Hi Murt Furnishes Upset In Winning Detroit Dash: Sets All of Pace but Just Lasts to Beat Three Roses, Daily Racing Form, 1944-06-02

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Hi Murt Furnishes Upset In Winning Detroit Dash DashSets Sets All of Pace but Just Lasts to Beat Three Roses RosesDETROIT DETROIT Mich June 1 L J Kearns who supplied a surprise winner yesterday in Sea Tack responsible for a 105 payoff furnished another upset in Hi Murt on whom a winning ticket was worth 3460 for the second race today at the Fair Grounds Although a rather lightly regard ¬ ed entrant also started off the proceedings J O Harts Wing o Blue capturing the opener at 2680 for 2r the Daily Double only rewarded at 26960 for the usual 2 investment investmentIn In an earlier endeavor here Hi Murt had shown early speed only to stop after the first four furlongs She did not run out of speed today Taking the advantage shortly after the start the daughter of Gen Markham Maryhy set her own pace thereafter cavorting berore the field with some four lengths advantage at one stage But through the final threesixteenths of a mile she again started fading and only outlasted Three Roses by a nose with Fure nuf third a length farther back The suc ¬ cessful fouryearold was timed the six fur ¬ longs in 114 over a good track trackIntermittent Intermittent showers prior to the first event affected the strip somewhat but did not deter some 10000 fans from witnessing the card of eight races racesForm Form players suffered a setback right at the start when the choice Castraw wound up third in the six furlongs opener for threeyearolds The winner turned up in J O Harts Wing o Blue


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