Riding of W. Litzenberg Features Detroit Sport: Pilots Five Winners, Including Bubbling Easy in Polk Purse, Daily Racing Form, 1948-06-23

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JOCKEY W LITZENBERG Turned in the best riding feat of the Detroit meet ¬ ing when he booted home five winners Riding of W Litzenberg Features Detroit Sport SportPilots Pilots Five Winners Including Bubbling Easy in Polk Purse PurseBULLETIN BULLETIN BULLETINFAIR FAIR GROUNDS Detroit Mich June 22 Jockey Walter Litzenberg leading rider at the meeting in ¬ creased his advantage over his rivals when he brought home Light Reigh in the eighth race for his fifth tally of the afternoon The victory brought the lads total to 33 at the meeting FAIR GROUNDS Detroit Mich June 22 D C Wilhelms Bubbling Easy drop ¬ ping down somewhat in the calibre of com ¬ petition he was meeting and quite at home in the muddy footing delivered a sound trouncing to four opponents in the featured Stewart Polk Purse at this border course today Going to the front immediately a s the start was effected the fiveyearold daughter of Ted Easy and Bubbling Sixty was in command of the situation through ¬ out the six furlongs to coast to a handy two and a half lengths advantage as the wire was reached The only serious oppo ¬ sition that the winner received was from Mrs E H Beezleys Knight Gift who oc ¬ cupied the runnerup position throughout the test and who was two lengths before MCCosh from the stable of Bowles Sep penfield penfieldMy My Tet Rambler racing for A R Craig finished a nonthreatening fourth and River Downs Stock Farms Teegreetza trailed far back to complete the starting field fieldBubbling Bubbling Easy was handled by Walter Litzenberg for that riders third tally of the matinee and he covered the six fur ¬ longs in 114 over the muddy track Litzen ¬ berg had scored with K O Listo in the theContinued Continued on Page Thret Riding of W Litzenberg Features Detroit Sport SportPilots Pilots Five Winners Including Bubbling Easy in Polk Purse PurseContinued Continued from Page One Onefourth fourth and CanJones in the third race raceLitzenberg Litzenberg scored his fourth saddle vic ¬ tory of the afternoon astride L W Kidds Applejack Jake who easily won the seventh race by 10 lengths M H VanBergs Five A M was second four lengths in front of Reno Uptart UptartThe The Polk was devoid of interest as a spectacle as the winner left no doubt of hla superiority and but for a mild bid from Knights Gift in the stretch which was easily shaken off he was never threatened even mildly mildlyOvernight Overnight rains left the racing strip in muddy condition but the sky was clear for the early races although rain clouds gathered for the running of the headliner A crowd of 8705 turned out for the sport sportApprentice Apprentice Charles Pennock recently graduated from the Detroit Jockey School continued his success against open compe ¬ tition when he rode Meyersdale to victory in the second race Pennock had little to do in this event for Meyersdale disposed of the pacemaking Happy Doe to take com ¬ mand on the turn and lope to an eight lengths tally Happy Doe was best of the others who were led by Plutocrat PlutocratMeyersdale Meyersdale completed a Daily Double worth 5340 This was started when novice rider Jerry West brought home White Heels in front running fashion in the first race for the Louisville lads fourth saddle success Here Did Play was second and Mia Maria third


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