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SABULA DEFEATS DARK HOPE Rock X Public Choice Third in the Pontchartrain Handicap Victory of Alger Colbrbearer Completes CompletesDouble Double for Jockey Mattioli Chinese ChineseEmpress Empress Repeats DETROIT Mich June 13 A nose de ¬ cided the Pontchartrain Handicap the fea ¬ ture of the Detroit program this afternoon when Fred Alger Jrs locallyowned Sabula got up to beat J W Y Martins Dark Hope Third went to the favored Tranquility Farms Rock X a Derby eligible eligibleA A field of six started in the mile race that was worth 1000 to the winner winnerThere There was a quick start in the feature and although Rip Van Winkle was the first under way Rock X forged to the front be ¬ fore reaching the first turn Dark Hope was holding the others safe while Teralice and Piety were racing on even terms Johnny Mattioli who was completing a double was saving the winner and after a half mile he sent her to the outside At that stage Rock X began to shorten his strides and Dark Hope was gradually wearing him down In the stretch Dark Hope went to the front but Sabula was making her move and the leaders fought it out gamely to the end with Sabula gaining her slight advan ¬ tage in the final strides stridesFavored Favored with the light impost of 105 pounds Sabula ran the distance in 138 and paid 1180 1180The The largest weekday crowd of the meet ¬ ing was on hand for the attractive program which was decided over a fast track trackChinese Chinese Empress scored at her first ask ¬ ing under the colors of Abe Bartelstein Chi ¬ cago patron when she proved one of the most popular winners of the meeting in ac ¬ counting for the Monroe Purse which sup ¬ ported the feature Second went to Sassa ¬ fras with Sun Celtic third thirdA A small field of six threeyearolds con ¬ tested the six furlongs and while the winner did everything possible to lose the race she still was good enough to beat the fastclos ¬ ing Sassafras by a length for the chief award Although beginning slowly and fail ¬ ing to reach her stride until the close of the first sixteenth Chinese Empress drove to the lead with ease and increased her ad ¬ vantage to three lengths before reaching the stretch At that stage she bore out slightly and after Mose Helm straightened her up she showed an inclination to bear to the inner rail Sassafras had improved his posi tion and although only a length back of the winner midway in the stretch he failed to wear down the speedy filly While Our Sailor retired after a half mile Sun Celtic was lucky to find room on the rail and wore down furlongSun Beau Tod in the final furlong Sun Monk making his second start since arriving here carried the colors of C Savard to a driving and popular victory at the end of the first race Our Hobby was second with Walkalong third thirdAlthough Although beginning well the winner was outrun in the first half and after sending him to the outside R Fischer brought him to the inside for the final drive While Our Hobby and Myturri attempted to make a runaway affair of the dash Walkalong was forced to improve his position on the out ¬ side sideMax Max Hirschs Roman Soldier the medium of a strong play made good for his backers when he held on gamely to account for the second race which attracted ten others over five furlongs Fort Springs was second threequarters of a length back of the win ¬ ner and two lengths before the favored Wild Pigeon PigeonRidden Ridden by H Callahan the unsexed son of Cohort and Miamba was hustled into the lead in the opening forty yards and after drawing away to a long lead was under strong urging to withstanding Fort Springs While Ariel Cross tired after forcing the early pace Wild Pigeon was in close quar ¬ ters in the first threeeighths and was forced to go to the outside to improve his position
