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Red Pompon Victor In McDowell Purse PurseEarns Earns Honors in Spite of Floundering Several Times In Sloppy Going at Detroit DetroitFAIR FAIR GROUNDS Detroit Mich June 8 Red Pompon racing for Mrs Lottie Wolf of Detroit gave a game exhibition of cour ¬ age to account for the mile and a sixteenth T C McDowell Purse that found a half dozen rivals engaged under claiming tags in a range of 14000 to 11000 to provide a feature at this Border course today The winner ridden by apprentice William M Cook for that lads second saddle success of the afternoon drove to the fine line two and a half lengths before S J Bondys Blue Badge as L W Kidds Walters Boy was three and a half lengths farther back to be third Moldy was fourth San Yet fifth and Sweepnito brought up the rear Red Pompon was backed into twotoone favoritism and the margin of his victory gives no indication of the hard battle he had tallyFrom to put up to earn the tally From a good start Moldy took a short lead over Blue Badge but this advantage was of short duration for Blue Badge moved around the outside at the halfmile mark to show in front Moldy hugging the rail did not give up easily and this pair raced around the final turn in close align ¬ ment Here Blue Badge was able to draw clear but it was at this juncture that Red Pompon put in a challenge after having gained his contending position following a series of flounderings in the sloppy going that made it appear that he was going to chuck it In the home lane Red Pompon surged up on the outside of Blue Badge and this pair engaged in a stiff duel com ¬ pelling Cook to rouse his mount At the height of the struggle Blue Badge also stumbled and when he had recovered Red Pompon was clear although Cook urged the winner right to the finish line lineWalters Walters Boy Fails to Respond RespondWalters Walters Boy thought to favor the foot ¬ ing raced evenly but failed to respond fully when called upon and was unable to make any inroads into the advantage held by the first two although he displaced the tired Moldy Overnight rain left the racing strip in a sloppy condition and a cold drizzle fell fellContinied Continied on Page Five Red Pompon Asserts His Superiority at Detroit DetroitFlounders Flounders in Slop Several Times But Leads Blue Badge to Wire WireContinued Continued from Page One Onethroughout throughout the matinee to the discomfort of 7582 patrons patronsNovice Novice rider Jerry West was astride the first winner of his career when he sent Mrs B J Fischers White Heels over the six furlongs of the second race in front running style The 18yearold lad from Louisville Ky was clear of the others throughout and it was Rivermark who raced in second position all the way Simi ¬ larly Ballacolas remained in third place from end to end White Heels was over ¬ looked in the wagering to return 45 45The The veteran rider Frank Munden sent Markability to the front immediately after the start of the first race and the son of Invermark splashed into a clear lead which he maintained to the end of the six fur ¬ longs There his margin was two lengths over Chic Chic while a gap of eight lengths elapsed before Miss Brand was third Mark ability returned 13 and coupled with White Heels the pair formed a Daily Double worth 56220 the longest priced double at the meeting meetingGay Gay Henrietta a Rolls Royce filly who races for Dave Ferguson made it two out of three in her brief career when she loped home five lengths before Valley View Farms Jet Propelled who raced coupled with her in the fivefurlong third race that sawengaged a half dozen juveniles Third went to Pappys Rebel RebelAn An unusual spill occurred in the race when Bolaris the favorite stumbled just a few feet before Breaching the finish line and catapulted apprentice Joe Stanton over head Bolaris was in fourth place at the time w htino chance of being closer and was clear of horses Stanton was uninjured uninjuredWise Wise Listo an invader from the West Coast found the sloppy track and the op ¬ position to his liking to score easily in his i first local appearance in the sixfurlong fifth race
