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Detroit Sprinters In June Handicap HandicapRestless Restless Zig Zag Cecil And Six Others to Clash Nine Races on Program ProgramDETROIT DETROIT Mich June 6 In deference Day commencing the major invasion of continental Europe the Detroit Racing As ¬ sociation canceled todays racing program and announced that a card of nine races would be offered tomorrow tomorrowWith With the declaring off of this afternoons sport the list of events were completely discarded and an entirely new set of races drawn Horsemen at first presumed that todays contests would merely be postponed until tomorrow but racing secretary Charles F Henry explained it was neces ¬ sary to abide by the condition book of an allowance affair A sixfurlong sprint it carries a prizs of 2500 and attracted nine rather capable performers performersMelrose Melrose Racer Topweighted TopweightedBecause Because of the conditions Torrance C Melroses Restless will carry top weight of 115 pounds one more than will be toted by Glen Fowlers Ziz Zag Others and their weights are A F Walls Bonnie Andrew 109 pounds Ellstrom Bros Col Teddy 110 R Brooks Lazy Tongs 108 Bomar Stables Little Wizard 109 S Rouchers Maxiekin 110 Al Wellmans Many Lands 110 and Lyle Dilgers Cecil 105 pounds poundsWhile While Bonnie Andrew Col Teddy and Restless are the class of the race it is possible a bit too short for either of this trio They have a strong preference for a distance and consequently may not be able to get to running until it is too late lateTwo Two of the nine who particularly im ¬ pressed in recent endeavors are Zig Zas and Cecil The former finished third to Golden Man and Rodia a few days ago In that outing he performed rather quizzically repeatedly reaching contention in the early stages only to dally as though under un ¬ certain handling But strangely enough through the stretch he got to running again and closed very determinedly In fact he was beaten but slightly more than a length and onehalf for the winners share of the purse Cecil too finished strongly in his most recent try
