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AFTERNOON OF THRILLS Rushaway Beaten, Dead Heat and New Record at Detroit. Sir Jim James Outruns Triple Derby-Winner Sarahmond and Lovely Spy Finish Even. DETROIT, Mich., June 9. Furnishing the biggest surprise of a program that was packed full of thrills, which included a dead heat and a new track record, Sir Jim James, from the locally owned stable of E. W. Duffy, was a handy winner over five Detroit Derby eligibles that met over one mile and seventy yards for the Derby Trial Handicap, sixth event and feature of todays program. Running the distance in 1:42, which equalled the track mark established by Our Count and under 107 pounds, Sir Jim James, the only non-eligible among the field of six, reached the finish slightly more than a length before A. G. Tarns triple Derby winner, Rushaway, an odds-on choice. Tugboat Frank, which shouldered equal impost with the winner, was third, a length back of Rushaway and three lengths before Dnieper, the hope of Mrs. P. A. B. Widener and the second choice in the wagering. Rushaway carried top weight of 124 pounds against 118 assigned Dnieper. Flag Cadet and Jimmie Cabaniss trailed the leaders to the end in the order named. Joe Rosen rushed the winner to the front early, with Rushaway and Dnieper next in order and closely aligned. The winner was under light urging, with Rushaway and Dnieper being restrained. Near the final half mile Longden sent Rushaway after the winner and he rapidly increased his advantage. However, after offering a bold bid near the final furlong, Rushaway tired and Sir Jim James drew away to his winning advantage. For more than five-eighths Tugboat Frank was far back but he moved up fast there-, after and after being sent to the inside for the drive rapidly improved his position. In the last stages he found the task too exacting and although tiring, was much the best of the others. Dnieper was a big disappointment. After his brilliant work here Sunday he came in for good support and, although he was a strong factor for a half mile, he failed to respond when Earl Porter put him to pressure. Flag Cadet weakened after improving Continued on thirty-eighth page. AFTERNOON OF THRILLS Continued from first page. his position, and Jimmie Cabaniss quit badly after a half mile. The race took nothing from Rushaway. It was his first engagement since his Latonia Derby victory three weeks ago, and with the exception of a mile work and two half-mile sprints, he has done nothing. When he began to tire, Longden did not persevere with him. Sir Jim James paid 7.20 for each straight wager. Attracted by the three-year-old race, the largest week-day crowd of the meeting was on hand for the sport, which was decided under clear skies and over a lightning fast track. Favorites were successful in most instances., v Speeding over the five furlongs in :58Vs, which clipped fourrfifths from the track record, established by Try Sympathy two years ago and equaled by Challite in winning the St. Clair Stakes last Saturday, E. F. Seagrams Miss Dolphin, which finished second to Challite, was an easy and extremely popular winner of the third race fpr top-notch plater two-year-olds. She reached " the end six lengths before Mrs. A. M. Creechs recently acquired Bright Land, which led Dun-namany by seven lengths for second. The latter was three-quarters of a length before Stairs with Old Fondo and OBantam trailing the leaders to the end. McTague had the winner in front at the start and, running the first quarter in :22, she had a long lead with Bright Land in closest pursuit. At the end of the half mile, which she ran in :45, she was four lengths in the van, and although McTague took a light hold of her, she increased her advantage to be well in hand at the close. Hocking, a maiden three-year-old son of Sun God II., which was backed into favoritism, made good for his admirers when he was an easy winner of the first race for mediocre platers. Scythe, the second choice, was second, a length and a half back of the winner and a nose before Treasury Key, which weakened after pursuing the winner from the start. Ridden by Lee Hardy and racing for I. J. Collins, his owner-breeder, Hocking sprinted into a . long lead after drawing clear of Treasury Key, but he tired fast in the final furr long .and Hardy had him under pressure at the end. Scythe was forced back soon after the start and was carried wide by Ana X. entering the stretch. Erebus, one of the choices, lost ground throughout. The riding of Lee Hardy, who won both ends of the "Daily Double" and a fall, which resulted in injuries to apprentice E. Del-mado, featured and marred the second race which went to Fred M. Alger, Jr.s Mata-peake, the favorite. Virbet was second, and Top Tax third. Delmado was astride Airy Heiress, which ran up on Top Taxs heels leaving the back stretch and the lad, unable to hold his seat, was tossed heavily entering the stretch. A dead heat for second, the first of the meeting, and the third dead heat since the : opening, prevailed in the fourth race, which resulted in a victory for R. R. Greenlees heavily supported Quasimodo. Sarahmond2 which followed in closest pursuit of the winner from the start, and Lovely Spy, which drove down on the outside of the field of six during the run through the stretch, were so closely aligned at the finish of the six furlongs that the picture failed to separate them. High Torque was fourth with Crazy Jane, the second choice, fifth, and Ridge Mor last.
