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DETROIT TRACK CHANGES Upsets and Close Finishes Thrill Motor City Fans. Picture Decides Winner of Allen Park Purse, With No Retreat Getting Decision. DETROIT, Mich., June 26. Several different brands of weather were offered at Detroit this afternoon, and with a change in track conditions surprises were in order. However, thrilling finishes and several that required the picture to select the leading trio prevailed. One of the most spirited fin-ishes came in the Allen Park Purse, for three-year-olds, over one mile and seventy yards, for which a field of nine were under colors; This resulted in the fourth upset when No Retreat, from the Canadian-owned stable of A. J. Halliwell, got up to beat Dixie Dora by a nose. Third went tb Blue Alice. Almarine, second choice to Judge Kav-anagh, which finished sixth, carried off fourth laurels. Over a track classified as sloppy and before a good-sized crowd, No Retreat, which was making her local debut, ran the distance in 1:45, which was two and two-fifths seconds slower than the track record. The race was a thriller from the start, with Top Tax, Almarine, Corum and Kate Greenaway showing the way to the stretch, where Tracy Vercher drove the winner down on the outside to reach the lead. Dixie Dora, never far back and lucky to find room through the others, responded in fine style to be with the winner at the end. Judge Kavanagh held sixth position throughout, while Corum had a rough trip. At home in the sloppy going, Jake Tates Whisking won his first race of the meeting and continued the parade of the outsiders when he was much the best of five others in the sixth race. Sweep Like was second, and The Pelican third. Whisking ran the six furlongs in the sparkling time of 1:11 and led Sweep Like, a heavily supported choice by three and one-half lengths at the end. Unable to improve his position while Sweep Like, The Pelican and Genteel Lady were showing the way, Whisking moved up fast in the stretch and, after wearing down Sweep Like, he reached the end.well in hand. The Pelican and Genteel Lady battled hard for minor honors, while Merry Caroline and Shoeless Joe were never factors. Sweep Like was held at odds of 7 to 5. Paul Kelleys Los Molino"s, a four-year-old son of Hand Grenade and Tolba, made good at the first asking and furnished a mild surprise when he turned back eleven other maidens at the end of the three-quarters sprint that opened the program. Under the guidance of Leonard Turner, who was substituted for Louis Guymon, the stable rider this morning, Los Molinos was rushed to the front in the first few strides and, drawing away steadily from Celtic Lady, which began from outside the stalls, he reached the finish three parts of a length before Gay Streamer, which saved ground throughout. Spanish Art, the favorite, received a listless ride at the hands of O. Webster, and was never a factor. Leroy Pierson and Jack Brooks, both natives of San Antonio, Texas, provided a. winning combination in the second race, at six furlongs, when Quick was the best of Ree, Sheratan and nine other lowly platers. Never far back and benefited when Ree bore out badly entering the stretch, the winner drove down on the inside to1 be a head before Ree at the end. The latter was a head in the van of Sheratan, but the picture was called for before deciding the place award. Rustic Lassie, a 2-to-l choice, was the slowest to begin and showed nothing. Mrs. A. J. Abel furnished her eighth win-, ner of the meeting and the biggest surprise of the afternoon came with the third race, when Vanda Cerulea led Scythe, Le Miserable and six others, including Renaissance and Doc Oster, to the end. of six furlongs.
