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STUYVESANT PEABODY The Lincoln Fields Jockey Club president will present the Peabody trophy which he donates annually to the owner of the winner of todays feature which is named in mem ¬ ory of his father the late Francis S Peabody Col Alger Memorial at Detroit Engages Canina and Wise Moss Free Speech Red Dock Also Among Eight Seeking Honors In 7500 Route Offering OfferingDETROIT DETROIT Mich May 29 Unable to attract enough equine performers to permit renewal of the Col Alger Memorial here ¬ tofore presented as a handicap Racing Secretary Charles F Henry fashioned an allowance affair to take its place and which as the Col Alger Memorial Purse worth 7500 highlights tomorrows Memo ¬ rial Day program at the Fair Grounds GroundsAs As a tilt for threeyearolds and older at a mile and onesixteenth it brings to ¬ gether eight quite competent entertainers including Abe Hirschbergs Kentucky Oaks heroine Canina Imposted with 108 pounds she will most likely be ridden by Johnny Adams Currently leading rival jockeys for honors at this meeting as he did last year the lola Kansas reinsman has been seen atop Hirschbergs Black Badge in that colts two outings to date at this track trackOpposing Opposing this daughter of Bull Dog will be Free Speech highweight with Red Dock at 116 pounds according to conditions Fiddlers Bit 111 Some Man 116 Darby Donhe 109 Wise Moss 111 and Oma sari 112 112This This feature listed seventh on the card of eight races should of course prove very interesting Contestants are more or less evenly matched If an edge is held by any of the eight it is conceded Wise Moss This representative of Mrs Ed McCuan finished third and second respectively in the Boots and Saddle and Cadillac handi ¬ caps And on both occasions she got to running too late Consequently consider ¬ ing that they were each at six furlongs it could very well be that the longer distance of tomorrows main event may be all that is required for the mare to impose her will She has a preference for this track by the way and when she is good is very very good goodDefeated Defeated Harriet Sue in Oaks OaksCanina Canina has not been seen under colors since her Oaks achievement Of course in that success the Bull Dog offspring took the measure of the very highly regarded Harriet Sue and that accomplishment brought its own reputation Incidentally she is the sole threeyearold in the group Others groupOthers in the feature have at times jumped up so to speak to register surprise triumphs In this dark horse category are Some Man and Red Dock The former came from off the pace to close a lot of ground late in the Inaugural Handicap won on opening day by Sweep Swinger while Red Dock who also has performed has not however duly impressed impressedSupporting Supporting the Alger Memorial is the Flint Handicap a sixfurlong test exclu ¬ sively for threeyearolds and carrying a prize of 4000 Ten have been entered in this sixth offering with Darby Dan Farms Darby Dingbat successful in a recent ef ¬ fort here highweighted at 118 pounds Next in line of weights with 116 is Earl H Beezleys recently acquired Fire Power also a recent winner Remaining entrants are Mrs J L Chesneys entry of Play Hands and Royat equally weighted at 106 pounds Valdina Senora 112 and Darby Doulton 103 who will represent Mrs Nor ¬ man Hernandez L F and J T Holtons Jo Agnes 103 Mrs M E Reinhards Credit Man 106 F Forrestieres Henny Penny 105 and Hirschstein and Wyatts Good Going 111 pounds
