The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-05-27
-Four Persons Each Got $3.50
for 81 at LatOnia.
RACES START THERE JUNE 9
Sport Promises to Be the Greatest
Ever Seen at the Cincinnati Track.
All Railroads Will Give Reduced
Rates During Meeting.


two or five dollars will be given at the
Latonia race meeting, which opens on
Monday, June 8. The Latonia race
track, which is situated just across
the Ohio river from Cincinnati, is one
of the most beautiful race courses in
the West. The pari mutuel system
of betting is in vogue at Latonia, and
this system gives the small better
chance to win fortune. In fact four
small fortunes were given away there
last spring on twO-dollar bet. In
the last race on June II, 1912, a fly
named Wishing Ring won the race,
and each holder of a two-dollar ticket
was paid the sum Of $1,880.50 when
he presented his ticket to be cashed
at the cashiers office. This is the
largest winning ever recorded in the
world on mutuel ticket. Only four
two-dollar tickets were sold on this
horse in a pool of more than $1,000,
SO it can be readily seen how each
dollar won nearly $1,000.
The peculiar thing about the run
ming of this race was that the holders
Of these tickets knew nothing at all
about the horses, but were just at the
track to enjoy a days outing. No
dope, no workouts, no handicapping,
!! were used by these persons. They
Just picked out their horse and bet
their two dollars on it. 1t Is also q
noteworthy fact that three out of the
four successful ticket holders were Wis
itors in Cincinnati.
Only one resident Of that city was
lucky enough to pick the winner. One
Of the holders was a lady from Chi
cago who was visiting Cincinnati and
was taken to the races by her host.
Another holder was a man from Mt.
horse race looked like, and the third
Out-Of-town winner was q resident of
! Louisville, KY.
This was not the only occasion that
small fortune was given away by
means Of the mutuel system Of wager
ing. On May z, 1910, horse named
Muzetta w. won at Lexington, KY,
and the holders Of two-dollar tickets
were paid $83O.7O apiece. At the
Churchill Downs track at Louisville,
on May 10, 1911, horse named Jack
| Parker won and paid the holders Of
twodollar tickets $411.50 apiece. On
May of this year a horse named Sill
holders Of two-dollar tickets were each
paid the sum Of $413.30.
The winning of these sums is only
possible where the mutuel system Of
betting is in vogue. There there are
no bookmakers to pay jockeys to pull
horses and each race is run on its
merits. Only as recently as May 10,
at the Churchill Downs track at Louis
vile, Donerail, the winner of the great
Kentucky Derby, paid the holders of
two-dollar tickets 1854 apiece.
The racing season at the Latonia
track opens on June 9 and continues
for "a days, closing on July 5. This
season the finest horses in America
will be seen In action at that track
The purses to be given away are the
largest ever known in the history of
Kentucky racing. Nine big stake
events are down for decision, and
among this nine Is the Latonia Derby,
which will be run on Saturday, June
IA, and which determines the cham
pion three-year-old horse of the year.
On July 5, the Cincinnati Trophy
stake will be run off, and this race de-
termines the champion two-year-old
of 1913.
j These two stakes are big events at
the Latonia track and always attract
thousands of visitors. The Latonia
Derby will be worth about $500, and
the Cincinnati Trophy closed with 104
entries and will be worth about $4,000.
An average of over $4,000 per day
will be hung up for the horsemen to
run for, and they are sure to be out
for the coin.
The Kentucky racing season opened
in Lexington on April &c. Meetings
followed at Louisville and when the
hOrsemen reach the Latonia track
their horses will be in the finest pos
sible form. Last spring the greatest
racing, the greatest horses and the
largest crowds ever seen at a race
track in Kentucky were in attendance.
The Cincinnati Baseball club is play
ing at home during the Latonia race
meeting and many parties from this
vicinity will make a weekend trip to
Cincinnati and enjoy a couple of days
at the races and wind up seeing a Ma.
: tional league ball game at Redland
Field on Sunday All railroads within
, radius of $50 miles of Cincinnati
offer special round trip rates during
: the Latonia race meeting.
.. Following are the stake events and
dates on which they will be run:
Inaugural Handicap, $4,000, June g.
Clipsetta Stakes, $4,000, June II.
7 Latonia Derby, 5000, June IA.
t Harold Stakes, $4,000, June IS.
5 Merchants Stakes, $1,000, June 81
). Valuation Stakes, $1,000, June %.
, Quickstep Handicap, $4,000, June IS