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■ I I I ** * * mm ■"■■■if RICHARD A. CON NELL— Ripton carried - Hie colors of the president of the Hazel Park Racing Association to victory 7 yesterday at the Detroit Race Course. e. ; Henry Forrest to Saddle Ever Bright, Cullerton for Detroits Saginaw Purse to £ !d JS lt M J ig id e. the rn jolt •It ft G. 3- *y *s ir« n m *■ was 3P the M e" __ ■ I I I - 7 e. Pollard and Harkins Filly Won ♦ [ Eight ■ Times During ■ Thirteen Starts Last Year as Juvenile DETROIT, Mich., June 21.— The Mich-igan Racing Associations currently suc-,n cessful 1952 season is approaching the i half-way mark with attendance and totali-it satoj figures showing a decided increase ! over those for a corresponding period last year. President E. E. Dale Shaffer, execute five vice-president George Haggarty, and 1 general manager Robert Leavitt are unanimous in the opinion that the last half of ■ the 56-day Detroit race course meeting will J produce good sport and that crowds and 1 attendant mutuel play will continue to 1 show a marked uptrend. The Monday program at the local racing grounds will be headlined by the six-furlong Saginaw Purse and seven speedy three-W * year-olds are scheduled to meet in the 5 sprint. Henry Forrest will saddle an entry T for the headliner, namely, Pollard and Haras kins Ever Bright, 117, and his own Culler-;n " ton, 114 pounds. Others named for the i dash are Grace Kosibas Happy Omen, 105; R. A. Paracheks Thistle War, 110; Marion I H. VanBergs McGrathiana, 119; Mrs. Do-a0 lores Sukundos Night Again, 105, and Mrs. George C. Whites Little Donor, 110 pounds. : The Saginaw undoubtedly will develop into an unusually interesting sprint offering and the early choice for the Monday attraction is the Forrest-conditioned entry. Ever Bright, a handsome daughter of Sun Again and Still Blue, by Blue Larkspur, was victorious in eight of 13 engagements 5 during her juvenile campaign, registering I triumphs in the Jeanne dArc Stakes and the James H. Connor Memorial Stakes. Although she failed to display her best I form thus far this year, her recent works s are such that the Pollard and Harkins miss s rates a royal chance to visit the winners s ring after her Saginaw effort. While Ever Bright appears the best of the Forrest-conditioned representatives, Cullerton, a gelded son of Sun Again and i Blue Velvet, is a noted "off" track racer r and he may take some beating should the e footing be off Monday for the Saginaw. • Cullertons best performance here thus far r was a sharp second to In A Spin on May y 24 in the one mile Livonia Purse, which a was contested on a heavy track. Such useful - performers as Wisenheimer, Our Re-| - quest, Gay Hunter and Miss Bobbin were e in the band following In A Spin and Cul-% - lerton home in the Livonia. Happy Omen, who raced fairly well in a. Florida, is to make his local seasonal debut t in the Saginaw; McGrathiana, victor in a four 1951 outings, will be trying for his s initial success this year in the Monday y sprint, while Thistle War rates an out- - side chance should he race to top form. Little Donor has shown improvement in a recent trials and Night Again, a Sun n Again-sired filly, hasnt been out since e May 9 on which day she took a thorough h trimming in a six and one-half furlongs ;s overnight event at Churchill Downs. Perhaps the best supporting number on n the Monday bill is the five furlongs fourth in which 13 youngsters are slated to meet. t. _ ; e ] y J - i i - i k ! s d . F. f. I 7, 1 i i e i m . •- i Is le to ;o Is e, »t in n il ■ ♦ [ i ! 1 ■ J 1 1 * 5 T " i — : Included in the bulky list of entrants are the Pollard and Harrkins duo, Grand Baby and Popnjac; the G and G Stable pair, Alie- Ed and Eternal Goin; Robert Youngs Miss Bellevue, Mrs. A. Kuhns Barbeck and Tor- ranee Melroses CattaragUs. Also Parachek Stables Sunnybrook Sue, John Stelles Bentons Lusy, Sobare Stables improved Hera Lot, J. B. Floyds Carrol Hart, C. Wagners Triple Flight, and Miss Lawdy, who races for the partnership of Jackson and Heady. Three middle distance numbers also are to be contested onthe Monday menu, the mile and one-sixteenth third for four-year- olds and older, the mile and 70 yards seventh for three-year-olds and the mile and one-sixteenth nightcap, which is match nine useful racers, three-year-olds and up. Sweet Reward, Sgt. Abe and Sun Idol Boy look good in the third; Andy Joe, Buss Up and Lilac are expected to go well in the seventh, while Balmoral, Well Met and Tramore Bay appear well-placed the Monday finale. Post time on week days at the local course is 3:45 p. m. » -
