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ASTERNERS REACH DETROIT Pirethorn and Cold Shoulder Arrive for Detroit Derby Absence of Omaha Adds to Interest in inMotor Motor City Feature to Be Decided DecidedNext Next Saturday DETROIT Mich June II With the ar ¬ rival of Walter M Jeffords Firethorn and Alfred Gvvynne Vanderbilts Cold Shoulder from New York tomorrow the probable ptarting field for the 25000 added Detroit Derby to be renewed here Saturday will be on the grounds groundsThis This pair of eligibles are the last of the Invaders unless E R Bradley changes his fnind and sends Black Helen here to fill her engagement However advices from Chi ¬ cago state the Florida Derby winner is not training satisfactorily and it is doubtful if She will get to the post until late in July JulyNaturally Naturally the announcement that Omaha would be reserved for the Dwyer Stakes was not met with enthusiasm but the manage ¬ ment has never entertained a strong belief that the son of Gallant Fox would be sent after Detroit laurels Following a week be ¬ hind the mile and a half of the Belmont Stakes and a week before the Dwyer Stakes and at the mile and threesixteenths dis ¬ tance the Detroit Derby would cause a change in the training of the triplecrown winner and probably would prevent him from adding the coveted Dwyer to his im ¬ posing record recordWith With the elimination of Omaha the Derby now shapes up as a wideopen race although due to his brilliant victory in the Derby Hope Handicap Monday Sun Portland prob ¬ ably will be a local favorite While he de ¬ feated Roman Soldier in the Illinois Derby it was not a cleancut victory and they still remain evenly matched However Sun Port ¬ land has not been through such a strenuous and long campaign as the black son of Co ¬ hort and that should prove a great benefit to him This himThis pair will meet a worthy opponent in Firethorn Like Sun Portland he is a son of Sun Briar and his second to Omaha in the Preakness and Belmont Stakes stamps him as one of the best of the eastern threeyear olds oldsCold Cold Shoulder also will come in for strong consideration He did not run back to his work in the Belmont Stakes but according to several observers the mile and threesix ¬ teenths will be more to his liking likingSeveral Several eligibles are named for the Uni ¬ versity of Michigan Handicap tomorrows mile feature and the outcome of this test will decide whether they will fill their en ¬ gagements gagementsMrs Mrs Alf Abels St Moritz and Jay Weils Double B are the only eligibles for tomor ¬ rows handicap that are certain Derby start ¬ ers St Moritz a recent arrival here has been through a rigid campaign that started during the Florida season Double B won one of his two starts here and finished sec ¬ ond to Ladfield in the other one oneAt At the present time the probable field will come from Sun Portland Firethorn Roman Soldier Cold Shoulder St Moritz Blackbird er Double B Eddie J Cross Ruff and Polar Flight
