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Black Badge Likely To Have Many Foes FoesHirschberg Hirschberg Colts Rivals For Ann Arbor Handicap to Come From List of Sixteen SixteenDETROIT DETROIT Mich June 14 Temptation in the form of 10000 apparently will ba sufficient to lure opportunists to attempt the downfall of Black Badge in the Ann Arbor Handicap Saturdays sixfurlong at ¬ traction at the Fair Grounds GroundsIt It is almost a foregone conclusion that Abraham Hirschbergs very proficient Black Badge will engage in this feature for threeyearolds and older After all 6500 as the winners share is a tidy sum of money And that is just what should en ¬ tice other horsemen to consider pitting charges against The Black Whirlwind This reckless attitude could no doubt result in attracting opponents to the threeyear old from a group of 16 of the better enter tainers here most of whom have already met up with the Cohort offspring and were forced to holler uncle In this dis ¬ tinguished gathering are such as Dixianas Amber Light Mrs Norman Hernandez Valdina Senora J McShanes Navy Cross George Krehbiels Golden Man Mrs J L Chesneys Play Hands J L McKnights Miss Advice Carl Grahams Night Crawler Lt Commander Theodore D Buhls Likeasnot Mrs A F Walls By Conscript Torrance C Melroses W H I Kelly Mrs M E Reinhards Credit Man and Darby Dan Farms Darby Dingbat DingbatAmber Amber Light in Group GroupNaturally Naturally the monetary enticement plus the knowledge that weight equalizes all horses and sometimes brings about their defeat should induce most of those named to try for the prize Amber Light will no doubt be one of these He has already taken the measure of his younger rival and the count between the two is now two to one in the threeyearolds favor How ¬ ever should Black Badge be forced to con cide the fouryearold three or four pounds the difference in weight could very well account for his defeat On the occasion marking the Dixiana performers triumph there was in his favor a fourpound pull At this time of the year and for such distances scale weight for three and four yearolds is 120 and 130 pounds respec ¬ tively tivelySupporting Supporting the Ann Arbor is the 5000 valued Mt Clemens Handicap Fashioned for threeyearolds and older and at a mile and onesixteenth it should likewise bring together an interesting field Pos ¬ sibly it will afford a meeting between Mrs Edward McCuans excellent mare Wise Moss and Black Badges stable companion Canina The latter was this years heroine of the Kentucky Oaks and in her debut here accounted for the Col Alger Memorial Purse In that event Wise Moss had to bs content with the runnerups position but reversed the order on her younger ad ¬ versary in the Motor City Handicap Others who might go postward are Samborombon Loango Plaidloch Sweep Swinger Red Dock Restless Believe and Free Speech SpeechTomorrows Tomorrows eightrace card is topped by the 2000 Lyon Purse A sixfurlong tilt exclusively for threeyearolds it is listed sixth and includes Jo Agnes Nibble Handy Lad Play Hands Red Rebel Passion Our Merrick Kenty Boy Commando Tom Tinys Choice and Valdina Loria Each entrant so to speak has its singular at ¬ traction tractionPost Post time for the opener is 430 p m
