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u e Woodward Purse at Detroit Attracts Henry Forrests Traveler and Fine Art J Badger and Will You Dance* May Give Entry Hard Fight For Top Honors in Sprint Test By DON FAIR Staff Correspondent DETROIT, Mich., June 19.— Traveler and Fine Art, a pair of clever sprinters from the Henry Forrest-trained stable, head a field of nine fleet racers scheduled to clash here tomorrow afternoon in the featured Woodward Purse. Under the conditions of the six-furlong headliner, Fine Art will get in with a 110-pound burden, while his stablemate, Traveler, is to carry 114 pounds, the apprentice allowance having been claimed for the latter member of the Forrest entry. Chuck Burns is slated to handle Fine Art in the Woodward, while youthful but efficient Jerome Heater will be at the reins astride Traveler. While the Forrest duo undoubtedly will come in for a strong share of tote support, several others in the Woodward field could I make it rather rough should any one of them come up with a race to top form. , Saginaw Stables Badger is rated quite dangerous ~ at 108 pounds, while Ralph Lowes improved Will You Dance, 105 pounds, also » holds a royal chance for Woodward major r honors. Others entered in the Friday feature are John Gibson Farms Princess Dare, 105; Mrs. Arthur Brents Nephisto, 110; Theodore D. Buhls Detroit-owned Bee Lee e Tee, 119; the G. and G. Stables Dear Tint, 108, and Sobare Stables Air Flight, 106 £ pounds. Jockey Lois Cook, who took over the top P spot in the local riding standings from a Tommy Barrow yesterday, will ride Badger r in the Woodward, and Lois brother, William McKinley, is engaged for Princess ■ Dare. Arthur Stone probably will guide the f Canadian invader, Nephisto; Warren E. J Snyder is to be up on Bee Lee Tee, while _ young Bobby Miller drew the mount on Air Flight. Joe Valenti was named on Will You J Dance this morning and jockey Barrow, , who returned today from Arlington Park k Continued on Page Thirty-Five %j ▼ r ■■ ai D nt sfc P QA • hj had his io lost th the JJ W a a I0 fu wl Pi in ing D re; ye Sr o A1 th the Al eij D* j x Al: de G. G. in in foi for he her Da jFr Woodward Purse at Detroit Draws Traveler and Fine Art Continued from Page One after filling a stakes engagement, will guide Dear Tint. Getting back to Traveler and Fine Art, neither of the Forrest representatives have co colt, shown their best form during the current he here Detroit race course meeting. Traveler, th the quick gelded son of Golden Voyage and the St winner of six engagements last year, has W considerable ill luck this season. In lei initial outing at the local oval, his rider fa; fast stirrup irons and in his next start sh wound up third after making the pace for lo greater part of a six-furlong trip. Last oc week in the Mackinaw Purse, Traveler ! bowed to Almenow and Will You Dance by we were two-length margin, after flashing early He foot. Fine Art beat a fair band at six ha have furlongs here June 4, but was soundly pa part whipped in his most recent race, June 11. go good Previous to shipment here, the Forrest geld- 19! 1950, visited the winners rings at Churchill Fl Downs, Oaklawn Park and New Orleans, me met registering five triumphs thus far this year. Te Tee, Will You Dance, a well-conformed four- pu year-old daughter of Vincentive and New in in Shoes, won four races last year against en good company, and her recent second to th the Almenow in the Mackinaw Purse stamps ] Lowe filly quite fit for the Woodward, six Although she was off last in the field of an and eight starters in the Mackinaw, Will You He Dance steadily made up ground under Vii Vina, jockey Valenti and was actually getting to trc Almenow during the stretch run, losing the fand decision by only a half length to the G. and Th The Stable star, who skipped the six furlongs Ko a creditable 1:11 Mm Favorably weighted Ca the Woodward, and on the strength of Br recent stellar performance, Will You tin Dance is likely to take some beating in the cox Friday sprint attraction. tra co colt, he here th the St W lei fa; fast sh lo oc ! we were He ha have pa part go good 19! 1950, Fl me met Te Tee, pu in in en th the ] six an and He Vii Vina, trc fand Th The Ko Ca Br tin cox tra Badger, a four-year-old Blue Flyer-sired whipped a fair field at six furlongs on May 24, stepping along through mud in impressive style. The Saginaw Stable representative also ran second to Wisenheimer June 7, losing by a half length in another sprint event decided on a track in 1:11%, Traveler and the shifty Ala Mowlee being in the band following the top pair to the wire on that occasion. Bee Lee Tee, Air Flight and Nephisto soundly beaten in the six-furlong Hamtramck Purse June 6 and each would to show improvement to earn any of the Woodward spoils. Nephisto. a stake winner before going amiss in and Air Flight, a victor this year in Florida, displayed early speed before they defeat in the Hamtramck but Bee Lee who was good enough to win five purses last year, never seriously threatened that dash, although he has worked well enough to merit an outside chance against class of field he engages tomorrow. Best supporting race tomorrow is the six-furlong fifth race for three-year-olds older. D. R. Laughters Little Danny, Henry Forrests one-time stakes star, Foray and E. Wards Boldger, recent Detroit winners, are expected to go postward favbred over seven other useful sprinters. Lowe Stables Clear Day and Daleen, Kosiba Stables March Proudly, Jerry McCarthy Stables Pollys Delay, G. Zakoors Broad Cross, Paper City Stables hard-hitting Alsiral, and Mrs. E. P. Simms Spunky complete the field for the secondary attraction.
