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Wise Moss Turns Tables On Canina in Motor City CityGets Gets Up in Last Stride to Nose Out Pacesetting Younger Rival RivalDETROIT DETROIT Mich June 3 Wise Moss served the cause of age this afternoon at the Fair Grounds getting up in time to eke out a nose decision over Abraham Hirschbergs younger Canina in the 10000 Motor City Handicap HandicapThe The sixyearold daughter of Wise Counsellor Locust Moss who performs for Mrs Edward McCuan came from off the pace as usual to register her first tri ¬ umph of the year She covered the mile and onesixteenth in 146 and over a slow strip Many in the gathering of 14 430 preferred to go along with Canina heroine of the Col Alger Memorial Purse and consequently Wise Moss paid 820 for 2 2C C F Martins Believe who raced closest to the pacesetting Canina almost to the very finish garnered the minor award He was two and onehalf lengths back in third position at the end and three parts of a length before Some Man Seven contested contestedCanina Canina put up a good try In fact at the head of the stretch it appeared that she possibly would hold out At that point she still maintained a two lengths lead But Wise Moss was not to be denied The game sixyearold mare incidentally in receipt of pounds from her rival she car ¬ ried 110 to the threeyearolds 112 pounds charged hard and fast from the outside and with every stride shortened the dis ¬ tance between her goal At the sixteenth marker she ranged alongside and from there to the finish it was a nip and tuck battle with the McCuan representive just managing to make it itThe The Joseph Campau listed sixth and the supporting number furnished a thrilling finish from which W E Balls Loango emerged victorious by a nose Second place went to Carl Grahams Night Crawler with Lt Com Theodore D Buhls Likeasnot third a length farther back in the field of six that contested this 5000 feature featureLikeasnot Likeasnot tried for a frontrunning score In direct contrast to a recent effort when he refused to extend himself at any stage the Buhl representative today showed good speed to rush forward almost with the start My Tet Rambler too raced forwardly pressing the pace right up to the stretch turn At that juncture Night Crawler rushed up on the outside and Loango too began to move up The latter converged on the leaders from outside also and in the run to the wire raced fastest of all It was at the very finish line that he got up to snatch victory from Night Crawler
