St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-06
A GLUE-LIKE TRACK.
Very Poor Footing and Little OF
Interest at Latonia.


CINCINNATI. June 5.-Four thousand
people were out at the Latonia races to-
day. The track was sticky and pasty
with tough mud, and could scarcely
have been worse. To run on IL at all
was like racing in mortar bed. There
was nothing exciting in any of to-day's
events. Two favorItes won: Linlith-
cow in the first at 4 to 5, and Philora in
the second at l to 2. Short winners
were Brazos in the third at 20 / New
ton in the fourth at to l, and Ceyerton
in the fifth at 6 to 1. There were close
hnlshes in several races, but accusa-
tons OF foul play by losers on the close
second horse did not materiaIize around
the judges stand and in the cars and
club houses as they did several times on
former days of this week. The fields
were generally small. but the scenes in
the betting shed before and in the grand
stand during the races were very lively.
First race, selling, purse $500, mile and
twenty Yards, for three-year. olds. non-win-
ners OF two races at this meeting Eight
starters: Profigate, 107, c. Sloan. % to /;
Cashier, Ill, Davis, Is to 4; Polemus. 115,
Freeman, 6 to ! !; TeDacity, H. R. Williams,
10 !; klllduff. 101, Watson. Is to 1; Marvel.
1O2, English. ID to 1; Rollin Hawley, 1c3 Por-
ter, ID to i: Linlithgow. 10, Britton, to ).
Kiilduff delayed the start. but the
send-off was good. Profilgate led ali
the way to the three-quarter pole. where
LInlithgow, who had been a close sec
ond. came to the front, and won by
neck, with Profigate second, a length
ahead of Cashier, third. Time, 1853.
Llnllthgow, the winner, entered at
$1,000. was bought by j. II. Smith, of
New York, for S2,210.
Second race, sweepstakes for three year
olds and upwards that have been beaten and
have not won at this meeting, one mile
Four starters: Palmetto, 90, Brtton, TO 1;
OnlIght, 81, Barnes, to 4; Reputation, o..
English, TO /; Philora, 81, Porter, to 2. Lo-
renzO. Bonnie Byrd and Gov. Ross were
scratched.
Reputation led in the send-off, with
Phllora aud Palmetto close in the sec
ond and third place. Palmetto took first
after passing the stand, held it to within
the last 100 yards, when PhiIora chal-
lenged and won by nose, with Pal
metto second and Reputation third.
lime, 1:5l4. Reputation and PhilOra
ran neck and neck on the back stretch.
In the home stretch they had a neck
and neck tussle.
Third race, free handicap sweepstakes. for
three -year-olds and upwards, mile and sew
enty yards-Starters: Bertha. los, Britton :
to Gov. Ross. 105, English. II to L: Eli, lGS.
vi tCl- - W l. Flafcn1na, 70, flerce, Il 10 L:
Aiphonse, ITO. W. Harris. u to 1; Brazos. 10.
Allen to l. Tenacity, Yale 81, Maduma
and Trust were scratched.
BraZos showed at second in the start,
dropped into the bunch at the first turn,
came out at the three-quarter pole and
came in winner by neck from Eli. see
ond. length in front of Alphonse, third.
Time, l:56H. Eli and Alphonse ran
close together from the quarter to the
nnish
Fourth race, the Lawrence handicap. for
two-year-Olds SIX furlongs-Five starters:
Miss Dixie 115 Porter II to 1; Gorman u.s.
Allen, to 3; Matilda, 112, Goodale s to l.
Chaperon, lis, Britton, 5 to .; Newton, 11S,
X. Williams, 5to |.
Avery quick start was made. with the
nagS cOmpactly grouped. German and
Matilda were neck and neck in front,
with Newton second, and the last horse
III the race not two lengths behind the
first. Newton showed first at the half,
and held on to it, winning by a length,
with Chaperon second, neck ahead of
German. third. Time, 1:244. Chap
eron and German stuck close to the
front throughout the race.
Fifth race. selling purse $780, for two year
olds that have not won race at the meeting
tour and half furlongs-Nine starters:
Strathmald, 1O7. Freeman. to L: ElSpa 90
Perkins, 20 to L; Relief, 101. Porter, 10 to !
Calhoun, 1O1, Keyes, toll; Curt Gum, 104,
English, to 1: Ceverton, 107, c. Sloan, 6 to
|; w. L. Munson, 107, r. Williams ) to /;
Duchess, 10, Watson, 30 to L; Faliero, 113
Allen, to 5.
The horses went off after long delay
caused by Duchess bueking and sulk-
ing to the peril of her rider In all the
delay the cOlorS uf Ceverton could be
seen III the stretch on the lookout for
first place. He got good third in the
send-off, soon alternated with Strath-
maid and Curt Gum between first and
second. and finally won by less than
neck, with Curt Gum second, and
talierO a good third. Time, 1:Ol4.
Duchess was half a furlong in the rear.
MunsOn was returned to McGibben by
Argo & Stubblefeld.