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False Makes Seasonal Debut at Detroit Race Course Today in Port Huron Purse Mikel Homebred to Vie With Etelkq Little Donor White Cliff With Winningkoff Up UpDETROIT DETROIT RACE COURSE Livonia Mich June 9 Mrs Nellie M Mikels False crack fiveyearold homebred gelded son of Hypocrite and Heart Breaker tops a field of 11 quick performers slated to clash here tomorrow afternoon in the Port Huron Purse feature attraction on quite the best midweek program of the current Michigan Racing Association season False a good stakes winner during his 19511952 Cam ¬ paigns would get hi tomorrows eight fur ¬ longs headliner at 110 pounds but trainer J D Mikel claimed the apprentice allow ¬ ance for his charge and the Illinoisowned favorite is to shoulder a feathery 105 pounds burden which will include the youthful reinsman Don Winningkoff WinningkoffFalse False who passed an engagement last week in the Straits Purse hasnt been to the races since October 1952 but his record up to that time was excellent During his 1951 season the Mikel star won six starts finished second on seven occasions and he was five times third Last year he won three stakes capturing the LeCompte A B Letellier Memorial and the Crete Inaugural Handicaps earning slightly more than 30000 for the season Falses recent morn ¬ ing trials have been on the fast side and he is reported in good condition for his Motor City debut debutWhile While False certainly appears to hold a decided edge over his Port Huron rivals several of them may prove dangerous with the running of a big race Among those expected to give the choice a stiff battle for i major honors tomorrow are Mrs V E Smiths Etelka 114 Carl M Grahams Big Cat 112 Thomas F Devereux homebred Gay Hunter 110 and Mrs Stella Lottis Button Shoes pegged at 110 pounds poundsEtelka Etelka who will have the saddle services of jockey Carroll Bierman won an over ¬ night event at Sportsmans Park before transfer to the Livonia oval and the seven yearold Hashsired mare also turned in some sharp efforts at Hot Springs In her last local appearance the Smith mare was beaten a nose by Sedgeview after beginning slowly in the one mile Warren Purse J H Miles White Cluff who gets in the Port Huron at 101 pounds ranthird in the War WarContinud Continud on Page Forty False to Make Seasonal Debut at Detroit Today TodayMikel Mikel Homebred to Meet Etelka And Nine Others in Port Huron HuronContinued Continued from Page One Oneren ren while Gay Hunter finished fourth Jockey Lois Cook leading rider here will pilot White Cliff against Etelka tomorrow but no rider is engaged for Gay Hunter who may pass the engagement N Big Cat a fouryearold Boss Hosssired colt will be handled ha the Port Huron by Eldon Nelson and Button Shoes a recent visitor to the Detroit winners ring is to be guided by capable little Howard Craig Big Cot second to Cajac in the six furlongs Ann Arbor Purse and successful in the Douglas Park at Churchill Downs May 4 undoubtedly will take some beating as the colt trained impressively for his Wednesday outing outingThe The G G Stable maintained by the Detroit sportsmen Edward Grosfield and Alie Grissom will be represented in the Port Huron by Round n Round 103 and Little Donor 101 pounds The local estab ¬ lishment recently purchased the duo from Mrs George C White whose colors are to be carried tomorrow by Speed o Light 108 pounds Dorchester Farms Daiquari 110 and Grace Kosibas Slipper Satin 114 pounds completes the probable Port Huron starting field fieldPorter Porter Roberts is engaged for Daiquari young Henry Ford will have the mount on one of the G G entrants and Jimmy Breckons is named on Slipper Satin who would have Jto show marked improvement to figure seriously in the days feature Tommy Barrow always one of the top reinsmen at Wolverine state meetings drew the saddle chore for Speed o Light LightBest Best supporting numbers on the mid ¬ week card are the six furlongs fifth the seventh at a like distance and the mile and onesixteenth fourth Threeyearolds and older are scheduled to go to the post in the fifth and the seventh is exclusively for threeyearolds Duntreath Farms Papa Felix and Fern Gold Dorchester Farms Dance Routine MacGregor Arnolds Star borough R A Paracheks Thistle War Felipe Baldis Irritate and Mrs E E Dale Shaffers Helwan are entered in the middle distance fourth which shapes up as one of the more interesting races of the day dayIdeal Ideal weather prevailed this afternoon after the serious storms of destruction near Detroit last night A crowd of 8500 turned out The track was fast but slightly dull for the entire off day program programBrown Brown Hotel Stables Numerical a gelded son of Eight Thirty and Jonell C ridden by Johnny Nazareth paid the longest straight price of the current meeting 13620 after beating 11 other juveniles in the fivefurlong second race Numerical lasted for a neck decision over Mrs George C Whites Cols Daughter with Mrs A L Kuhns RoadStar along for the show showGoshen Goshen Stables Easter Wings with Dar rell Madden at the reins took the six furlong opener from a capacity field of ordinary platers and was held at 5 to 1 strajgbt
