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Crack Reward Drives to Fore In Sturgis Purse at Detroit Btihl Sprinter HalfLength To Good of High Ego Under Knapps Energetic Handling HandlingFAIR FAIR GROUNDS Detroit Mich May 24 Crack Reward racing for Theodore D Buhl of Detroit and ridden by Earl J Knapp drove to a wellearned half length tally in the Sturgis Purse that found en gaged seven good sprinters in the best race of todays program at this course At the end of the six furlongs Crack Reward was finishing fast to earn his margin of victory over Ray Ankenbauers pacesetting High Ego as Diamond Dick the favorite was an additional length away to be third Crack Reward was sent over the distance in f 11 and was overlooked in the wagering to return 1740 for his first score of the year yearThe The race was hotly contested from the beginning as High Ego and Marltown ran as a team in the lead with the latter on the inside A length back of this pace Diamond Dick and Crack Reward also raced as a team down the backstretch and around the turn On the bend into the home lane there was a general bunching up as Diamond Dick was sent between the two who were alternating in command while Crack Reward elected to swing around the outside outsideMarltown Marltown Gives Way WayThe The pace became too hot for Marltown who chucked it but High Ego had some ¬ thing left to draw clear in the stretch Crack Reward and Diamond Dick were asked for their best but Diamond Dick DickContinued Continued on Page Three Crack Reward Drives To Fore at Detroit DetroitBuhl Buhl Sprinter HalfLength to Good of High Ego in Sturgis SturgisContinued Continued from Page One Oneappeared appeared to hang under the pressure while Crack Reward swept up on the outside outsideIn In the drive for the finish line Crack Reward inched to High Ego who kept going gamely but his efforts to thwart the bid of the winner were fruitless fruitlessAnother Another good crowd turned out as an estimated1 11000 were in attendance Partly cloudy weather held only a mild threat of rain which did not materialize and the sun broke through at intervals throughout theprogram theprogramA A disqualification came out of the run ¬ ning of the five furlongs third race that saw engaged seven twoyearold non winners Jimminy Gosh went out to set the pace and held command throughout but on the stretch turn he swung slightly wide and Montes Pride was driven through the gap to make a stout bid Jimminy Gosh swerved back to the rail bumping Montes Pride repeatedly and knocked the latter off stride Recovering Montes Pride came on again and just failed to get up The stewards called the foul and placed Montes Pride first and Jimminy Gosh second and as this pair were well in ad ¬ vance of the others there was no change in the placing for third which went to Little Aud AudNovice Novice rider Charles Pennock who rode his first winner in the novice race on Saturday came right back to make it two in a row when he brought home Grissom Shermans favored Say Goodbye in the first race today The winner Swung around the outside in the stretch to draw into a half length lead over Deanna the pace ¬ maker as the finish was reached Third went to the even going Princess Flame FlameSay Say Goodbye coupled with Autumn Night winner of the second race formed a Daily Double worth 5560
