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RAIN AND SUNSHINE Several Different Brands of Weather at Detroit Fair Grounds. . Chatterfol Defeats Injustice by a Head in Kalamazoo Purse, Prin- cipal Event of Tuesday. DETROIT, Mich., June 4. Several different brands of weather were served the Detroit patrons today. With ideal conditions prevailing until shortly before the opening of the program, a large crowd was present when a hard shower fell shortly before the running of the first race and rain continued for several races. The clouds cleared in time for the feature and the racing strip, which had not had an opportunity of reaching its best, was only in a slow condition during the afternoon. Chatterfol, a consistent winner here last season and racing under the Saddle Spur Stable silks, carried off "winning honors in the Kalamazoo Purse, the fifth and principal offering, when the five-year-old gelding got up to head L. M. Biggs Injustice at the end of the six furlongs. Amy Cooper, under Mrs. O. E. Coopers colors, was third. NINE STARTERS. A field of nine from the claiming ranks contested under allowance conditions, with Injustice, and Amy Cooper racing head and head to the stretch, where the veteran Eddie Legree drove the winner through on the inside. During the final furlong he wore Injustice down to be drawing away from him at the finish. A length arid a half separated Injustice and Amy Cooper at the finish. The leading trio dominated the. pace throughout Lillian Z., a slight favorite over -Injustice, was never a factor. Chilla May and Torch Maiden, daughters of Torchilla and products of Clyde Van Du-sens Few Acres Farm, carried off winning and fourth honors at the end of the three-quarters introductory dash, that was fashioned for three-year-old maidens. Chilla May, which carried Mrs. Van Dusens silks, reached the end two and a half lengths before Hilltown, which beat Burning Billows the same margin for second place. Torch Maiden was four lengths in the tetters wake and well before seYm others. S. ,J. ;M6lays Blind Pig scored his second victory when he was an easy winner over Grand Girl; Sun X., a "fielder," and eight other juveniles, including the favored Grandmas Boy, that traversed five furlongs in the second race. Ridden by F. A. Smith, who was accepting his first mount of the meeting, the winner took command soon after the start, to be three lengths before Grand Girl at the end. A length and a half separated the latter and Sun X. at the close. GOLDEN SAINT SCORES. Charles A. Bohne and Peter Markey, former president and vice-president, respectively, of the Detroit Racing Association and the owners of the Bomar Stable, provided another winner during the current meeting when Golden Saint registered his first success this year. He led Vignolas Bud, Tahira and seven other three-year-olds to the finish of the three-quarters third race. Prince Drake came through with a winning score when he lasted to beat Jean Brown by a neck, at the. end of the fourth race. Third honors went to Little Heel. The winner, carrying the J. B. Miller silks and a strong second choice to Jean Brown, took command soon after the start. Drawing clear of Vicki leaving the back stretch, he was put to strong urging when Jean Brown and Little Heel offered their repeated challenges during the final quarter. L. F. Andersons Bright Melody won her second straight victory, when she, led Foolhardy, Eveline F. and four others to the finish of the sixth race. Ridden by Charles Stevenson, and saved for five-sixteenths, the winner took command leaving the back-stretch to be four and a half lengths before Foolhardy at the end. Foolhardy and Bright Melody shared favoritism. James P. Headley returned from Lexington where he went in quest of horses. He failed to find any stock which would suit him.
