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Sun Herod Seeks Goi Alger Today TodayCoupled Coupled With Fertile Lands At Detroit Hilda Favored For Secondary Attraction AttractionFAIR FAIR GROUNDS Detroit Mich May 29 Sun Herod the Sun Teddy gelding who scored convincingly for tlie partner ¬ ship of Grissom Sherman in the Man o War Handicap at this course on opening day a week ago tops the field in the fea ¬ tured Col Alger Memorial Handicap on the holiday The Sun Teddy gelding picks up three pounds over his recent impost to 121 and is asked to meet six of the best of the handicap division quartered on the grounds including his stablemnte Fertile Lands to vie for the 15000 prize over a mile and asixteenth asixteenthAnother Another easy winner at the meeting heads the field of seven in the Decoration Day Handicap that divides interest with the headliner This is O F Woodwards fleet filly Hilda who galloped off with the Maytime Purse on Wednesday and is asked to meet several of her rivals on that occa ¬ sion in the 5000 cofeature fashioned for threeyearolds at six furlongs Hilda is not actual top weight although her 115 pounds puts her on top on tne scale scaleRecent Recent Efforts Creditable CreditableIn In the Col Alger Sun Herods running mate Fertile Lands was elected for this placing rather than to the threeyearold Decoration Day The son of Reaping Re ¬ ward has been conducting himself credit ¬ ably in recent races compiling an excellent record that saw him winner of the Haw ¬ thorne Handicap at Sportsmans Park in his latest essay essayLeo Leo Caillouettes Joes Choice was closest to Sun Herod at the end of the Man o War and again looms as a formidable rival His impost is the same 115 pounds that he carried in that venture O F Woodwards Sir Sprite third in last weeks feature drops two pounds to 106 for the Monday feature S J Bondys Blue Badge fourth Continued on Page Three Sun Herod and Fertile Lands Entry Favored for Col Alger AlgerContinued Continued from Pag One Onein in the Man o War drops five pounds to 109 109The The appearance of Mrs Lottie Wolfs Childeric in the Alger will be watched with interest The son of Pharamond IE won three races this season including the Peninsula Handicap at Tropical Park He is well thought of by the stable and could prove troublesome under 109 pounds poundsR R S McLaughlins Canadian invader Kingarvie completes the field The speedy son of Teddy Wrack had a successful campaign in Florida and his vaunted early speed should serve him well wellHildas Hildas score in the Maytime was accom plished so easily that she must be accorded favoritism over her rivals in the Decoration Day Here she will be opposed by three antagonists who finished in her wake in Wednesdays race In the order of their finish in the Maytime they are Leo Cail louettes Best Prospect JF Smiths Mont ayr and Henry Forrests Cotton Joe Mont ayr will race coupled with Hilda
