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LATONIA TRACK MUDDY MUDDYp p 4 Smallest Crowd of Meeting Watches S Running of Good Program Jiudlow Purse Best Race on Card Track Conditions Result in inSmall Small Fields LATONIA Ky July 18 Only the faithful followers of the sport turned out this after ¬ noon for the racing at historic Latonia to see a fair program contested under cloudy skies and over a muddy track trackFinest Finest of the eight races offered the small ¬ est assemblage of the meeting was the Lud low Purse the fifth in which eight racers paraded postward Sky Ball carrying the colors of J R Neville of Cincinnati ruled as early favorite for the six furlongs affair affairThe The bay threeyearold a son of Pilate Sun Maiden by Sundridge was making his third start of the meeting In his other two outings he faced superior competition start ¬ ing in the Inaugural Handicap won by Miss Sarah and then in the Independence Handi ¬ cap which went to Torchy TorchyAfter After Gai Jest Jumping Jill and the ex ¬ pensive Temulac had been scratched for the event R L Davis locally owned Young Ebony a very speedy son of Flying Ebony came in for good support supportOTHER OTHER CONTENDERS The others in the sprint feature were George Rauschs Nancy Sue Theodore Muel ¬ lers Easterner W D Covingtons Rhiney Girl Mrs L A Halls Spike McAdams and Charles Whitney Moores Dr Holmes I Supporting the feature of the afternoons racing was the Sedamsville Purse the sixth race In it Double R owned by E A Bisch off and Sign Up from the R E Gowin sta ¬ ble tried for their second victory of the meeting They were opposed by three others C L Groans Lina Mac Louise J Hick mans Tyr and Mrs Caroline Gregorys Chal phone phoneScratches Scratches reduced the fields Only one race the second had a limit field of twelve starters startersQueen Queen Echo carrying the livery of Gaines McKeon registered a surprise victory as the program opened winning the six fur ¬ longs affair by four lengths to pay a winning mutuel of 3340 Second to her at the close of the sprint was Mrs Harry Weiners Nan Counsellor eight lengths before J F ONeils Miss Nadi NadiApprentice Apprentice Herman Tackett scored the first triumph of his riding career on the winner He had the threeyearold miss in first place soon after the start and held her there the remainder of the journey Nan Counsellor challenged the flying Queen Echo once but did not have enough speed in the inuddy going to offer any serious threat
