and the Three Da Stock Farms Heelfly will be closely ob ¬ served If they fulfill Saturday afternoons engagement it will mark the first time that they have been called on to meet older opposition oppositionSECONDARY SECONDARY FEATURE FEATUREIn In the secondary feature a wellbalanced field of eight is scheduled to step six fur ¬ longs in the Highland Stock Farm Purse which includes Southland Beau Little Nymph Hat Check Grey Friar Compensa ¬ tory Blue Gauntlet Visigoth and Delibera tor thus presenting a formidable array of sprinters sprintersFollowing Following are the probable starters in the Latonia Inaugural Handicap 2500 mile and a sixteenth threeyearolds and upward PP Horse Jockey 1 Dashwood H Chall 2 flndian Head W Hanka HankaW 3 Wise Bessa W L Johnson 4 Whipowill 5 The Queen 6 Cinar W Farrell 7 Heelfly A Craig 8 Midas R Bemiss 9 fLive One 10 Yantis H Louman 11 Giant Killer C Corbett 12 Dnieper P Roberts 13 Bandalore T Dickinson 14 Dellor tW J Sprow and Mrs K Ramsey entry
