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Zakoor Registers With First Mount Pilots Kalarney, Owned by His Father, to Convincing Victory in Detroit Sprint FAIR GROUNDS, Detroit, Mich., May 29. Novice riders were in action in the six-furlong third race at this course today and the test resulted in victory for David Za- koors Kalarney, who was ridden by Za- 1 koors son, William, as that novice accepted , the first mount of his career. The score also 1 marked the first victory in his new post for trainer Stanley Liepec who recently took over the conditioning of the Zakoor, 1 horses. 3 Novice Zakoor is a 17-year-old lad from Windsor, Ontario, and is a lightweight cap- able of riding at 88 pounds. Kalarney was unable to match the early i speed in the race as Barbara Lu was sent : into a four-length lead down the back- stretch and around the turn. My Valentine i raced in closest attendance on the leader 1 and when Barbara Lu was through in the : stretch My Valentine was able to take a brief lead. Meanwhile, Kalarney had not : been far out of it and when roused on the stretch turn he swept up on the outside and i displayed My Valentine from command to draw clear of further serious opposition. Princess Marge had raced evenly and not : too far back and when asked for speed she i finished fast to -oust My Valentine from the runner-up position but was unable to reduce 1 the clear advantage of the winner. Racing Strip Heavy Kalarney came in for stout supp6rt as the third choice to score in as many races and returned .20 as he was timed in as sluggish 1:22, in the heavy going. Overnight rains left the racing strip heavy. A chill wind and cloudy skies greeted a crowd estimated at 6,000. The six-furlong first race found Mrs. Lottie Wolfs favored Snooks Winters dominating the field of eight sprinters to lead in A. C. Longs Sea Again by two and a half lengths, a margin that could have been increased had jockey Claude Hooper so desired. Four additional lengths away, Total War was third for H. McLeod, after chasing the winner fruitlessly to the stretch. Snooks Winters was making his first seasonal appearance locally, but was stoutly supported to return .20. The stable of Markey and Bohn displayed a mud-running juvenile in Flower Box, a daughter of Pharamond II. and Amaranth, when that miss loped to a convincing eight-length score over eight maiden filly opponents of her age in the five-furlong second race. In command of the situation from the beginning, the winner drew out in the stretch to lead Mrs. Lottie Wolfs Speed Bird, after the latter came from last place on the turn to close a good gap without offering serious contention to Flower Box. Tigerita was a stubborn third for Haddix and Brittingham, racing in that position most of the way. The winner was making the third start of her career, but was backed into favoritism to return .60. Flower Box completed a Daily Double with Snooks Winters and these two choices formed a combination worth 6.40.
