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Sir Sprite Drives to Half Length Tally Over Fleetridge in Feature at Detroit Favored Joes Choice Gives Way in Drive Porters Broom Timed Six Furlongs in 770 770FAIR FAIR GROUNDS Detroit Mich June 5 Sir Sprite who races for O F Woodward of Reno came right back after his score in the Col Alger Handicap on Memorial Day to drive to a halflength tally in the featured Motor City Handicap at this bor ¬ der course today Picking up three pounds over his Alger weight to shoulder 109 pounds the black son of Ariel was doing his best to lead home Mrs K T Maxwells fastfinishing Fleetridge at the end of the one mile and a sixteenth test as Leo Cail louettes Joes Choice favored and high weight under 114 pounds was third three parts of a length farther back A S Hig gins Sammies Image was a well beaten fourth and S J Bondys Blue Badge was last in the field of five fiveSir Sir Sprite covered the distance in an ex ¬ cellent l4415 and returned 480 as a stout second choice choiceThe The race was a thriller from the begin ¬ ning as Blue Badge elected to set the pace over Joes Choice with Sammies Image nextin line and Sir Sprite trailing around the first turn On thebackstretch Sir Sprite was sent up on the outside and reached third place on the far turn Joes Choice met unexpected opposition when he was sent up to dislodge Blue Badge from the lead as the latter offered stiff resistance until headed entering the stretch Here Joes Choice moved into a short lead but was soon joined by Sip Sprite and these two rivals staged a short duel before Sir Sprite was able to inch away on the outside outsideMeanwhile Meanwhile Fleetridge had trailed the field to the final bend into the home lane but was not far back Sweeping around the outside he set sail for the leaders and suc ¬ ceeded in ousting Joes Choice from the runnerup position and was gaining grad ¬ ually on the winner as the finish line was crossed crossedRay Ray Ankenbauers fleet Porters Broom winner of the Boots and Saddle and beaten a nose in the Cadillac Handicap at this meeting added the Joseph McLennan companion feature to the Motor City to his conquests when he took command im ¬ mediately after the start and dominated the running to lead home Johns Pride from the stable of J A Kinard Jr by threequarters of a length after a duel be ¬ tween this pair that lasted almost the en ¬ tire six furlongs This battle saw the first two six lengths before Mrs George C Whites Diamond Dick and the latters stablemate Bright Steel was fourth in the field of eleven elevenPorters Porters Broom was sent over the dis ¬ tance in 110 the fastest time recorded at the meeting and only twofifths of a second from the track standard The frac ¬ tions were 2215 45 and Porters Broom was favorite to return 440
