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CARREAUD COLORS FIRST Sea Fox Outruns Gay Monarch Over OverSoft Soft Detroit Track Third Consecutive Victory for Win ¬ ner at Fair Grounds Lad field Mild Surprise DETROIT Mich June 30 F A Car reauds Sea Fox which played a prominent part in Florida Maryland and Michigan racing this season scored his most impor ¬ tant triumph of the year when he was a handy winner of the Pingree Handicap which topped a well balanced program of ¬ fered at the Fair Grounds this afternoon afternoonAt At the end of the mile and a sixteenth which was run over a good but soft track in 145 Sea Fox beat A C Schwartz Gay Monarch slightly more than a length Ess eff carried Charles T Fishers Detroit owned Dixiana colors into third place two lengths back of Gay Monarch and a neck before Strideaway StrideawayUnder Under a well judged ride on the part of Tommy Luther Sea Fox took command be ¬ fore reaching the lower turn and after holding Esseff safe in the run to the far turn he repulsed the strong threat of Gay Monarch one of the two threeyearolds to compete for the 2300 prize Although the Schwartz representative offered a strong challenge Sea Fox who was scoring his third consecutive success here and his sixth out of eleven starts this year drew away when Luther urged him entering the stretch With the exception of Red Roamer which held third place for fiveeighths the others failed to menace the leaders leadersThe The winner was a slight favorite over Ess ¬ eff which was making her first start in almost a month Sea Fox carried 113 pounds two less than the topweighted Sabula and paid 660 for each 2 investment investmentDespite Despite threatening weather but greatly benefited by a cool breeze that swept the course one of the largest crowds of the meeting was present for the Wellbalanced eightrace program The large gathering which exceeded 11000 experienced great trouble in selecting the winners a majority of quartersA which came from unexpected quarters A heavy rain that fell shortly after the completion of Fridays program left the track slow for the sport sportSix Six of the better sprinters quartered here raced in the Oak Ridge Handicap which Continued nn thirtieth page CARRE AUD COLORS FIRST Continued from first page served as the fourth race and supporting attraction This also resulted in a mild surprise when Mrs 3 R Cranes Ladfield got up to beat the wellbacked Rock X from the Tranquility Farm Stable Third went to the Oak Tree Stables fastfinishing Bahamas BahamasAlthough Although Ladfield was the first in motion Sterling Young saved the ultimate winner when the speedy Rock X Desert Call and Marooned went out to show the way After threeeighths Young called on the winner and engaging Rock X in the stretch he proved much the best in the drive to the finish While Desert Call and Marooned tired during the final furlong of the six furlongs dash Bahamas bettered his posi ¬ tion at a loss of ground and at the end was three lengths back of Rock X which fin ¬ ished a half of a length in the wake of Lad field fieldFavored Favored by the light impost of 110 pounds Ladfield ran the distance in 113 a credit ¬ able performance over the slow track trackAfter After two unsuccessful efforts Hidden Dust ran to her brilliant trials when she left the maiden juvenile ranks in carrying H W and W J Youngs colors to an easy and surprise triumph in the first race The daughter of Sweep and Refugee II led Red Rod by two lengths Adams Eye another lightly regarded outfinished the stanchly supported Good Aim for minor honors honorsCome Come Seven the consistent filly that races for Arthur Gaignard Jr scored her third victory of the meeting and a popular suc ¬ cess when she was much the best of Pee deeque Black Song and five others that started in the second race Mack Winters saved the winner back of the pace of Scin ¬ tilla and Black Song until reaching the stretch but near the final threesixteenths he drove the favorite to the front and she drew away to nearly a threelength advan ¬ tage at the finish From a slow beginning Peedeeque worked his way up gradually to finish the best of the others othersMack Mack Winters rode his second winner when he drove Donna Lascari to victory over seven others in the third race At the end of the threequarters dash for which he was favorite Devilish was second with Fair Duchess third thirdEight Eight threeyearolds started and while the winner was saved back of Devilishs pace Moonsan which was well backed was unprepared at the start and was used up in attempting to wear down the leaders before reaching the stretch In the final quarter Donna Lascari forged to the front and Dev ¬ ilish held on gamely Moonsan tired from his exacting effort Fair Duchess which began slowly closed with a rush to be much the best of the others othersOld Old Field a consistent performer under Mrs E J Chambers colors was a handy winner of the mile and a sixteenth sixth race Dignified which shared favoritism with the victor was second with Cherokee Sal third George Woolf drove the winner to the front before reaching the first turn Although Dig ¬ nified offered a strong bid at the close of fiveeighths the Chambers colorbearer re ¬ sponded to light urging to come to the end a length and a half before Dignified which beat Cherokee Sal by a half length for second