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► = Good Question Engages Four Opponents in Petoskey Purse Forrest Colt Favored Over * Money Lender, Spunky, Sale Price, Skyraiding at Detroit DETROIT, Mich.r June 14.— Henry Forrests Good Question, a useful son of Questionnaire and My Bonnie, heads a field of five three-year-olds slated to meet tomorrow in the six-furlong Petoskey Purse. The Forrest colt gets in the sprint with 112 pounds and he* is to be handled by the steadily improving apprentice reinsman, Gerald Champagne. In his last start, Good Question bowed to Dear Tint by a neck margin in the three-quarters mile Cran-brook Purse but finished in front of such rivals as Tiger Matt, Sir Cobo, Night Parade, Biddy Bid, and Bluefin. Named to oppose Good Question in the Petoskey are Mrs. E. F. Simms homebred Spunky*- 112. pounds; Ivan D. Peats locally-owned Money Lender, 108; Mrs. E. Johnstons Sale Price, 104, and Grace Kosiba Stables Skyraiding, 112 pounds. Young Johnny Phillips drew the saddle assignment on Spunky, apprentice Sher-,man Armstrong is to handle Sale Price, Lois C. Cook ,will be astride Skyraiding, and Tommy Barrow is to guide Money Lender in the Friday dash. While Good Question is the early choice over his four sophomore rivals for the Petoskey he will have to turn in a sharp performance %o achieve victory. Perhaps the Forrest representatives major opposition will come from the improved Money Lender, and Spunky, who is scheduled to make his seasonal debut at the local oval. Ran Second to Rare Knave Money Lender looked good here June 5 when he finished second to Rare Knave in the Grosse Pointe Purse and he was also second to United Nation in a six-furlong overnight event on inaugural day. Previous to his transfer to the Motor City, the Peat colt raced well in Florida, beating a fair band at Gulfstream Park March 23 at seven furlongs in 1:25 while shouldering 114 pounds. Spunky" has been lightly campaigned thus far in 1951 but his recent morning trials have been on- the fast side. On one occasion at the Detroit track, the Simms sopohomore worked five-eighths mile in 1:01 quite handily. During his juvenile year, Spunky proved himself a versatile sort when he won on wet and dry strips, taking down top honors in eight of his engagements. Skyraiding visited /the winners circle at Oaklawn Park this spring on two occasions and she ran second to Dear Tint last Tuesday in the Grand Circus Park Purse, which was decided at six furlongs. The daughter of Sky Raider and Happy Nymph won three of her 11 starts as a juvenile. One of the better races programmed tomorrow is the eighth and final event, which is to bring together an even dozen three-year-olds at three-quarters mile. Mrs. George C. Whites Impressment, Lucas B. Combs Ethereal, Milton Shagrins Sing Tu Lee, and Circle M Farms Bold Arrow appear well placed in the "nightcap." Others entered in the dash are E. B. McAtees Little Bookie, Michigan Stables Airtroop, O and R Pollocks Colonel Pap, Mrs. Harry Trotseks Breakfast, Mrs. Joseph Brooks Port Beaumont; a recent visitor to the local winners ring; Keene Gurnees homebred Grande Monde, Mrs. Audrey Gabels Detroit-owned Miss Place, and the Kosiba Stables Hikes Point.
