Word: latonia
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Please to be informed there is no race track in operation in Cincinnati or in Hamilton County of which Cincinnati is the county seat. Latonia race track is not far from Cincinnati, but it is located in Kentuck, in which state, I understand, betting on race horses is not illegal...
...jail with him, but paid the U. S. a $10,000 fine. His horse, In Memoriam, remained on his stud farm at Newport, Ky., munching bluegrass. As a three-year-old, In Memoriam outran Oilman Harry Ford Sinclair's swift Zev at the $50,000 Latonia stakes on Nov. 3, 1923. Two weeks later, Zev defeated In Memoriam by a nostril in the most thrilling match race of all time. Today, Zev is eating grass on Mr. Sinclair's farm in New Jersey...
...drew under the wire, a winner by two lengths. The race put $89,000 in Colonel Bradley's pocket, was the fifth derby his stable has taken this year. He won the $50,000 Kentucky Derby with Bubbling Over, the $10,000 Louisiana Derby and the $25,000 Latonia Derby with Bagenbaggage, the $10,000 Ohio Derby with Boot to Boot...
...Dixie Handicap. Southern gentleman story, usual type. Beautiful daughter, race horse, no money. Young man saves race horse from rich enemies. Race horse wins $50,000 at Latonia. Young man wins daughter. Familiar; just a little better than usual...
...scene was Latonia, Kentucky; the distance run, a mile and a quarter...