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LADY ARIEL IN FRONT Carries Colors of W. E. Smith to Popular Triumph in Ghent Purse. Frances Lou and Lady Brook Furnish Surprises in First and Second Races of the Afternoon. LATONIA, Ky., Oct. 4. Cloudy skies prevailed as Latonia entered the final five days of its autumn season this afternoon. With clear weather on tap since the close of the week the racing strip remained at its best and the well-balanced program attracted a good-sized crowd. Although only one race an allowance affair for two-year-olds did not carry the claiming clause, there were several contests for better grade platers, and the Ghent Purse, for three-year-olds and fourth on the program, was best of them all. This resulted in the first popular score of the afternoon, when Lady Ariel made every post a winning one under the colors of William E. Smith, member of the racing commission and popular Louisville sportsman. Under 111 pounds, which included Glen Fowler, Lady Ariel sprinted into a clear lead during the opening quarter and the finish of six furlongs found her a length and one-half before Sam Looks Spread. The latter was only a head before Pelter, always best of the others in the field of eight. SPREAD TIRES. During the opening quarter Pelter and Spread furnished a merry tussle for second honors, with Pepper showing the way to the others. Rounding the far turn Molbert drove Spread into second place and, although unable to menace the flying leader, drew away from Pelter to be two lengths before him entering the stretch. During the run for home Spread tired, and Pelter, holding on in fine style, probably would have overhauled her in another stride. Pepper gave up the task after going a half mile, and Bess B. came through on the inside to garner fourth laurels. Oddesa Lady showed little, and Doctor Tim gave way rapidly after being pinched back at the upper turn. Lady Ariel traveled the distance in the good time of 1:12. Although marred when Cee Me unseated apprentice Robert Musser and appeared to have stepped on him during the post parade, the Scotland Farm Purse and fifth event resulted in a popular score and thrilling victory when Al Tarns He Said turned back Detector, Scotch Trap and nine other two-year-olds at the end of six furlongs. Arthur Craig was substituted for Musser and Cee Me quit badly after showing speed for a quarter mile. He Said was called upon for his best effort In repulsing Detector, for the latter moved up alongside him entering the final three furlongs and the pair raced as a team to the final stride, where the winner drew away to a "heck margin. j The program opened with a big surprise and a thrilling finish when Frances Lou, fur-! nished by Charley Dresbach, lasted to gain a nose decision over Brevard at the end of one mile and seventy yards. Thistle Ress, the favorite, was third, a length and a half back of Brevard and two and a half lengths before Listening, the fourth horse. TAKES GOOD LEAD. Arthur Craig rushed the winner to a comfortable lead during the opening quarter, and she held sway under steady restraint until Brevard moved up on the outside of her approaching the stretch. Brevard, however, lost ground on the turn and Frances Lou again drew clear. - In the late stages Brevard came fast to head the winner, but he tired in the late stages and Craig brought the winner up again to grab the verdict at the wire. Another big surprise came with the second race for mediocre older plater maidens, when L. C. Youngs Lady Brook was an easy win- Continued on thirty-fifth page. LADY ARIEUN FRONT Continued from first page J ner. Torch Rose, co-favorite with Col. Hor-ton, was second, a nose before Mystic Man, and Col. Horton was a head back of the latter to take fourth laurels. Mystic Man and Target dominated the pace for five furlongs, with Joe Cowley driving Lady Brook, a three-year-old daughter of Bobby Sweep and Geraldine through to take command within the final furlong, and reach the finish with a length and a half to spare. Steady Don made it two victories in a row and his fourth triumph when he led throughout the six furlongs of the third race, fashioned for better grade plater juveniles. Franks Boy, always in close pursuit of the winner, finished a length and a half in his wake and the same distance before Cynic Queen, the third horse. Blue Star, chief cause of the long post delay, was a head back of Cynic Queen, after having held a prominent position from the start. The second disqualification of the meeting came with the sixth race, at one and one-sixteenth miles, when Tyr, which led throughout, was disqualified and first honors given to Brill. The latter was a length and one-half back of Tyr at the end and Jadva third, a half length farther back.
