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1 DETROIT TURF NOTES g Jockey Mattioli was also before the stewards for a questioning of Miss Purrays race. While the explanation was satisfactory, the stewards cautioned him to put more life into" his work. In a personal letter received by Joseph A. Murphy, director of racing of the Detroit Racing Association Saturday, Phil Reuter stated that he did not ship to La-tonia with Roman Soldier as he wished to give the horse a slight freshening up, but that in his judgment the colt was as good as ever and he would positively be in Detroit on June 15 for the Detroit Derby. Reuter is still very high on his horse and stated in the letter that he firmly believed that with a little better luck he might have won both the Kentucky and Illinois Derby. C. A. Roles arrived from Chicago with Clucasha and Harry Rainard. Willis Sharpe Kilmers Sun Fairplay broke a small bone iri his hock and will be out of training for the year. The three-year-old ran a temperature Thursday but was reported as normal Friday.
