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ALSAB PROVES EASY W OF JOLIET STAKES BELLE ISLE HANDICAP QUIRED BY WISE MOSS SECOND STRAIGHT IN DETROIT HEADLINERS HEADLINERSMedian Median Filly Has Three Lengths to Spare Over ShakerMan Even Roll on Top in Secondary Event EventDETROIT DETROIT Mich May 31 Wise Moss threeyearold daughter of Wise Counsellor Locust Moss sporting the silks of Mrs Ed ¬ ward McCuan scored an easy threelength verdict in the Belle Isle Handicap feature attraction at the Detroit Fair Grounds today Picking up her impost of 107 pounds which included jockey George King Wise Moss repeated her recent winning effort in the Dominion Handicap to annex todays head liner Charles Leists ShakerMan finished second and was a half length before B M Smiths Cooling Spring who downed the six other starters for minor honors Epidor who shared the public support with the win ¬ ner for favoritism could do no better than seventh and did not appear to relish the sloppy going goingStarter Starter Bryan Steele effected a good break after only a oneminute delay at the gate Aerial Bomb had the highest speed away from the stalls The ultimate winner was in closest pursuit in the run through the back stretch and Darby Dienst raced third with Cooling Spring next At the halfmile post Aerial Bomb was still showing the way by two lengths and King then called upon Wise Moss The latter responded readily enough to easily take command and steadily increased her margin to the wire Aerial Bomb gave way badly in the stretch drive and ShakerMan moved up stoutly enough to garner second over Cooling Spring SpringFOURTH FOURTH WIN OF YEAR YEARIn In taking top honors in the Belle Isle Wise Moss earned her fourth set of brackets for the year and took down her second fea ¬ ture attraction at the current meeting Her victory was worth 2750 to her owner the winners share of 4000 purse Running time over the sloppy course was 113 and Wise Moss was held at odds of 2 to 1 in the wagering wageringThreatening Threatening weather failed to dampen the enthusiasm of a crowd of 14000 which at ¬ tended the local plant today A heavy rain which visited the Motor City and vicinity early this morning turned the racing strip into slop The betting however continued in brisk fashion and wagering department heads expressed satisfaction with handle on the earlier events eventsTrainer Trainer Earl H Beezley saddled his sec ¬ ond winner of the day when Even Roll under the colors of Beezley Hirschberg accounted for the Bernard F Purse Euclid LeBlanc also completed a double when he brought the threeyearold son of Rolls Royce and Coelia to the close of the mile and sev ¬ enty yards test three lengths before C Whitney Iloores All True The latter was all out to liold a neck advantage over the theContinued Continued on nineteenth page BELLE ISLE HANDICAP AT DETROIT TO WISE MOSS MOSSIVlcCuan IVlcCuan Filly Has Three Lengths to Spare Over ShakerMan ShakerManContinued Continued from first1 page pagefavored favored Rest Awhile from the C A ONeil Jr stable which finished third thirdSix Six went to the post for the secondary attraction and were sent off to a good start after a halfminute delay Even Roll went to the front at once and entering the back stretch LeBlanc snugged the ultimate win ¬ ner while All True raced in closest pursuit and Narghileh moved along third This or ¬ der was maintained until reaching the up ¬ per turn where Narghileh gave way beaten Turning for home Even Roll had a two length advantage and responded readily to a shaking up LeBlanc then handrode the big bay colt to the wire and had no diffi ¬ culty holding All True safe safeRest Rest Awhile moved up with a good bid an eighth out but faltered thereafter and was hard pressed to be half a length better than the tiring Aaron Burr for third thirdEven Even Roll appeared to like the sloppy foot ¬ ing which prevailed and negotiated the dis tancein 145 He was slightly better than 4 to 1 in the betting bettingEight Eight shifty twoyearolds met In the fourth race at four and onehalf furlongs which resulted in a victory for the locally owned P L Grissom colorbearer More Roman Coming from off the pace at the head of the stretch under clever handling by Herbert Chinn More Roman held a two length lead at the close M Wexlers Royal Minuet accounted for second and was a length and a half before Mrs L Frys Bebeja More Roman shared favorit ¬ ism with Bebeja and his triumph was a popular one He returned a 740 mutuel and running time was 55 55OVERCOMES OVERCOMES DIFFICULTY DIFFICULTYAmerican American Emblem representative of T E Sanderford overcame the difficulty of being practically left at the post when he Went in the air at the break and got up in the closing stride of the one mile and seventy yards of the first race to gain a neck decision Symphon early pacemaker held on well in the late stages to finish second three lengths in advance of Siva who downed the four tfther colts geldings and horses which met for minor honors American Emblem was far back to the stretch but came stoutly under Patterson Milligan in the final quarter to score Running time over the sloppy track was 147 and the Sanderford gelding was held at odds of 4 to 1 1Fat Fat Milligan came back in the second race to account for both ends of the Daily Double when he piloted C A ONeil Jrs Hi Winnie to a driving neck victory over the favored Codoll who had set the pace until headed in the final stages of the six furlong dash Cophetua downed the eight other threeyearolds which met for third honors Hi Winnie completed the Double worth 10820 and paid 3340 straight straightThe The silks of Beezley Cohn were carried successfully by Big Bubble in the third race a sixfurlong dash engaging five colts and geldings Big Bubble came to the wire a length and a half before Axelson and the latter was a head in advance of Delius third The favored Chestnut Bur wound up fourth Euclid LeBlanc took the winner to the front at the start and his mount withstood challenges by Axelson in handy fashion Running time was 114 and Big Bubble was 11 to 5 in the betting
