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i : 4 . Adams in Limelight With Five Winners Four of Kansans Victories Consecutive; Hi Neighbor Beats Sir Sprite in Guyon DETROIT, Mich., June 24: Johnny Adams and Hi Neighbor shared the spotlight at the Fair Grounds today. The former piloted winners of five races, guiding mounts to victory in the first four and Venci in the seventh, while Hi Neighbor flaunted the colors of the locally-owned Bomar Stable to a cleanciit and surprising triumph in the ,500 Marie Guyon Handicap. This fixture, exclusively for three-year-olds, was at a mile and one-sixteenth and the successful son of Castel Fusano Whisper Low came from off the pace to round out the distance in 1:46 over a fast but "dead" track. At the finish he had two and one-quarter lengths margin over the hard-charging but failing Sir Sprite, representing O. Frank Woodward. Show honors went to Torrance C. Melroses Our Merrick, the disappointing favorite. Incidentally, he had no excuse. He got within striking distance of the pace early, while Passion was showing the way, then gave way only to come again when too late and flattened out in the drive. A gathering of 13,580 attended. Starts Off With Cherry Crush Adams, who has been in a bit of a slump the past few days, showed rivals "how it is done1 in the early part of the afternoon. In fact, it appeared he was on his way to making it a "Johnny Adams Day." He piloted Cherry Crush to victory in the opener, came back in the second with Alchanc, kept Drumont going to the end however, being forced to accept the short end of a count in that number as Drumont. finished in a dead heat for first with Cahors, then booted Velvet Heels to an accounting of the fourth event. He passed up the fifth affair then guided Chief Knocker in the Marie Guyon. That Brown Hotel Stable colorbearer had no excuses. He failed to incline towards contesting, never really approaching a contending position and finishing sixth in the eight-horse field. Last year here on May 29 the Iola, Kan., lightweight successfully piloted five Continued on Page Three JOCKEY JOHNNY ADAMS By riding five winners on Saturdays program, increased his total for the Detroit meeting to fifty-one- Adams Detroit Saddle Star With Five Winners Four of Kansans Successes Are Consecutive; Hi Neighbor Wins Continued from Page One of his six mounts. On another occasion at Bay Meadows Adams guided to victory six of his seven mounts. With the start of the feature Passion quickly subdued the upstartish- Valdina Brave and Sir Sprite to assume the dominant role. Sir Sprite attempted to overhaul the pacesetter but gave way after four furlongs in deference to Our Merrick. At this time Hi Neighbor was not far off. And, after about six furlongs had been covered, the Bomar representative began to move. He converged on the leaders from between horses and went on to assume command in the run to the finish. The secondary attraction, the ,000 St. Hera Handicap, brought out eight two-year-olds, and it supplied the opportunity for the earlier Clash Handicap hero, J. C. Ellis Quintero, to flaunt that Kentucky patrons colors to a popular triumph. The gelded son of Appealing, who, by the way, performed here himself years ago, registered a three-parts-of-a-length decision over J. L. McKnights Agrarian-TJ while bringing about a .40 pay-off. Third position went to A. F. Walls Tiger Man, the victim of some crowding at the far turn. But a"t that the Wall juvenile raced clear in sufficient time. Regal Maid was fourth, and the early pacemaker, Not So Good, wound up fifth. Time for the five furlongs was 1:00.
