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MagicChoiceMakesGood At Detroit Race Course CourseFiily Fiily Not Under Pressure to Beat Prairie Kid Over Muddy Course CourseContinued Continued from Page One Oneshe she paid 1360 after registering her third success in but 10 starts this year yearAlthough Although weather conditions were not the best the sun brpke through oc ¬ casionally during the afternoon and a crowd of approximately 17000 spectators witnessed the half holiday sport at this modern course near Detroit The track thoroughly soaked by hard rains yesterday and this morning was muddy for the entire program and horses partial to the soft footing were mucli in the limelight upset ¬ ting the form players playersMagic Magic Choice raced CheerForMe into defeat after threeeighths of a mile and entered the home lane with a clear ad ¬ vantage but Craig took no chances and hustled the victress fight along during the last threesixteenths Prairie Kid made a determined but futile effort to catch the flying Magic Choice but he simply wasnt good enough and was under punishment to save the place award from Ascent who turned in a smart performance CheerFor Me who displayed early foot but tired dur ¬ ing the drive and could do no better than fourth although he held a daylight ad ¬ vantage over W G Reynolds Doc Wolfe at the wire wireMarion Marion H VanBergs Flaming Tera with Howard Craig at the reins trimmed 11 other mediocre platers in the sixfurlong opener splashing through the soft footing in a commendable 114 Second honors went to F M Ashby and P Mitchells Stand Off who was four lengths off the winner and three lengths before Duntreath Farms slowbeginning Stride Away Mrs Nellie M Mikels Ronian Vulcan favorite in the initial event was unable to reach serious contention and bled after the finish finishJockey Jockey Jimmy Breckons who has been displaying excellent saddle form during the current meeting hustled Mrs M J Hoydics Helana W home in the threequarters mile second Closing with a rush when set down through the stretch the Hoydic filly earned a twolength graduation diploma from Stanley T Green Jrs Wasse while Edward A Carneys Big Dede was along for third in the field of a dozen threeyearolds
