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Double Feature In Detroit Headliner HeadlinerVeteran Veteran Sprinter Clashes Against Claiming Company In Top Dash on Racing Bill BillFAIR FAIR GROUNDS Detroit Mich June 8 Heavy overnight rains left the racing strip at this course in a sloppy condition and resulted in Wednesdays two scheduled handicaps failing to fill As a consequence the lesser lights of the local colony have been brought together for the program While the handicap stars are absent there is no lessening of the interest provided in the races as racing secretary Charles F Henry has skillfully blended the con ¬ testants in the various events to make for keenly fought races racesThe The seventh race a sixfurlong sprint finds nine engaged under claiming tags ranging from 5000 to 4750 to provide a headliner Here Mrs F Staffords Dou ¬ ble Feature appears to be nicely placed Fourth in both his local appearances the son of Psychic Bid is obviously improving and needs only good racing fortune to annex top honors Victim from the Joseph Stable has been unable to win in three local outings but has been meeting slight ¬ ly higher opposition than he meets today todayS S J Browns Maintaining trailed her field last outing but in her previous trip postward she was a smashing second while carrying a claiming tag of 5000 She might prove troublesome O K Ruby from the stable of B H Wise has not shown a great deal in the way of racing but might run her best race to be prominent S J Bondys Lost and JPound who will race coupled with Victim could become a capa ¬ ble running mate if he shows his best ef ¬ fort fortR R Needhams High Boss is stepping up a little in quality of competition while F W Ellins Willegivit will have to do better to make her presence felt feltThere There are two entrants in the race that have not been seen under silks at this meeting Mr and Mrs J C Sawyers Olivia L is well known to local patrons while the MacDonald Stables Inal Wood is a new ¬ comer comerThe The program opens with the usual sprint in which novice riders are in action while a race at one mile over the turf course brings the card to a close
