Belle Isle Assured Splendid Renewal: Black Badge, Amber Light, Wise Moss Expected to Vie In Week-End Detroit Sprint, Daily Racing Form, 1944-06-08

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Belle Isle Assured Splendid Renewal RenewalBlack Black Badge Amber Light Wise Moss Expected to Vie In WeekEnd Detroit Sprint SprintDETROIT DETROIT Mich June 7 Saturday is always a big day at any race track With few exceptions the highlights of any meet ¬ ing are presented on such successive occa ¬ sions Therefore much interest is attached to the coming Saturday program at the Fair Grounds home plant of the Detroit Racing Association Listed for decision on that afternoon is the 7500 Belle Isle 4000 Mackinac and 3000 Saline handi ¬ caps capsThe The Belle Isle obviously is the most im ¬ portant of the trio It admits threeyear olds and older horses for a tilt over six furlongs and racing secretary Charles F Henry anticipates a satisfactory response It is possible that among those named will be Abraham Hirschbergs competent three yearold Black Badge This coalblack son of Cohort already has appeared twice here He captured the openingday 7500 Boots and Saddle Handicap administering a drubbing to such as Amber Light Wise Moss Likeasnot Navy Cross Night Crawler and others comprising that field of 12 In ¬ cidentally in that engagement he distin ¬ guished himself to such an extent over ¬ coming interference to trounce older rivals while conceding weight that for the later Cadillac Handicap he was installed an oddson favorite but proved a disappoint ¬ ing choice However he was not disgraced He tried and tried hard but the effort was not enough This is understandable inas ¬ much as once again he gave weight away to older opponents opponentsChance Chance to Even Score ScoreThe The Belle Isle could very well bring to ¬ gether very much the same field as met for the Boots and Saddle and Cadillac If so then Black Badge will have the opportunity to even the score with Amber Light for the latters Cadillac triumph triumphIn In view of the mile and onesixteenth distance of the Mackinac it is probable that such will go postward as Samborom bon Sweep Swinger W H Kelly Some Man Loango Lucias Sun Free Speech and perhaps Wise Moss and Canina The lat ¬ ter impressed in her winning role for the Col Alger Memorial Purse and then suf ¬ fered a setback by Wise Moss in the Motor City Handicap Their meeting would na ¬ turally add interest interestAs As a twoyearold run at four and oner half furlongs the Saline may bring to ¬ gether J C Ellis rather pleasing Quintero hero of last Saturdays Clash Handicap Arthur Roses Misweet George Krehbiels not to be taken lightly Golden Reward Mrs E McCuans Dimit J L McKnights AgrarianU and other likely youngsters youngstersTomorrows Tomorrows card of eight races is topped by the Langlade and Robert Stuart purses They were split from their original form and consequently both are for threeyear olds and at six furlongs Each carries a 2500 j urse Well known sprinters are entered in both


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