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Mons Boy in Head Triumph at Detroit DetroitGets Gets Up in Final Yards to Jeat Shout About Pennock First Novice to Graduate GraduateFAIR FAIR GROUNDS Detroit Mich June 16 Mons Boy an Easy Mon gelding who races for Mrs Harry M Goldstine of Chi ¬ cago brought with him the good form that saw him successful in his Florida campaign to score at first asking over this Motor City course when he drove to a head ver ¬ dict in the featured Winnie OConnor Purse Favored by good racing fortune to secure room on the inside for the stretch drive the winner surged up on the rail to take command just a few feet from the finish line as Mrs Lottie Wolfs Shout About was loath to surrender the short ad ¬ vantage that carried her around the turn and through the stretch In the tight fin ¬ ish Jobstown from the stable of I J Col ¬ lins was only a neck away on the outside to be a fastfinishing third and the five others were closely aligned as the wire was reached reachedAriel Ariel Ace and Shout About battled for the lead from the beginning and while Shout About was able to take a short lead on the turn Ariel Ace held on doggedly racing before Dicks Gal and Jobstown as the eventual winner was next in line On the stretch turn there was a general fan ¬ ning out of the field as bids were made to reach the leaders and it was here that Mons Boy was sent through on the inside to make his challenge as Jobstowns move was made on the outside The leading trio were on almost equal terms just a few yards from the finish and it was only in the last strides that a decision was reached reachedPennock Pennock Astride El Osuna OsunaClear Clear and warm weather and a fast track were the order of the day and this combi ¬ nation lured 10148 patrons to view the sport sportNovice Novice Charles Pennock was graduated from the Detroit jockey school with the running of the first race when he rode S J Bondys El Osuna to a two and a half length tally over Midget Store as Canopus was third in the field of eight Pennock rated El Osuna back of the pace of White Heels and raced the latter into defeat to take command on the stretch turn turnUnder Under the rules of the school a novice noviceContinued Continued on Page Three Mons Boy Scores by Head In Winnie OConnor Purse PurseContinued Continued from Page One Onerider rider is automatically graduated into the apprentice field when he has piloted 10 winners Pennock who is 19 and from Camden N J created particular interest by filling his quota of winners in short time He won his 10 races with only 21 mounts Pennock is a nephew of the late professional baseball player Herb Pennock and is under contract to W J Susini of Laurel Md MdJockey Jockey William M Cook completed a saddle double when he drove Willegivit to a length and a half advantage at the fin ¬ ish of the fourth race displacing the pace making Valdina Craft from the van posi ¬ tion in the late stretch as Olivia L wa a fastfinishing third Middle Man and Rip ¬ pling Sand were locked in a dead heat for fourth place Cook had registered his pre ¬ vious score in the third race when he drove Mels Chic between horses to earn a neck verdict over Heine as the latter was just a head before K O Listo in a tight finish Mrs M M Johrs See D made his sea ¬ sonal debut in the fifth race and was brought to the races in peak shape to score in frontrunning style After a short duel with Keener after the start See D drew clear but had to be roused sharply near the end to hold Onecbill as the favored Quizzle came from far back to be third