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LAURA KIEV DECISIVELY ; Wins Latonia Cup Handicap by Six i Lengths Over Muddy Track. 12,000 in Attendance for Last Day of Meeting Gentlemens Cup Won by Can-u-Tell. LATONIA, Ky.f July 29. Racing over a veritable sea of mud, John Allgeyers eight- i year-old bay mare, Laura Kiev, plodded to a ; decisive victory in the Latonia Cup Handi- j cap here this afternoon, a marathon contest of -two mile and seventy yards, which served as the feature offering of the final days program. Coming from behind after being snugly restrained for a mile and five- eighths, the daughter of Kiev Aunt Laura raced to the front and drew out to win by a i comfortable margin of six lengths, much to the. disappointment of some 12,000 spectators" who were present to bid fareyrell to the . thoroughbreds at Latonia for this year. . Six lengths in the wake of the winner at , the finish was Frank P. Letelliers Agnes Knight, and a nose in front of the strongly favored Double R., from the locally-owned stable of E. A. Bischoff. Lina Mac was fourth, Hollywood Ace fifth and Pripalador was eased up in the last quarter to round out the field of six that contested the stake event. FOOTING DIFFICULT: The track was fetlock-deep in mud from the torrential rains that swept this section M this morning. It caused the cancellation of two races scheduled for this afternoon and reduced the customary nine-race Saturday programto eight races. The track was difficult to negotiate when the sixth was summoned to the post. The time registered by Laura Kiev was three minutes and forty seconds flat, a record for the distance, inasmuch as it marked the first time that a race jsasr staged at this distance here. Double R., which failed in an attempt to annex the marathon contest last year when he finished second, again disappointed his backers after flattering them for the greater part of the endurance contest. Agnes Knight and Hollywood Ace followed in closest pursuit of Double R. while he set the pace for a mile and five furlongs, while Laura Kiev was back in fifth place. Jockey Antonio Fernandez, who had the mount on the Allgeyer standard bearer, called on her as a mile and a half of the race was completed and she quickly responded to the bidding of her rider. Moving up with a rush on the outside, Laura Kiev rapidly picked up the leaders and disposed of Double R. before the stretch turn was reached. Once in front, Laura Kiev steadily increased her margin and was well in hand when she crossed the finish line. OUTSIDER SURPRISES. An outsider in the betting surprised in the opening race, a six furlongs sprint, which was garnered by Miss Ivory, flying the colors of Fred Young with Joe Cowley in the saddle. The five-year-old bay mare came from behind to triumph by the margin of a head over the tiring Well Flight, which held , a similar advantage over Split Silk at the conclusion of the trip. Well Flight darted into the lead soon after the start, followed by Clashman, and this order was maintained for most of the journey, while Cowley took up and went to the outside with the ultimate winner. However, when the daughter of Misstep headed into the home lane, she rapidly picked up the leaders and moved into the lead during the last seventy yards of the journey to return 6.80 for straight tickets. Two-year-olds traveled six furlongs for the first time this season in the second race, and the locally-owned Dick Bray graduated from the maiden ranks in the Brookdale Farm i Purse, despite the fact that he swerved re-peatedly during the run through the stretch. Two lengths behind the winner came Votum, while Relief annexed the third portion of the purse. ANOTHER UPSET. Another outsider stepped down in front in the third when H. H. Temples Sun Suite took the measure of ten others of the same caliber in a three-quarters of a mile sprint and rewarded with odds of 5.80 for straight wagers. The bay filly trimmed Scrappy Miss by slightly more than a length, while Norie held on to easily take third money from the balance of the strung-out field. , The march of long shots continued through the fourth race as Majorca, ridden by Jimmy McCoy, romped to an easy victory in the six furlongs dash that brought out a field of eleven to compete and paid 4.20 to those who had invested straight on the bay fillys chances of scoring. The daughter of Jock Majel, which carried the colors of Dr. D. B. Knox, coasted across the finish line four lengths in advance of White Feathers, and Brown Street was next in order. Boyd Littrell, who is training a division of the D. B. Midkiff stable, announced that he will return his charges to Keeneland for a rest and take up the task of breaking sixteen yearlings at the Lexington track.
