Triumph For Outsider: Fast Stride Pays Long Odds in Hamtramck Stakes.; Broken Stirrup Strap Halts Phildia in Detroit Juvenile Feature--Ramrod Is Second., Daily Racing Form, 1934-07-30

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TRIUMPHFOR OUTSIDER OUTSIDERFast Fast Stride Pays Long Odds in Hamtramck Stakes Broken Stirrup Strap Halts Phildia Phildiain in Detroit Juvenile Feature Ramrod Is Second DETROIT Mich July 28 Fast Stride a juvenile daughter of Display and Prattle II making her first start for J Gi Langs Buf ¬ faloowned Elmtree Stable was a surprise winner of the Hamtramck Stakes feature of the halfholiday program offered at the Fair Grounds this afternoon At the end of the five and a half furlongs race that was worth 2400 to the winner and which Fast Stride ran in the creditable time of 106 the Lang filly was two lengths before T C Gearys Ramrod which beat Curtis Kings highly regarded Phildia by an equal margin for second place placeNine Nine started and Phildia an evenmoney choice which outsprinted his field from the start and led to the final sixteenth was the victim of adverse racing luck when a stir ¬ rup strap broke in the last 100 yards and George Woolf was forced to ease up his mount mountBack Back of the placed trio followed St Moritz Merry Go Round Wise Bessa First Entry Glint and Red Rod in the named order orderThree Three stake winners namely Phildia Wise Bessa and First Entry were among the starters but Phildia was the only one that showed an effort that would rank him among the best of their age ageMaking Making his first start since he was in ¬ jured in the Hyde Park Stakes Phildia showed his old time form as he raced into the lead immediately and stretched his ad ¬ vantage to two lengths in the run to the far turn Merry Go Round and Wise Bessa were showing the way to the others with the winner and Ramrod next nextApproaching Approaching the stretch Fast Stride came through on the inside to move up on Phildia while Ramrod which was on the extreme outside was also making his move The leading trio appeared to be best of the others when reaching the final furlong with Phildia tiring gradually shortly afterwards Fast Stride forged to the front and when Woplf was forced to ease up Phildia Ram ¬ rod reached second position St Moritz fin ¬ ished well to be a half a length before the tiring Merry Go Round RoundAfter After his brilliant victory in the Motor City Stakes here First Entry attracted good Continued on twentyfirst page TRIUMPH FOR OUTSIDER Continued from first page support but he was outrun to the stretch and then blocked when the tiring Merry Go Round swerved swervedWith With the exception of Merry Go Round and Wise Bessa the latter winner of the Clipsetta Stakes which showed speed to the stretch the others were never prominent Favored by the light impost of 109 and like Merry Go Round the only maiden to start Fast Stride followed a fast pace The first quarter was run in 23 the half mile in 47 and the fiveeighths in 59 Fast Stride paid 7040 7040Under Under top weight of 116 pounds and sprinting the distance in 111 Mrs C R Cranes Ladfield was a driving winner of the Roseville Handicap the fourth race and supporting attraction attractionAt At the end of the six furlongs the Tran quiiity Farms Rock X a 11 to 10 choice was second a length back of the fiveyear old son of Ladkin and three lengths before H Neusteters Stroll Along which was the best of the five others othersThere There was a short delay at the start with Essential first under way but Fernandez soon had Rock X in the lead and after disposing of Kieva in the run to the far turn increased his advantage to two lengths in the run to the stretch At that stage G Woolf brought the ultimate winner up fast and in the final furlong drove Lad field into the lead to increase his advan ¬ tage to a length at the end Holding on gamely after being a strong factor for five eighths Kieva gave way to Stroll Along in the late stages stagesWith With cool weather on tap and with the track at its best a crowd estimated at 12000 was on hand for the attractive program Although favorites were not successful in most instances those held in next regard en joyed a banner day daySun Sun Lure scored his first victory under the colors of Jake Kovinsky Pontiac manu facturer and a recent recruit to racing when the daughter of Sun Briar got up to beat Hidden Dust by a nose at the end of the five furlongs first race McCarthy showing improvement over his effort was third thirdWhile While the winner sprinted into the lead immediately and disposed of the highly re garded Dancing Spirit in the opening quar ter Hidden Dust took command in the stretch when Sun Lure lost ground at the last turn Once straightened Sun Lure came again to wear Hidden Dust down at the finish After forcing the pace to the final threesixteenths Dancing Spirit tired fast arid finished in fifth position positionOne One of the most stanchly supported choices of the meeting made good when Arthur Gaignard Jrs Come Seven was an easy winner of the second race at three quarters Emery was second with Black Diamond third Forced to work her way forward gradually among the field of eleven lowly platers the winner came to the in ¬ side for the drive and after disposing of Midson and Baby Bane in the final three sixteenths drew away to nearly a five length advantage at the end Emery closed with a rush to head Black Diamond for the second award the latter tiring after reach ¬ ing third position in the stretch and was under strong pressure in outlasting Thistle Dick The Hun which came in for strong support was far back throughout throughoutMiss Miss Purray the consistent daughter of Purchase which races for H H Cross Tranquility Farm Stable registered her fourth success of the meeting in accounting for the third race which engaged a field of six of the better grade performers from the claiming ranks Terrier a slight favorite over the winner was a length back of Miss Purray and two lengths before Ladykin at the close of the six furlongs furlongsWhile While Terrier was hustled into the lead soon after the start Miss Purray forced the pace under steadying restraint Entering the stretch Miss Purray went wide but F Fernandez who had previously scored with Come Seven straightened the Cross filly and she wore Terrier down in the final six ¬ teenth After the opening quarter where Respect had third position Ladykin was always the best of the others othersFernandez Fernandez rode his third winner and J Ores Annarita scored her third straight victory when she was ridden but in accbunt ing for the fifth race Incandescent was second with Burgoo third Cleverly ridden by the little Cuban An ¬ narita was saved when Aunt Flor and In ¬ candescent went out to show the way After reaching the stretch she wore Incan ¬ descent down but Fernandez kept her under pressure despite her twolength lead The leading trio shared favoritism


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