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B0MAR STABLE COLORS FIRST I • Beth Bon Takes Measure of Beau-flower, 7 to 10 Choice. * ! Lanier in Winning Form in Third— Old ; Pappy Graduates From Maiden Ranks in Second. ♦ DETROIT, Mich., June 25.— That the Detroit-owned Bomar Stable of Charles A. . Bohne and Peter Markey made a splendid I buy when they purchased ten yearlings from i John Oliver Keene last summer was again i J demonstrated, when Beth Bon, a daughter : of Jean Valjean and Princess Pan, was the ! winner of the Kingsford Purse, one of the J best races offered at Detroit this afternoon. . Despite being inclined to bear out from the ; start, she reached the end of the five furlongs - a length before Willis Sharpe Kilmers 3 Beauflower, a 7 to 10 choice. Third went to Fred M. Alger, Jr.s Nedvive. Seven of the best two-year-old fillies here, t | which included Blue Alice, a stablemate of f I the winner, started, but there was no question as to the winners superiority. She i raced, the distance over the fast track in i l LOO-ls, within one and three-fifths seconds 3 I of the track record, and Lee Hardy had her r [ neck swung sidewise to prevent her from i "ducking" to the outside rail. Although ! Beauflower was the first under way, Beth t Bon sprinted into a clear lead during the ; J run to the far turn and she drew away f without any urging. During the first three-eighths Chance Queen was in closest pursuit of the winner, with Beauflower reaching second place in ! the last eighth. However, the latter was Continued on eighth page. :- | i | y j j e f | I I y j I I I . . | BOMAR STABLE COLORS FIRST, rj I Continued from first page. unable to menace the winner. Forced to i , race past her opponents from a slow be- - I i ginning, Nedvive made up ground, but she i tired slightly near the end. The others were 2 I never prominent. | The biggest surprise of the afternoon i i , came with the running of the fifth race, for r I | sprinting platers from the top notch ranks, i. | when C. J. Bilds Jesting was a handy win- - j ner. Second went to Our Mae, with Kieva i | I third. I The winner, whose price receded from 6 5 j to 1, returned 5.80 for each .00 straight. • I She was never far back of the pace and i after Our Mae had supplanted Gift of Roses s | for the leadership, Jesting charged forward I I | to be a length before the Creech filly at the e end. After offering a bold bid when Gift of t Roses cracked leaving the back stretch, i. Kieva tired during the run through the • stretch. Gift of Roses, a 7 to 5 choice, pulled i up a little "dinky." Summer like weather prevailed for the e j I | sport, which again was packed full of surprises. - The racing strip was at its best. After seventeen unsuccessful efforts since e she reached racing age, V. T. Rineharts s California-bred Mattie Houser was graduated - from the maiden juvenile ranks. She ■ reached the end of the five-furlong dash, . that opened the program, a length before e Tragedian, which led Mr. Erin by two 0 lengths at the close. The daughter of Bistouri, which was ridden - by T. King, was forced to withstand 1 , i terrible punishment that commenced at the start. Under T. Kings stinging whip, she e : disposed of Memana during the run to the e j I far turn, but two-length despite establishing a ~ | advantage entering the stretch, King I j , kept her under pressure to the end. Spear, « j which enjoyed favoritism, began very slowly f and only got up to reap fourth laurels. j Old Pappy, which Burley Parke purchased 1 j from Mrs. Clyde Van Dusen on Monday t I ! morning, made good at his first asking when 1 . he was the winner of the second race, fashioned j for three- and four-year-old maidens, ! . for which a limit field of twelve was under r colors. Night Ray was second and Maple e | | Dream third. The latter was favorite over J the winner. The three-year-old Torch Bearer gelding, • which had not entered competition, took ■ command soon after the start and, with Charley Stevenson keeping him under pressure throughout, he reached the finish four lengths before Night Ray, which followed d in closest pursuit after disposing of Maple e Dream during the run to the stretch. With the exception of Zemai, which held third d place for five-sixteenths, the others were e never factors. C. Stevenson was astride his second win-e t- ner, this time an even-money choice, when n j Lanier led Rare Ben, Commandman and d nine others to the finish of the third race. ;. I d e d e t- n j d ;. I Unable to keep up during the first three-h eighths, Lanier was sent past the leaders entering the stretch, and, taking command in the last eighth, was a length before Rare Ben at the end. During the first half mile Rare Ben and Commandman raced in close order, with Rare Ben leading the latter by three-quarters of a length when the finish was reached.
