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ACES WILD VICTRESS Proves Best of Juveniles in ,000 Moslem Temple Stakes. Paradisical Scores in Picture Finish to Annex Richard E. Moore Handicap, Secondary Attraction. DETROIT, Mich., June 23. By far the largest week-day gathering of the meeting was present for the excellent program which was decided under cloudy skies and over a slow track, although classified as good for the opening, became better during the afternoon and was at its best before the running of the feature. The drill team of the Moslem Temple entertained the crowd before the running of the first race and this was responsible for attracting many early patrons. Although there were several surprises, the sport as a whole was very thrilling and several of the races were not decided until the closing stride. VIRTUALLY UNKNOWN. Casper Trentanellis Aces Wild, an unknown which had performed in the claiming division, was an easy winner of the second running of the ,000 added Moslem Temple Stakes, which attracted 15,000 Shriners and I other patrons to the Fair Grounds course this afternoon. The son of Grandace, which was ridden by Edlie Yager, reached the end of five and one-half furlongs, which he covered under 110 pounds in 1:07, two and one-half lengths before Dixianas High Maria, which lasted to beat Hal Price Head-leys Drift Along by a nose for second honors. Aces Wild, winner of one of her five previous starts, picked up ,050 for her Cleveland owner and a beautiful trophy. Beginning from the inside post position L in the field of sixteen which fairly taxed the ! narrow track, the winner was forced to come ! to the outside of High Maria in the stretch, but she swept by her with ease to have ! plenty to spare at the end. In the secondary feature, which was named the Richard E. Moore Handicap, the closest finish of the afternoon prevailed and the camera was called upon for the first time. I. K. Collins Paradisical was the winner, holding a half of a length margin over Mrs. C. S. Howards Exhibit with T. D. Buhls Couleedam third, a head back of Exhibit and a head before Erin Torch, which tired after leading the small field of five to the stretch. Top Dog, the other contestant, was a well beaten last. SPARKLING FINISH. Erin Torch and Exhibit, the latter the top weight under 116 pounds, raced as a team lor nearly five furlongs, where Exhibit went Into the lead and attempted to draw clear. However, the winner charged down on the Continued on sixteenth page. ACES WILDVICTRESS Continued from first page. outside and forging to the front in the last stages she was drawing away at the finish. Imperial Polly chalked up her first victory of the year when she was an easy winner over Stairs, which was backed into favoritism; Count Maurice, and nine other plater three-year-olds, which caused nearly a seven-minute delay before the start. A surprise and thrilling finish came with the second race, at six furlongs and for lowly platers, when R. Grundys Suncircle Blaze beat the well-supported Royal Link by a neck. The latter, probably the best, was the same distance before Fast Roamer, which was a strong factor from the start. HAZEL EYE BY HEAD. Hazel Eye, which has been pitched too high, was dropped down in the claiming brackets for the third race and she responded in fine style by beating Broadway Roxy by a head at the end of a mile and seventy yards. Imperial Betsy was third and Parawick, a luke-warm favorite, was a badly beaten seventh in the field of nine. As to be expected, she furnished the biggest surprise so far and probably was much the best, but Joe Rosen selected the outside route for her. At no stage of the journey was Parawick a factor, but Broadway Roxy gave up the task after attaining a good advantage during the run for home. The Hal Price Headley stable furnished another winner with Catnap, a recent arrival from Chicago, accounting for the fourth event and Clyde I. Webster Purse. The half sister to Mike Hall, slowest in motion, but good enough to overcome this disadvantage and forced to race on the extreme outside in the field of eleven during the run for home, got up to beat Dixianas Lady Sara by a neck at the finish. Sun Power was third, two lengths back of Lady Sara and a length and a half before Early Times, an-! other Chicago invader.
