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RIP VAN WINEE WINS WOLVERINE HANDICAP AT DETROIT BY NOSE FAVORITES HAVE BIGDAY Motor City Choices Triumph in inMajority Majority of Races Hip Van Winkle Furnishes One of ofDays Days Few Upsets Plucky PluckyPlay Play Finishes Last DETROIT Mich May 19 Rip Van Winkle the great inandouter of western I racing got up to beat Charles T Fishers Esseff by a nose in the initial running of the Wolverine Handicap the feature of the first Saturday program at Detroit this afternoon The Three Ds Stock Farms Strideaway was third three lengths back of Esseff and a length before A L Fergusons Vitamin B the only threeyearold to start in the mile and a sixteenth test that was worth 2150 to the Lone Star Stable of J B Theall which furnished the winner Norman Churchs Plucky Play completed the field fieldOut Out of the twelve named overnight Big Beau Law Suit Clotho and Jungle King were withdrawn this morning while Silent Shot Sun Apollo and Quatre Bras II were withdrawn during racing hours hoursSummer Summer weather prevailed for the sport The thermometer registered 90 in town and but for the cool breezes from the lake that swept the Fair Grounds course the condi ¬ tions would have been uncomfortable In addition to the large stand being filled the bleachers were thickly populated populatedThe The success of the favorites kept the crowd in a jovial mood and those that took advantage of the half holiday were com ¬ pensated for their excursion excursionDISAGREE DISAGREE WITH JUDGES JUDGESThere There was a quick start to the feature and Lee Humphries had Esseff under way at once Vitamin B was showing the way while Plucky Play was last of the others When reaching the halfmile ground Rip Van Winkle supplanted Plucky Play in third place and L Dronet was content to allow him to follow in the wake of the leaders to the stretch Moving around Vitamin D near the final threesixteenths he challenged the leader and the pair raced on even terms from there to the finish Es ¬ seff however was holding on in game fashion and it was not until the final stride that Rip Van Winkle gained the decision To the large crowd it appeared that Esseff was the winner and a greeting of boos met Rip Van Winkle when he returned to the charmed circle circleVitamin Vitamin B made a game effort and after giving way to the leading trio in the stretch he held on in fine style With the exception of the opening threeeighths where he held third position Plucky Play which was favored with the top impost of 119 pounds showed little of his past form formRip Rip Van Winkle carried 10612 pounds and ran the distance in 145 or within two fifths of a second of the track record estab ¬ lished by Thomasville opening day Esseff was held at 3 to 5 in the wagering wageringPIIILDIA PIIILDIA IN EASY STYLE STYLEPhildia Phildia which Mrs M Weiner acquired through the claiming route during the Arl ¬ ington Downs meeting to have him later carry her colors to stakes triumph again justified her judgment and that of the vast crowd when he was an easy winner of the Hotel Barium Purse the supporting attrac ¬ tion The Greentree Stables Scrambled Eggs was second a head before the Fair Fields Stables Try Sympathy which headed Mad ¬ dening for the third award awardSix Six of the better grade juveniles started in the race decided as the third and over five furlongs Charley Landolt had the win ¬ ner in command at the start and while he experienced little trouble in showing the way to the others Skippy McGee which forced the early pace quit badly after reach ¬ ing the final furlong But for propping at the start Try Sympathy might have made the contest more interesting interestingAnother Another favorite scored when Miss H M McGonigles Vishnu was an easy winner of the fifth race Some Knight came with a rush to take second place from Hasty Belle which was much the best of the five others Hustled into the lead soon after the start the winner held sway thereafter while Some Knight was blocked at the far turn when Continued on thirtythird page RIP VAN WINKLE WINS WINSWOLVERINE WOLVERINE HANDICAP Continued from first page Aurit Flor came over sharply and forced him to go around his field in garnering his award awardDeadeye Deadeye Dick a shifty juvenile during the Florida season was a decisive winner under the Hal Price Headley colors in the opening dash The son of Supremus and Eyes of Youth which gained the honor of being the first oddson choice winner of the meeting outsprinted the field of eight and came to the end of the five furlongs six lengths be ¬ fore Nervy Nella which beat Brown Hilda three lengths for the place award awardRough Rough riding which has prevailed on sev ¬ eral occasions here was very evident in the running of the second race which went to B J Thurings Scythe Second went to Fair Duchess with Off Duty third While the latter pair were lucky to escape interference Scythe appeared to come over sharply in the stretch impeding Lady Hockberger and In ¬ flate flateAfter After Lady Hockberger and Inflate had raced head and head to the stretch where Screen forged to the front Scythe came up on the outside and in reaching the lead jockey P Petrella crossed over with the winner forcing the others to ease up A upA head decided the winner of the third race when Miss M Wests Playing On just lasted to beat the fast finishing Playful Martha and score a popular triumph Kieva was third A field of seven started and while Kieva and Don Vern chased the win ¬ ner throughout Playful Martha was hope ¬ lessly out of it at the head of the stretch only to come with a rush in the final quarter to be wearing down Playing On at the end
