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j POLLY HUNDRED SCORES • Fair Fields Stable Youngster in Sparkling Display at Detroit. « Odds -On Choice Finds Muddy Track to Her Liking — Big Crowd Despite Threatening Weather. 1 . DETROIT, Mich., July 5.— The Fair Fields Stable of Mrs. Willis Sharpe Kilmer sent forth another sparkling juvenile when Polly Hundred was an easy winner of the Frankfort Purse, that topped an off-day program at the Fair Grounds this afternoon. Second went to the Detroit-owned Imperial Betsy, with Mrs. A. J. Abels St Moritz, a triple winner in Canada, third. Only six youngsters started the five and a half furlongs dash, the first of the meeting at that distance, and while St. Moritz, second choice to the winner, was the first under way, Harold H, undefeated in two starts, rushed into the lead, with the winner showing the way to the others under restraint. Near the turn for home Johnny Mattioli drove Polly Hundred info the lead and she increased her advantage to two lengths at the finish. Imperial Betsy, which was slow to reach her stride, came with a belated rush that carried her nearly four lengths before St. Moritz, which beat the tiring Harold H. by a length for third place. Over the muddy track Polly Hundred, a 4 to 5 choice, ran the distance in 1:09%. While Adams Eve showed early speed, Maple Hussy, which completed the field, was never prominent. Heavy showers this morning caused five withdrawals from the field of nine named overnight for the sixth race, and the event was reopened this morning. Three additions were made, with a field of seven starting. UNPROPITIOUS CONDITIONS. The weather was very warm and threatening. Despite the unpropitious conditions and the fact that it was an off-day, a fair sized crowd was on hand for the sport. Nix and Hunters Sun Caprice registered his initial success when the son of Sun Briar and Caprice II. got up to beat the well backed Herendeth at the ond of the fiv»» furlongs dash that opened the program. Wilderness Way, grouped in the field, was third. The winner, one of the twelve maidens to start, was lucky to be prepared at the start, and although Herendeth, Contrary and Wilderness Way showed the early speed, Sun Caprice came around the leaders to wear down Herendeth in the final strides. The colors of H. W. and W. J. Young were carried to victory in the second race when Safe and Sound was an easy winner over Hoptoit, Tumbler and four others that contested the three-quarters. Black Song, slight favorite over the winner, went out to show the way, but after three-eighths Tumbler moved up on the outside to take command, and when the ultimate winner challenged Tumbler bore out badly and carried Safe and Sound and Hoptoit with him. In the run through the stretch, Safe and Sound when straightened up, gradually increased his advantage, and at the end was two lengths before Hoptoit, which headed Tumbler. Displaying rare horsemanship, apprentice F. Fernandez kept Acrobatic in a true course when a bridle rein broke soon after the start. Apprentice F. Fernandez completed a double when he brought Mrs. H. Howards stanchly supported Timorous to the finish of the three-quarters fourth race an easy winner over Two Tricks, Gertrude L and three others. While Royal Purchase was the first in motion and set a good pace, she bore out badly entering the stretch at that stage and Fernandez drove the winner through on the inside to attain a four-length advantage at the finish. Like the winner. Two Tricks raced on the inside throughout to best Gertrude L. and Royal Purchase in the run to the finish. Inferno Lad scored his first victory of the year and J. J. Smith rode the second winner of his carer when he brought the six-year-old son of Dunlin to the finish of the fifth race nearly four lengths before Red Run, which beat Charlie by a length and a half for second. Six started, with the well-regarded Princeton taking the lead in the first forty yards and showing the way to the stretch At that stage Red Run forged to the front, but the winner, which was never far back •wrested the lead before the end of five-eighths, and increased his advantage in the late stages.
