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Tall Trees Stable Returns to Detroit DetroitBall Ball Player Among Fifteen Racers in ODonnells Care Drennan to Ride for Unit UnitDETROIT DETROIT Mich May 19 One of the stronger racing stables scheduled to cam ¬ paign at the Fair Grounds 73day meeting which gets under way here on Saturday May 22 is that of Mrs Frank J Navin of Tall Trees Stable fame Trained by Leo ODonnell the establishment makes its headquarters at beautiful Tall Trees Farm located in Anchorage Kentucky and within a short distance of Louisvilles Churchill Downs DownsMrs Mrs Navins Yellow and Black silks have always been popular with Motor City turf followers and they have been seen regularly at the local course since the present man ¬ agement took over Fifteen thoroughbreds are destined for campaigning here this season and the contingent comes direct from Churchill Downs DownsOne One of the outstanding members of the Tall Trees unit is Ball Player a five yearold gelded son of Strolling Player and Halicore who turned in several ster ¬ ling performances here last year One of the most notable of these efforts was attained by Ball Player on July 18 1942 when he equalled the American record of 140 for one mile and 70 yards The Navin colorbearer matched the mark set by Mike Hall at Latonia in 1927 and Chasar who ran the distance at River Downs in 1935 in the same time timeRaced Raced Well in Flossmoor Handicap HandicapBall Ball Player gave further proof of his class at Washington Park on August 5 1942 when he ran third behind Clyde Troutts Take Wing in the Flossmoor Handicap In capturing the stake Take Wipg established a new American record of 151 for the one mile and oneeighth over the turf and Ball Player was beaten but three lengths Reading n ran second in the grass classic and Ball Player downed Hal Price Headleys Equitable Mrs Albert Sabaths Crosstide W A Osbornes Step By and Louis B Mayers Beautiful n to garner minor honors honorsAlthough Although the Navin colorbearer failed to enter the winners circle during the Ken ¬ tucky spring season trainer ODonnell believes that his charge is improving as Ball Players conditioning progresses Ball Player undoubtedly will be at his best when the Fair Grounds season gets under way and he is expected to go well in some of the earlier distance features of which there are many manyOther Other than Ball Player the Tall Trees unit boasts of several other better than average thoroughbreds ODonnell can rely on such good ones as Sea Marriage a vic ¬ tor here last year Buena Ventura Remem ¬ bering Cahors War Counsellor Blue Moonlight Chance Game Convivial a promising filly Daring Feat El Osuna Pompey Corners Royal Shawl Milk Punch and the mud loving router Scrooge ScroogeDouglas Douglas Drennan Detroit lad who made his saddle debut at Churchill Downs and rode his first winner at the Derby course accompanied the Tall Trees Stable at the Fair Grounds track and many veteran turf ¬ men have predicted a brilliant saddle career for the hometown youngster
