view raw text
NARGHILEH ALONG IN FINAL STRIDES FOR NECK VICTORY VICTORYBeats Beats Lochlea in Detroit Dash and Returns 3560 in Mutuels MutuelsDETROIT DETROIT Mich May 28 Narghileh threeyearold daughter of Bubbling Over and DreamGirl II racing under the silks of Edgar Zantker scored a surprising neck victory in the first race a sixfurlong sprint at the Detroit Fair Grounds today Lochlea from the stable of W E Ball finished sec ¬ ond and was a like distance before the fa ¬ vored St Dismas who downed the seven other platers which met for minor honors honorsJack Jack Flinchum handled the Zantker filly and got her away well after Bryan Steele sent the field off to a good start Cophetua had the best speed in the run through the back stretch and opened up a clear lead with Lochlea second and the ultimate winner third Nearing the upper turn Narghileh suffered some interference and was shuffled back but Flinchum took his time and al ¬ lowed his mount to pick up the lost ground in steady fashion approaching he stretch stretchTurning Turning for home Cophetua gave way to Rio Cado and Lochlea dropped back a bit when he went wide Narghileh then began her victorious bid and withstanding a good drive got up in the last sixteenth to earn a close decision over Lochlea Stt Dismas who had been installed the choice closed stoutly on the extreme outside but could do no better than third thirdRunning Running time over the fast tiack was 113 and Narghileh rewarded her support ters with a 3560 straight payoff payoffGOOD GOOD WEEKDAY CROWD CROWDThe The eightrace program offered at the local course today was decided under slightly cloudy skies and over a fast track The attendance equaled that of any weekday thus far during the current meeting and wagering was decidedly brisk briskThe The LadfieldRock X Handicap featured the card and the sixfurlong sprint attracted a shifty field of seven starters Of these E R Plunketts Fetchet and Miss Louise Vimonts Burgoo Miss both of which ran as the Vimont and Plunkett entry were stoutly supported The Bomar Stables De ¬ troit Bull Mrs F Nugents Espino Gold Charley Leists ShakerMan J F Ladleys High Plaid and Miss Ethel from the Dr J A Blackwell barn completed the field for the dash dashThe The secondary attraction also provided an interesting event for J L Wildes Show Up Beezley and Hirschbergers Mission Step W E Balls useful Sidout Ernest Doumanis Dream Boat K G Marshalls Dancing Light and C Grahams Boss Hoss competed in the mile and seventy yards of the Azucar Purse On the strength of his splendid per ¬ formance in the Wolverine Handicap Show Up was installed one of the betting choices Dancing Light also had his share of back ¬ ing and both horses carried equal top weight of 114 pounds poundsNine Nine better than average platers met in the second race also at six furlongs and andContinued Continued on thirtyfirst page NARGHILEH ALONG IN FINAL STRIDES FOR NECK VICTORY VICTORYContinued Continued from first page pageresulted resulted in a length decision for the locally owned stable of Mrs J B Burnstein when her favored Hazel F scored Alfadildo fin ¬ ished second and was two lengths in ad ¬ vance of Travel Agent at the final marker Apprentice Sammy Luce had Hazel F well placed from the outset and kept his charge in close atendance of Alfadildo for the first fiveeighths In the final furlong Luce worked hard on the Burnstein mare and his charge responded with a fine burst of speed that landed the combination winner Alfa ¬ dildo held on well to be second and Travel Agent who came on the extreme outside earned third by the margin of a neck Hazel F was also at odds of 23 to 10 in the straight wagering and completed the Daily Double worth 12160
