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VICTORY FOR H.C. HATCH Canadian Sportsman Wins First Purse of Detroit Meeting. " Kandahar Finishes First in Cold-water Purse Pretty Pet and Rhett Among Days Winners. DETROIT, Mich., June 15. Kandahar carried the colors of H. C. Hatch, Canadian distiller, to their first victory of the meeting when he was an easy winner of the Cold-water Purse, main attraction offered by the Detroit Racing Association at its Fair Grounds course this afternoon. Shootin? High, furnished by Charles T. Fishers Dixi-ana, was second and R. Robertsons Lynx Eye came from last place during the final furlong to beat Sun Power by a nose for third laurels. Lynx Eye, which trailed until the final sixteenth, came back lame. The real disappointment was Zsar, which was; poorly ridden by Herb Fisher and was forced to finish under his own courage after Fisher had taken him back repeatedly during the opening seven furlongs. Navarre finished last in a field of six that met under allowance conditions over the mile and seventy yards distance. Shootin High and the winner dominated the pace throughout, with the Hatch color-bearer taking the lead entering the stretch to reach the finish six lengths before Shootin High. Zsar held third position for the greater part of the trip and probably would have been a stronger factor under more energetic handling. Sun Power and Navarre alternated at fourth position to the final furlong, where Navarre dropped back and Sun Power came to be outgamed by the fast finishing Lynx Eye. LUKE-WARM FAVORITE. The winner, a luke-warm favorite at odds of 12 to 5, ran -the distance in 1:45 and carried the top impost of 116 pounds, which was also shouldered by Lynx Eye. With the return to fair weather another large crowd was present this afternoon. Although the program, due to threatening showers yesterday, was not up to the usual standard, formful and spirited racing prevailed. In the fifth event, which supported the feature, San Lu provided a mild surprise and chalked up his second victory of the meeting and fifth of the year when he won over Kingsbury, the favorite, Ladino and seven others at the end of six furlongs. Blind Star rewarded for the talent and Farrel Jones scored another victory when L. J. Dillers representative was an easy winner of the first race, at three-quarters. Stairs came from far back to beat the tiring High Santa by a neck for second honors. I. Novotny was fourth. For the second straight day F. Jones rode both ends of the "Daily Double," when be Continued on twenty-fourth page. VICTORY FORH. C. HATCH Continued from first page. brought the Greenfield Stables Henrierva to the end of six furlongs in the second race ah easy winner over Dulcimer, Catch Fly and seven other lowly-platers. Sprinting into a long lead early, the winner made every post a winning one to reach the finish two lengths before Dulcimer, which pursued Henrierva throughout. Catch Fly came from far back and on the outside to take third honors and was a 19 to 10 choice. The winner returned 7.80 for each straight Rhett added another purse to the Dixiana coffers when the gelded son of Sir Andrew and Mary V. graduated from the maiden ranks in the third race, over five furlongs, for which he was an even money choice. Oddesa Lad was second and Verakee third. Charley Stevenson, the leading rider of the meeting, had the Dixiana colorbearer in front at the start and responding in good fashion while Oddesa Lad offered stern opposition he reached the end slightly more than a length in the van. Verakee was always best of the others and with the exception of Parvin, which was done after three-sixteenths, and Swing It, which finished fourth, the others showed nothing. BOMAR STABLE COLORS. The Bomar Stable, which is vieing with Dixiana for locally-owned winning honors, stole closer to the Dixiana lead when Pretty Pet, a daughter of Victorian or Jean Val-jean and Under the Rose, turned back Dixl-ahas Soda Time, Le Feu, the favorite, and six others in the fourth race, at five furlongs and fashioned for maiden two-year-olds. The winner came to the finish seven lengths before Soda Time, which led Le Feu for second honors. Le Feus margin was only a nose over Grit and Grace, which beat Texas Boy for fourth laurels. Fountain Head, which came in for good support, was rank at the start and raced very greenly. I
