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FIJI DISMAL FAILURE;! Latonia Derby Winner Finishes Next i to Last in Detroit Feature. ♦ Our Count a Driving Winner, With Royal Blunder and Sabula Second and Third Respectively. ♦ DETROIT, Mich., July 21.— Fiji, which races for Young Brothers, Lexington breeders, which came here with the Kentucky and Latonia Oaks and the Latonia Derby to her seasons score, was just another horse at the Fair Grounds this afternoon. Making her first start after her Latonia Oaks conquest, she finished seventh in a field of eight that contested the ,500 added Ferndale Handicap that topped a half holiday program. The improving Our Count, the first foal of the renowned Reigh Count and Anita Peabody, was a driving winner with Tom Donleys Royal Blunder second and Fred Alger, Jr.s Detroit-owned Sabula third. Then came King Brothers Mr. Sponge, Beau Tod, Red Roamer, the favored Fiji and Bahamas. A crowd estimated at 12,000 turned out for the eight race program, which was decided under fair skies and over a fast track. A considerable drop in the temperature ■ made conditions very pleasant for the i throng. Favorites suffered one of their worst drubbings of the meeting and when Our ■ Count lasted to beat Royal Blunder a half • length it marked the fifth surprise of the . opening six races. There was a short delay at the start of • the Ferndale, which was worth ,280 to the winner, but once aligned Royal Blunder was i the first in motion. Before reaching the . close of the opening sixteenth of the mile . and a sixteenth, Mr. Sponge had forged to , the front with Bahamas and Royal Blunder • forcing the pace. Turning into the back stretch Bahamas took command with Sabula [ . moving into third place and Royal Blunder shortening the advantage of Bahamas. Leaving the back stretch Sidney Hebert I drove the winner through on the inside and after entering the stretch he had the Reigh , Count offspring in the van. After establishing . a length advantage he began to tire with Royal Blunder coming again to be I gaining on the victor at the finish. NEVER A CONTENDER. Beginning slowest of all, Fiji, a 3 to 2 choice, was never a contender and appeared to sulk throughout, only beating the tiring r Bahamas, which stopped badly after a half mile. Under the light impost of 95 pounds Our r Count ran the distance in 1:45% or a second 1 and one-fifth slower than the track record. The winner paid 4.00. Apprentice Fernando Fernandez rode his third winner and Charles Irby saddled his 3 second straight for H. H. Cross Tranquility f Farm Stable when Miss Purray, showing r . marked improvement over her previous efforts, was a driving winner of the fifth 1 race. Second went to Crackle, with Kieva i third. Nine started for the three-quarters dash, with Fredrick and Kieva sharing favoritism. This pair, however, were eliminated at the e bad start, which found Crackle and Miss Purray the first under way. The former raced into a clear lead in the run to the far turn, with the winner forcing the pace under light restraint. After leaving the back stretch, Miss Purray took command and, although Crackle held on gamely from there to the final furlong, the winner drew away under good urging to be. slightly more than a length in the van at the finish. From a bad beginning, Fredrick was used up in reaching contention and tired from the effort. The consistent Lotta Airs, which races for Harry Neusteter, registered her sixth success of the year when she got up to head Careful Kitty in the first race. Dunny Boy was third. After the stanchly backed Sun Worship and Careful Kitty had shown the way to the final sixteenth of the three-quarters. C. Parvin brought the winner to the outside to wear down Careful Kitty in the last stages. While Dunny Boy lost ground entering the Continued on nineteenth page. FIJI DISMAL FAILURE Continued from first page. stretch and Sun Worship retired when put I to a hard drive in the final furlong, Swifty, second choice, showed a dull performance. A casualty came with the running of the second race, which went to J. Oros stanchly supported Annarita, when Volwood broke down so badly soon after the start of the three-quarters dash that he was later de- j stroyed. Second went to Myturn, with ! Nyack third. The winner, much the best of the field of eight, -was the first in motion and showed the way for the opening sixteenth. When Myturn challenged F. Fernandez saved the Oros filly as Myturn raced into a commanding lead. Entering the stretch Annarita bore out but, straightened, she came with a rush that carried her two lengths before Myturn at the end. The latter beat Nyack three lengths for the place award. Eight two-year-olds started in the Midland Purse that served as the third race, and it was productive of a mild surprise when J. G. Langs Elmtree Stables Dancing Spirit was an easy winner at the end of the five and one-half furlongs. Closing with a belated rush Brindle, also lightly regarded, was second, with the favored St. Moritz third. The winning son of Display and Gavotte, which was entering the winners ranks, was hustled into the lead soon after the start and, in a long drive during which she disposed of Flying Wood and St. Moritz, the Elmtree Stable filly increased her advantage to two lengths at the end. While Flying Wood quit badly after three-eighths and St. Moritz gave way in the last stages, Brindle came from far back to beat St. Moritz a half of a length tor the place portion of | the purse. After saving ground on the in- ! side in the run to the stretch Imperial Betsy , weakened. F. Fernandez rode his second winner and I the Tranquility Farms Up showed improve- ment when he was returned an easy winner of the fourth race. At the end of the three-quarters Coya was second, with Penncote, which came in for the greatest support, third. Saved back of the pace of Coya for five-eighths, the winner took command when called upon and drew away to a two length advantage over Coya at the end. Receiving little help from J. Marinelli, Penncote lost 1 ground throughout and, finishing under her j own courage, was much the best of the seven others. A two-mile race, the first held here, proved very popular when Espinetta, which got up in the final sixteenth to beat Pacheco, received a great ovation when she returned to the stand. Black Stockings was third. Under 105 pounds, Espinetta covered the distance in 3:30%.
