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Traveler Prevails in FrontRunning Fashion in Madden Purse at Detroit Forrest ThreeYear Old Not Fully Extended as He Leads Arb to Wire WireFAIR FAIR GROUNDS Detroit Mich June 14 Henry Forrests threeyearold Golden Voyage gelding Traveler who graduated from the ranks of the nonwinners here earlier in the meeting but who was soundly beaten by many t f his rivals today in his most recent engagement reversed the de ¬ cision rather decisively in the sixfurlong John E Madden Purse that saw seven sophomores face the starter in the best race of the afternoon Hustled to the front immediately after the start by apprentice Jimmy Stewart Traveler drew clear and was not fully extended as he led Theodore Buhls Arb to the finish line by a length and a half halfArb Arb occupied the runnerup position practically all the way and when placed to pressure in the stretch he was not able to reduce the advantage of the winner mate ¬ rially while giving his best to retain the place by threequarters of a length from Leo J Caillouettes fastfinishing Mr Del A trailer to the final turn Mr Del saved ground when sent through on the inside to reach closer contention and he was able to thwart the late bid of the favored Vil ¬ lage Beau who also did all his running in the home lane In his prior outing Village Beau while finishing second had led home all of his rivals in the Madden except Sky Train and All Or Nothing Traveler paid 2000 as he was timed in an ordinary 113 over the dull track trackTraveler Traveler was not raced as a juvenile and has now won two of his four engagements engagementsA A crowd of 10522 turned out for the sport as racing entered its fourth week at this course The racing strip was some ¬ what dead following recent rains but was rated good goodSamuel Samuel J Browns recentlyacquired fouryearold filly Junie who was absent from the races during 1947 and who was second in her first outing here the other day lasted long enough to take top honors by a half length in the sixfurlong first race Sent into a clear lead immediately after the start Junie held sway easily until the final sixteenth where she began to weaken and was giving way quickly to Lieut Dans stretch thrust Four lengths farther back O K Boss was third in the field of seven nonwinners nonwinnersJunite Junite was favorite and was handled by novice rider Jerry West for that Louisville lads second saddle success successA A tight fit came out of the running of the second race when D C Wilhelms Easy There swept up on the outside of the lead ¬ ers in the stretch to earn a neck verdict over Bubs Folly who had just supplanted the pacemaker Slower from command in the final few yards to take second honors by a head Easy There was facing the starter for the third time this year but had not been raced since 1945 He paid 1700 and completed a daily double worth 8480
