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Oleander Repeats His Recent Tally in Scott Williams Purse Finishes Oyer Length in Front of Montes Pride as Latter Has Bad Racing Luck FAIR GROUNDS, Detroit, Mich., June 28. Running the five furlongs of the Scott Williams Purse in 1:00, the fastest time recorded for the distance at the meeting. Oleander, from the stable of E. K. Thomas, Paris, Ky., breeder, scampered home before seven juvenile rivals in the best offering on the Monday card at this course. Showing a short lead from the beginning, but finding it necessary to shake off several rivals before drawing clear on the turn, the daughter of Cant Wait and Jungle Flower was slightly more than one length before John A. Kinard, Jr.s favored Montes Pride as the wire was reached. Third, a half-length away, went to the hard-hitting Some Town, who races for W. S. Payne, and who was a stout contender while on the outside all the way. Roberto Gonzalez was entrusted with the guidance of the winner, who was scoring her second consecutive tally in four starts at the meeting. There was some excuse to be found for Montes Pride, in that he was squeezed back while racing between the closely-locked leaders going to the far turn, but he finished with good speed between horses when clear in the stretch. Nodin Closes Fast to Triumph Racing moved into its sixth week under clear skies and the first fast track for several days. This combination served to lure to the course a crowd of 8,917. The Canadian stable of R. S. McLaughlin, of Oshawa, sent out its first winner of the meeting, and apprentice Jimmy Stewart was on his second winner of the afternoon when Nodin came from far back in the early stages of the six-furlong third race to sweep to a length and a quarter score over All or Nothing as the finish line was reached. Third went to Foxy Bea as the favorite, Golden Woman, was next in line after losing ground on the outside. Novice riders were astride the eight platers in the first race and Sevio Cardiali rode the third winner of his career when he sent Kindly Miss into a front-running tally over the favored Swift Town as Limerick Babe was third. Sun Vigil, the choice, came from close to the early pace to lope to an easy victory in the second race, and complete a Daily Double worth 0.20. Here, Boquhan was a fast-finishing second over the pacemaker, Not So Good. The score of Sun Vigil was his third in five starts at the meeting. . Echo Pass, who raced for Charles White in the first race, and who finished lame, was found by the veterinarian to have bowed and will be sidelined for some time.
