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Roi Rouge Turns Back Porters Broom by Nose NoseHollenbdch Hollenbdch Racer Turns Tables On Sprint Opponent at Detroit DetroitFAIRGROUNDS FAIRGROUNDS DetroitMich May 29 Roi Rouge the sixyearold son of Bur ¬ goo King who races for Louis J Hollen bach of Louisville and who finished sec ¬ ond to Ray Ankenbauers Porters Broom in the Boots and Saddle Handicap a week ago reversed the decision today in the six furlong Cadillac Handicap that featured the program at this Border City course Slow to settle into his best stride as usual Roi Rouge was closer to the pace today but had to be hard ridden by Fat Milligan to get up in the final stride to eke out a nose verdict Porters Broom met this bid of the winner stubbornly and the duel of the first two saw them two and a half lengths be ¬ fore Diamond Dick who was third for Mrs George C White Fourth went to p C Wilhelms Bubbling Easy who was only a neck before Grissom Shermans Master Bid as Sir White trailed the field in the silks of M H Van Berg BergAlthough Although a chill breeze swept the course in a sudden change in weather overhead conditions were clear and bright and a crowd of 21297 turned out for the Satur ¬ day sport sportRoi Roi Rouge carried the same 109 that he shouldered last week while Porters Broom picked up three pounds to 114 The time for the six panels was 111 and Roi Rouge who was scoring his first victory in nine starts this season returned 760 as he I earned 6500 6500Porters7Broom Porters7Broom was able to outfobt Bub ¬ bling Easy after a quartermile and when clear wais steadied along on the rail as Bubbling Easy was next in line before Dia ¬ mond Dick and the latter was between horses and lapped on Master Bid Here Roi Rouge was trailing the field but was not too far back of the leader and on the turn he began to move around the outside Bub ¬ bling Easy continued to force the pace into the stretch where there was a general bunching of the leaders and Roi Rouge was in fourth place on the outside In the re ¬ sultant drive Roi Rouge disengaged himself from the others and set sail for Porters Broom Inching to the leader Roi Rouge was compelled to exert every energy to get up for the narrow verdict verdictThe The others were unable to match the speed of the first two in their stretch tussle and Diamond Dick proved best as Bubbling Easy weakened from his early effort to keep apace Porters Broom Master Bid and Sir White did hot enter serious contention at any time except for a brief moment going to the far turn when the former moved up on the inside
