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HEAD PLAY AT HIS BEST Easy Winner of Valuable Derby Week Special Handicap Finishes Four Lengths in Front of Stand Pat With Azucar in v Third Place DETROIT Mich June 13 Head Play strapping red son of My Play which bids fair to carry on the traditions of the Hast ¬ ings blood line added another stake to his brilliant 1935 record which includes vic ¬ tories over Cavalcade and Discovery when he was an easy winner of the Derby Week Special Handicap which featured another brilliant day of racing at Detroit here this afternoon afternoonIt It was an easy triumph for the fiveyear old which Mrs Silas B Mason purchased on the eve of the 1933 Kentucky Derby He reached the end of the nine furlongs well in hand and four lengths before E F Sea ¬ grams Stand Pat which was two and a half lengths jn the van of Fred M Alger Jrs Azucar at the end The Oak Tree Stables Bahamas the only other contestant was twenty lengths in Asucars wake at the finish Six were named overnight for tfie stakes which was worth 3820 to the Kentucky sportswoman but Marmion and Ladfield declined the issue during racing hours hoursHead Head Play carried the top weight of 126 pounds two more than Azucars allotment and eight more than Stand Pat was asked to carry He ran the mile and a furlong over the sandy and deep track in 151 just a second off the record established by Bien Fait here last year yearMrs Mrs Isabel Dodge Sloane whose Caval ¬ cade is slated to oppose Head Play in the Detroit Challenge Cup and E F Seagram owner of Stand Pat were among the nota ¬ bles that witnessed the Mason colorbear ¬ ers easy triumph triumphStarter Starter Eddie Thomas lost no time with Continued on fifteenth page HEAD PLAY AT HIS BEST Continued from first page Head Play which is notorious for his bad post manners When the Mason fiveyear old walked through the stalls he ordered him outside1 of the machine and he began in fine style from that position However the speedy Bahamas went out to show the way with Stand Pat in closest pursuit Charles Kurtsinger was biding his time with the winner and after fiveeighths he drove him f orvard Entering the stretch where Stand Pat had displaced Bahamas Kurtsinger drove Head Play to the front Thereafter he drew away under steady restraint to be under a hard hold when the finish was reached Azucar which was alloyed to drop far out of con ¬ tention during the first threequarters failed to make up any amount of ground groundThe The large crpwd was treated to many thrilling finishes several surprises and the lowering of a track record A Daily Dou ¬ ble return of 119620 also added interest to the sport Real summer weather prevailed for the sport but the skies were overcast the greater part of the afternoon The pro ¬ gram as a whole was in keeping with the occasion and the supporting attraction which was billed as the Mariistique Purse for Class D performers resulted in the second popular victory of the afternoon and another rousing finish when Tom Donleys Prince Heather got up to beat Playing On by a neck at the end of the six furlongs Third went to XJreyglade which came from far back to head the tiring Full Tilt at the close Well ridden by CfTurk and saved when the speedy Playing On went out to show the way Prince Heather responded in fine style after reaching the stretch to be draw ¬ ing away from Playing On at the end After following in closest pursuit of the leading pair in the final sixteenth Full Tilt gave way in the final strides stridesTwelve Twelve unruly twoyearolds met at five furlongs for the introductory dash and it resulted in a thrilling finish and a surprise when the Imperial Farms Imperial Bill lasted to beat Red Bo by a nose Minnie Greenock the chief cause of the long delay and the last in motion was third a length and a half in the wake of Red Bo and a head before Chan ChanRacing Racing Highdry into defeat after a fur ¬ long theAvinner drew away rapidly but was under good urging in withstanding Red Bo which held a prominent position from the start Minnie Greenock a lukewarm fa ¬ vorite was forced to race on the extreme outside of her field throughout throughoutAnother Another spectacular finish and surprise came with the Berkley Purse and second event when H E Simpsons Felwyn got up to head High Delight at the end of six fur ¬ longs The well backed Billy Bee was third a length back of High Delight and a head before Torch Maiden which held on gamely after being a strong factor from the start startThe The winner a recent arrival here which was making the third start of his career had the services of C Hooper and lucky to find room while racing forwardly came with a rush that found him drawing away from his opponents when the finish was reached MissPremier third choice to Billy Bee arid Dancing Spirit tired after enjoying a promi ¬ nent position for a half1 mile Dancing Spirit shpwed little to justify his support The winner returned 4060 for each 2 straight ticket ticketRunning Running the four and onehalf furlongs in 54 which clipped threefifths of a second from her track record Mrs C R Cranes Ste Louise was a driving and popular win ¬ ner of the Regret Purse third event for twoyearold fillies Second went to Be Big which raced in closest pursuit of the winner from the start Cania was third thirdTaking Taking command at the start the winner set her own pace and drawing away after reaching the final sixteenth was a length before Be Big when the finish was reached After being outrun to the stretch Cania came with a rush that carried her two lengths in the wake of Be Big and threei quarters of a length before Gracious Pearl at the end endRough Rough riding on the part of A Craig who drove Dunsprite to his first success of the year marred the fourth race Second went to Lamp Black which but for being knocked back when Dunsprite came over in the stretch probably would have reversed the finish Ladinb was third Racing Vicki into submission Lamp Black was unable to draw clear and after beirigr shuffled back when the winner came over tired rapidly in the final sixteenth j
