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Hit the Spot and Gulf Stream Match Strides in Feature at Detroit Course Pair Ran Second and Third In Recent Start Tomi Blu Eternal Coin Race as Entry EntryBy By DON FAIR FAIRStaff Staff Correspondent DETROIT RACE COURSE Livonia Mich June 8 Hit the Spot a fashionably bred colt by Bull Lea and from Spotted Beauty by Man o War will carry Mrs E E Dale Shaffers silks against nine other quick threeyearolds here tomorrow after ¬ noon in the featured Elks of Flint Purse Under the conditions of the sixfurlong headliner the Shaffer star and R A Para cheks hardhitting Wait A Bitsired colt Gulf Stream will share equal high weight assignments of 119 pounds Jockey Darrell Madden is to handle Hit the Spot but trainer Walter J Marlman hadnt named a reinsman at a late hour today for Gulf Stream StreamHit Hit the Spot a good winner of three ma ¬ jor engagements thus far this year ran second in the ono mile Mackinac Purse here inaugural day while Gulf Stream was a close third In the same event which fell to Carl Grahams Wabash Moon Hit the Spots best performance to date was his conquest over L B Mayers Blaze Spring Hill Farms Jamie K second in the Preak ness behind Native Dancer William Tell and other useful secondyear racers in the Golden Beach at Gulfstream Park last March 13 The Shaffer colt picked up 117 pounds in the Hallandale mile and one sixteenth race and completed his victorious trip in 144 144After After Hit the Spot failed to train on for the Kentucky Derby trainer H H Pete Battle gave the colt a respite and the man ¬ ner in which his charge came back in the Mackinaw has led seasoned observers to believe that the Shaffer representative will surely take some beating in the Tuesday dash Hit the Spot recently worked six furlongs in 114 Vi quite handily and he presently makes a splendid physical ap ¬ pearance pearanceGulf Gulf Stream undoubtedly will give Hit the Spot a sharp battle for top honors in the Elks of Flint Purse Successful in three outings during the current season the theContinued Continued on Pope FortySix Hit the Spot Engages Gulf Stream at Detroit DetroitPair Pair Ran Second and Third in Recent Race Madden on Former FormerContinued Continued from Page One OneParachek Parachek colt finished full of mn in the Mackinac and his morning trials have been decidely satisfactory to his handlers Gulf Stream captured Hialeahs Redlands from a capacity field in February and previous to that triumph visited the winners ring on two occasions after trimming fast com ¬ pany in a pair of middle distance tests at Hialeah and Tropical Park ParkVester Vester R Wright may saddle an entry for the Monday attraction G G Stables Eternal Goin 105 pounds and James Pad ¬ docks Tomi Blu pegged with 116 pounds The apprentice allowance was claimed for the speedy but erratic Eternal Gpin and youthful but highlyefficient Henry Ford is scheduled to pilot the son of Eternal Lark No rider is engaged for Tomi Blu who may pass his engagement in favor of a Wednes ¬ day overnight race raceDuntreath Duntreath Farms Son Rock who dis ¬ played speed against lesser company than he must meet tomorrow I J Collins Fair Pilot Mrs George C White and J S Tup pers Black Races G C Ortliebs homebred Doctor McCabe and J Evans Lead Pad will parade to the post for the Elks of Flint under 110 pounds each Theodore D Buhls locallyowned Alabamasired filly Ama bala 105 and C W Riedingers homebred Jim Brier 105 pounds round out the likely starting band for the Monday principal of ¬ fering Amabala a clever winner during her juvenile campaign trained impres ¬ sively for her season debut while Jim Brier may prove dangerous if he should race to his Kentucky spring form formA A crowd of approximately 9000 turned out for the racing this mild afternoon The track termed goodf or the earlier offerings on the card improved as the matinee progressed but there were occasional cloud banks with an everpresent threat of rain rainTheodore Theodore D Buhls Double Blush well ridden by the veteran Carroll Bierman raced to a popular victory in the sixfur ¬ long opener and Murray Hill Farms Miss Kirk piloted by Darrell Madden downed 11 other twoyearolds in the fivefurlongs second Double Blush the favorite returned 640 in the straight pool and Miss Kirk a a rank outsider paid 5520 5520The The Daily Double payoff on Double Blush and Miss Kirk was 19820
