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ROMAN SOLDIER TRIUMPHANT IN DETROIT DERBY VICTORY WORTH17775 Defeats Sun Portland Illinois Derby Conqueror by Two Lengths Immense Crowd Witnesses Second SecondRenewal Renewal of Motor Citys Three ThreeYearOld YearOld Feature DETROIT Mich June 15 Roman Sol ¬ der Texas Derby winner which lost the llinois Derby by a neck to Mrs Silas B Masons Sun Portland is still the western champion and the runnerup to Omaha only which led him to the finish of the famous Kentucky fixture fixtureHe He added the second Derby triumph to lis record when George Woolf pulled one of hose brilliant stretch finishes out of his ag of tricks to send the horse two lengths before Sun Portland at the end of the sec ond running of the mile and threesixteenths iourney which was worth 17775 to Elwood Sachsenmaier and Phil Reuter the owners of the black son of Cohort which began his career here last summer summerThird Third fell to Mrs Charles Hainsworths Slackbirder which was piloted by the hus Dand of the owner ownerAlfred Alfred G Vanderbilts Cold Shoulder was fourth with Firethorn fifth Polar Flight was sixth and St Moritz seventh seventhDouble Double B which had little reason for being named for the race was the only withdrawal from the field It again demon ¬ strated that weight makes little difference for Homan Soldier and Sun Portland car ¬ ried eachThe the top weights of 123 pounds each The winner ran the distance in 158 within a fifth of a second of Cavalcades record when he won the first running of the race last year yearWINNER WINNER THE FAVORITE FAVORITEThe The winner was an 8 to 5 choice with Sun Portland next in esteem at 2 to 1 and Fire thorn the third choice at 23 to 10 Fire thorn had no excuses unless he failed to relish the sandy track He was outrun the greater part of the distance distanceSecond Second award was 5000 third 3000 fourth 1500 and fifth 500 The addition of the liberal awards for those horses fin ¬ ishing fourth and fifth was responsible for the gross pool being worth such a small amount to the winner winnerThe The crowd was late in arriving not more than 8000 being present for the opening of the program but it was swelled during the afternoon by late arrivals and was estimated at 20000 for the running of the Derby No more favorable conditions could have been provided for the sport Hard rain during the night was all that was needed to whip the course into its best condition conditionThrilling Thrilling finishes which included a dead heat kept the fans on edge and although the favorites failed to carry off the major honors a majority of the winners came from those regardAn held next in regard An allowance affair for grade D horses and labeled the Hamtramck Purse sup ¬ ported the feature and it was marred by a bad start when Spartan Lady which enjoyed favoritism was unprepared at the start and trailed her field the greater part of the way Winning honors went to the Hunting ton Stables Knights Hope with Drastic De ¬ light second and Luxuro third thirdNever Never far back of the pacemaking Luxuro and Gold Standard which followed in closest pursuit the winner which had the services of Lee Hardy took command after entering the stretch to be a neck before Drastic Delight at the end Weakening after show ¬ ing the way to the final furlong Luxuro was pinched back when Drastic Delight came over near the end endDEAD DEAD HEAT IN JUVENILE RACE RACEThe The second dead heat of the meeting came in the Wyandotte Purse for twoyearolds when Mrs Silas B Masons Vale Victorian and Willis Sharpe Kilmers Beauf lower were so closely aligned at the end of the five furlongs that the placing judges could not separate them Third went to Nedvive Continued on twentysixth page ROMAN SOLDIER TRIUMPHS IN DETROIT DERBY Continued from first page which was four lengths back of the leading pair and a length before Maiden Dream Levi Cooke and Brilliant Pal deadheated last week Overconfidence on the part of Charley Kurtsinger was responsible for Yale Victo rian not carrying off the major portion oif the purse After disposing of Night Play and drawing away into a long lead Xurt singer failed to sense the importance of Beauflowers strong bid on the inside and before he could rouse the son of Victorianj the pair had reached the finish finishVale Vale Victorian was a 4 to 5 choice with Beauflower held next in esteem at odds of 7 to 2 The pair ran the distance in 100 the fastest time of the meeting for the dis ¬ tance and one and onefifth seconds short of the track record Under the deadheat quotations Vale Victorian returned 1 to 10 and Beauflower 1 to 5 5A A G Wilson trainer of Ladfield furnished a surprise when Axle came through the field to carry his colors to victory over Oderic Beau Bon and nine others that met over six furlongs in the second event Talc ¬ ing command soon after the start the maiden son of Axenstein made every post a winning one to be a length before Oderic at the end Beau Bon came through on the inside to beat the tiring Stock Market for minor honors Tremolo strong second choice to Oderic showed nothing nothingCharlie Charlie Gross saddled another winner for Mrs Clyde Van Dusen when Vote Boy led Chinese Indian Jakovia and six others to the finish of the third race raceTaking Taking command soon after the start the winner made every post a winning one to be a length before Chinese Indian at the end Jakovia tired after forcing the pace the greater part of the trip Hope Lpring was done after a half mile The winnen was a 13 to 10 choice
