Show CORRIGAN CROWD I HAS UPPER HAND Latonia Latona Track Secured Which Wil Will Give a Strong Stong Circuit NEW PHASE IN TURF WAR WESTERN JOCKEY CLUB UP AGAINST STRONG COMBINE New York April 2 Unless further legal egal l action acton is taken the time Latonia Latonia race racetrack ree racetrack track shortly short will tress pass Into the control of Colonel Coonel William Applegate and will wU be added to the American merican Turf Tur association circuit In many man respects this is the most important development that has oc occurred occurred occurred in the iha turf war since the new lew I racing body boy threw open the tIme sates gates ates of City Cf park prk to the time public at New ew Orleans Time The new track wilt will prove I roe more valuable to organization than any an other in Iu the west w t becu because it win will wil complete a a circuit or of o tracks over which can b curried on the through b year whether the the St t Louis Loui and Chicago o trucks tracks close cloe I or not not Eastern are indirectly indirect con tou earned because with an art unbroken circuit many of ot the western stables tables will decide to forego their eastern ea tern trips Is no imo fear that the western in if it occurs will result In lit more than th n an a 3 occasional success but there are already enough horses here to fill acceptably tb live e provided and amid except for th tItO best performers the ab absence a absence b sence of western rn competitors will not detract in the slightest degree from the time sport Clear Clea Field for Corrigan The accession of will wili give ic Cor thirteen tracks and leaves the Western Jockey club climb In a bad way Cor Cur and arid his associates will win have hue a clear field In iii New ew Orleans until April ril 15 and they the expect to get set back some ome of or the money mOlle that has hg been lost The Condon forces however say ay that the Crescent City Cit r are satiated with racing and amid an that when confronted d with the ne tie of paying gate grate money mon after a long Ion season of oC free fre Rule gates or staying away uway they th will wil choose the atter latter Whether this proves prOfS true tru or not however the fact remains that horst n who have haye east cast their fortunes with iLlI tire the th American Turf association aHIO art are now hopeful of a l steady field of o operations OH Western Needs Latonia If J they are art disappointed di it will come as asa asa asa a result of legal action bv by b Judge Perkins to tn retain of Latonia He lie might mi ht so delay matters malters that th string spring meeting InE would be b hid held under the of time tilE Western Jockey club This would mean that horsemen racing at Louisville Lexington Nashville and amid City CIl park mrk New Ness ans will wilt not he be allowed to race there It is said Id that those having hain mAlt madu stake arrangements cannot be b prevented from filling their engagements because a stake entry Is considered a legal h gal con contract contract contract I tract The Western Jockey clubs rule on the th point reads as K follows Every entry made by any an person JISOn end and every etry entry of a horse hOMe hi in a R take intake tak shall shaH be forfeited when such aerson tarson or horse hore is disqualified Ii for racing rapin at an sit unrecognised or for other pauses causes With ith Latonia operated under tile tn West Western i est st ern ermi Jockey JOke club dub horsemen hors who race at Louisville and other southern tracks will wili willbe willbe I be In a predicament They rimey rh have havel l paid aid their th ir entrance ft lets fees t K to the tnt Latonia stakes and amid under the rules of the tIme West Western est estera ern era Jockey Jocke club their entries will be void This could result Sult r in iii lawsuits Should the time theme meeting me be run rim under the A T r A then theu everything will wili go along aion without a hitch as the new club climb does not bar horsemen norsemen except for fO fraud I |