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II7PPI PfTbPI1 S I IT i MIir Fl TAFV A 17JO PP 1 ft IHP Wl hK rH IK HAN1II KV lllllAV DrTbUlT All LnD rKKY i LiLJi S p KH if ul LvinL ilnlwJ ilnl 1 Uln 1 J i En 1 UHE SMALL SELECT FIELD Only Six Named With Head Play and Azucar Certain Starters Contest in Nature of Preliminary Trial for 25000 Detroit Chal ¬ lenge Cup on June 29 DETROIT Mich June 12 The Derby Week Special Handicap a preliminary trial for the 25000 added Detroit Challenge Cup to be run here Saturday June 29 features tomorrows program A small field of six was named for the nine furlongs journey that carries 5000 in added money but the small field includes Fred M Algers Azucar Mrs Silas B Masons Head Play E F Seagrams Stand Pat Bahamas Marmion and Ladfield LadfieldHead Head Play which took part in that never tobeforgotten duel with Brokers Tip for 1933 Kentucky Derby honors and which has a Preakness Stakes to his credit will carry the top weight of 126 pounds Azucar comes next with 124 pounds and Stand Pat is in at 118 pounds This trio is expected to be the ones fighting it out for the winners portion but the uncertainty of horse racing is what makes excitingAzucar the sport so exciting Azucar and Stand Pat contested the Col Alger Memorial Handicap here which re ¬ sulted in a cleancut victory for Stand Pat but Head Play which was decisively de ¬ feated by Azucar in the Santa Anita Handi ¬ cap will be making his Detroit debut debutHead Head Play has shown great improvement since that Santa Anita race and although he prefers mud he demonstrated this morning when he went a half mile in 49 breezing that the deep sandy Detroit track probably will be to his liking likingAlthough Although not given strong consideration Ladfield might be a surprise winner He failed to play an important part in the Col Alger Memorial Handicap but he has won three other handicaps two of which were stakes since the meeting opened His weight tomorrow is 112 pounds poundsThe The Oak Tree Stables Bahamas is the low weight of the field with 100 pounds Alf J Abels Marmion carries 105 pounds Head Play will have the services of Charles Kurtsinger who directed him to his Preakness Stakes victory in 1933 and who was astride him when he led Discovery to the finish of the Suburban Handicap last month monthGeorge George Woolf who was astride Azucar when he won the Santa Anita Handicap will ride the Alger star tomorrow Eddie Legere or Frank Mann will handle Stand Pat and to Lee Hardy will be entrusted Ladfield G Burns was selected to direct Bahamas and Charles Stevenson will be Marmions pilot pilotAn An attractive and wellbalanced program supports the feature which will serve as the sixth event Two of the eight races en ¬ gage twoyearolds one of which is an al ¬ lowance affair for fillies filliesWith With a forecast for fair weather and the track at its best a crowd that should fill the spacious stands and clubhouse is ex ¬ pected pectedThe The field for the handicap in order of post positions weights and probable jockeys follows PP Horse Wt Jockey 1 Stand Pat 118 E Legere 2 Ladfield 112 L Hardy 3 Bahamas 100 G Burns 4 Marmion 105 C Stevenson 5 Azucar 124 G Woolf 6 Head Play 126 C Kurtsinger
