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=2 4 Sophomore Fillies In Detroit Spotlight Alsabs Day, The Fat Lady, Lithe and Stole Among Ten Entered in Royal Oak Stakes PAIR GROUNDS, Detroit, Mich., May 20. — The 0,000 Royal Oak, one mile and one-sixteenth allowance stake for three-year-old fillies, is to headline tomorrows sport at this well-appointed Motor City racing grounds. Connections for 10 of the original 18 nominees to the important fixture named their charges through the overnight entry box, and Mrs. Albert Sabaths Alsabs Day, along with Hal Price Headleys Lithe, head a formidable field for the middle -distance test. Under the conditions of the Royal Oak, Lithe, a homebred daughter of Phara-mond n. and the former great race mare, Alcibiades, is the topweight under 121 pounds, while Alsabs Day, sired by the mighty Alsab and from Seventh Day, • gets in with a 118-pound burden. The balance of the probable" starting band, T. F. Devereux Wirra, Dr. Charles E. Hagyards Mona, Louis Lee Haggin II.s Stole, Arthur - B. Hancocks Nitromond, Thomas Piatts Blue Molly, Mrs. E. E. Dale Shaffers The Fat Lady, Lewis J. Tutts Blue Jet, and Mrs. George White and E. W. Thomas Our Request, are to answer the bugle under 109 pounds each. ! Two Couplings in Race Two entries probably will parade post-ward in the half -holiday attraction, Mona and Blue Molly are to be saddled by J. - Price Sallee, while Duval A. Headley will put the tack on Stole and Blue Jet. Alsabs Day, who has been lightly campaigned since suffering an injury early this year in Florida, may be the choice over . her nine. Royal Oak rivals. Winner last year of the Cleopatra Stakes at Arlington Park and Pimlicos Marguerite Stakes, the Sabath miss became the leading 1948 money winner in her sex and age division. Brought along carefully for her local engagement, Alsabs Day undoubtedly will give a good account of herself tomorrow Continued on Page Two [ „ Lm , ; i , • [ 1 • - ! l. y e - i t e i e i s e s !c r - s - t I, e r, i, e y Sophomore Fillies In Detroit Spotlight Alsabs Day, The Fat Lady, Lithe and Stole Among Ten Entered in Royal Oak Stakes Continued from Page One and she is to have the saddle services of Jack Richard, who flew here from Chicago for the race. Lithe, a well-made filly, displayed unusually good form last year at Illinois and New York tracks. The Headley star won her first engagement by 14 lengths at Washington Park, then finished third behind Myrtle Charm and Stole in the Matron at Belmont Park. Her most notable performance, however, came about some time later when she defeated a crack field in the Demoiselle Stakes at Jamaica, stepping the mile and one-sixteenth under 119 pounds in creditable time and turning back Lady Dorimar, Stole, Night Game, Pail of Water and other classy junior misses. The Fat Lady, fashionably bred daughter of Bull Lea and Bay Servant, is considered one of the moredangerous Royal Oak contenders and she will be guided by jockey Euclid LeBlanc, who finished second with her in the Kentucky Oaks during Derby week. While The Fat Lady was unable to seriously menace Calumet Farms Wistful in the Downs classic, she, nevertheless, left many outstanding fillies in her wake .at • the end of the one-mile and one-sixteenth test. Lady Dorimar and Admired, a recent Maryland victress, were well back of the Shaffer miss at the final marker. Our Request, who beat a fair field during the current Motor City meeting, has shown occasional flashes of class and the well-£ conformed daughter of Requested undoubt-. edly will attract a legion of backers. Our Request is a capable sort on any type foot-f ing and she proved her staying ability last autumn at Louisville when she ran third behind two fine colts, Johns Joy and Fleet-[ ing Star, in the Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes renewal at one mile, which was de-cided in fast time, 1:37. Jockey Lois C. Cook is to have the mount on Our Request in tomorrows attraction. Finished Second to Myrtle Charm Stoles top effort came about last September in the Matron Stakes at Belmont. The Haggin filly ran second in that fixture to Myrtle Charm and her latest morning trials indicate that she is quite ready for the Royal Oak. Jockey Manuel N. Gon- zalez, who handled Stole in several previous major events, will be in the irons tomorrow for the Detroit stakes running. Stole, of course, is to be coupled with Blue Jet, who raced well in her only local appearance, bowing to Dixianas Timeltel by a short margin. Ronnie Nash will handle the Tutt miss in the Royal Oak. Blue Holly looked good on several occasions during her juvenile year and raced well enough at Chicago to merit consid-_ eration in the week-end feature. The Piatt filly displayed high speed in her last Churchill Downs engagement before transfer here and is dangerous at the Royal Oak weights. Mona, other half of the Sallee-7 conditioned entry, defeated Nitromond, Missab and Gay Defender at Keeneland • this spring and then went on to Louisville where she downed Spizerinktom, Certify and Blue Jet among others. Jockey C. L. Martin is to ride Mona. Wirra was beaten in the Kentucky Oaks, but she had speed enough to set a torrid pace during the earlier furlongs of the Louisville stake. Winner of two of her four starts, Wirra may prove a tartar for sev-e eraL of her better-regarded rivals. The Devereux miss is partial to a fast track, but has worked rather well at times on "off" footing. Nitromond stamped herself as a quick filly here Monday when she defeated a fair field at six furlongs. The daughter of Bull Lea and Second Front has been under silks but four times, winning one engage-y ment, was twice second, and once fourth. R. L. Baird, leading rider here, has been assigned the mount on the Hancock repre- sentative. Clear and warmer weather along with a light breeze today was rapidly drying out the Fair Grounds course, which took a thor-g ough soaking yesterday. Track superin-i, tendent Ted Hastings expressed the opinion that the Royal Oaks decision would be on decidedly improved footing and that there is a remote chance that it might be no worse than good.
