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ANOTHER WHITNEY WIN Trumpery Takes Detroit Feature in New Yorkers Colors Popular Brown and Blue Silks Again Prominent at Fair Grounds Finish Is Close DETROIT Mich May 18 Trumpery a threeyearold son of Sir Gallahad III and Pantalette which races for C V Whitney proved the best of Hal Price Headleys That away in a thrilling stretch duel which cli ¬ maxed the Fort Shelby Purse fifth and prin ¬ cipal race of the Detroit Racing Associa ¬ tions program here this afternoon Third went to the Greentree Stables Miss Mouse A small field of seven started with Salaam coupled with the winner Our David Cursor and Walkalong completing the distance distanceThere There was a slight delay at the start be ¬ cause of Cursor but once the field was in order starter Dickerson got them away in good fashion Cursor was the first in mo ¬ tion but Alfy Robertson soon had Trumpery in command At the end of the first quarter the winner had established a twolength margin and he held it to the stretch At that stage Thataway had sup ¬ planted Miss Mouse and he moved up along ¬ side the leader at the furlong post From there on the leaders fought gamely but Trumpery held on in resolute fashion and the finish found him a neck before That ¬ away which beat Miss Mouse by three lengths for second secondWith With the exception of Our David which enjoyed second place for threeeighths the others failed to menace the leaders and the finish found them far in the ruck ruckThe The victory of the Whitney entry proved a popular one and the first of the afternoon for those held in greatest esteem Trumpery carried 109 pounds and ran the distance in 111 or within threefifths of a second of the mark established by Clotho a stable mate yesterdayWith in the Inaugural Handicap yesterday With the glamour of the opening over things became normal for the long season and although the crowd was far below that of yesterday it was a goodsized gathering for a weekday Cloudy skies held a threat of rain during the afternoon and there was a chill in the air that made topcoats neces ¬ sary The track was at its best Favorites again experienced rough sledding not a winner coming from their ranks in the first four races racesThe The fourth race over threequarters and bringing together a field of eight of the cheaper platers resulted in a thrilling finish with H A Coulsons Toy Town lasting to beat Richard Pendings Ned O by a head A half length back of the latter was Bubbler BubblerWhile While Bubbler and Toy Town dominated the race Ned O which was installed an even money choice was the last under way and he was forced to come outside in reach ¬ ing contention At the end of the five eighths where Bubbler and Toy Town were racing head and head Ned O was nearly two lengths in their wake and his early misfortune probably cost him the winners portion portionThere There was quite a commotion after the running of the race when the official time was hung out as 110 which would have lowered Clothos mark twofifths of a sec ¬ ond However it was later changed to 112 s
