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i i. I e £ e o n f " ™ ;_ ■ y p 3 on n in n -s 5 y" [S _ N d Vixen Fixit and Dixville Rivals in Detroit Sprint Chalpur Out After Fourth Win In Row in Crisis Club Purse By DON FAIR Staff Correspondent DETROIT, Mich., June 25. — The Crisis j Club Purse, a six-furlong condition race for three-year-olds, is the main event on 1 the good program arranged for decision tomorrow • at this modern Motor City racing l grounds. Seven quick members of the age : division are entered in the Thursday fea- ture which shapes up as one of the better sprint offerings of the current Detroit race i course meeting. George White, the personable and capable turfman from Nashville, Term., will 1 saddle an entry for the Crisis Club, namely, Mrs. George Shwab, Jr.s, Vixen Fixit, 109, and Mrs. Whites improved Round n Round, who gets in with 112 pounds. Duke Pailet, of New Orleans, is to be represented by I Smooth Finish, 107. Claiborne Farms hope is Mediant, 109. and Bangaway will carry the estate of B. W. Stivers silks and race under 108 pounds. G and G Stables Dix- ville, 112, and H. W. Kellehers Chalpur. ." 112 pounds, are expected to share the post I of favoritism in the Crisis Club and the Continued on Page Three th n- °~ ad and ez» lad ad the he ;rs nt tit, x- th les to to Me * local :al ir- or or at, in in the he rri ; « i i l I 5 ! i 1 [ ; 1 1 i i i J i 3 - I I 1 2 s 7 1 Vixen Fixit and Dixville Rivals in Detroit Sprint Chalpur Out After Fourth Win In Row in Crisis Club Purse Continued from Page One apprentice allowance was claimed for both racers. Smooth Finish also is to be han-! died by a lightweight reinsman. Tommy Barrow, Detroits leading rider, will have the mount on Vixen Fixit in to-r morrows headliner, and Barrows arch rival, Lois Cook, is slated to guide Round n Round, the other half of the Shwab White entry. Youthful John M. Wagner, under contract to Mrs. Norman Hernandez, is engaged for Smooth Finish and the is the second best apprentice on grounds, having handled nine winners through the Tuesday racing at the current meeting. Ray Spencer, top lightweight, scored with 19 mounts and mr ride Dix-, ville in the Crisis Club. Johnny Nazareth will be up on Mediant, Al Popara rides Bangaway, and young Jerome Heater is pilot the hard-hitting Chalpur. Chalpur, a gelded son of Challenge and Puritan Lady, won his last three outings, defeating fair company at six furlongs on each occasion. Just whether not he can down Dixville and Vixen Fixit, a pair of recent winners, is the question the Crisis Club. Dixville, co-holder of Detroit courses five-furlong track record, won four of a dozen engagements during nl his juvenile campaign and he trimmed a quick band here on May 31 in the Bay City l purse, stepping that three-quarters mile in 1:11%. Vixen Fixit, a Shwab homebred .ei filly, the get of Petrose and Bad Girl, beat *. r Sir Fay, Zybie, Weedy and others of that J class on June 12, racing the six furlongs in m ! 1:12%. Bangaway "and Round n Round visited «d " the local winners ring, but the rivals they tey succeeded in beating hardly compare with the class company they are called upon t0 to engage in the Crisis Club. However, Bangaway met high class competition last year ;ar at Arlington Park, racing fairly well against * Hill Gail, Sub Fleet, Gushing Oil and others ers of that caliber. After defeating an ordinary iry e band here on June 3, the Stivers three je- - - year -old bowed to Scherzo in the six-furlong ir- Flag Day Purse after entering the ;he r stretch with a clear lead. Round n Round, ad, i a daughter of Hoop, Jr!, and Mystery Mar- xr- s vel, graduated from the maiden ranks June me 4, whipping nine ordinary three-year-olds. ds.
