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Seven Oppose Mad Hare In Belle Isle at Detroit DetroitBooker Booker Mare Has Bated Breath And Air Flight to Beat in Dash DashBy By DON FAIR FAIRStaff Staff Correspondent DETROIT RACE COURSE Livonia Mich June 10 GY Bookers Mad Hare consistent sixyearold daughter of Hairan and Maddie perhaps one of the most pop ¬ ular thoroughbreds ever to appear on Wol ¬ verine State tracks heads a field of eight high class sprinters slated to meet here tomorrow afternoon in the Belle Isle Purse Under the allowance terms of the sixfur ¬ long feature the Booker mare will shoulder 114 pounds and she is to have the saddle services of the capable veteran reinsman Charles Burns BurnsSuccessful Successful in 10 engagements during her 1952 campaign Mad Hare began the pres ¬ ent season in disappointing fashion taking a thorough beajting in her initial Florida start She came right back however in the mile and onesixteenth Suwannee River Handicap and finished a sharp second to Sunny Dale after setting the pace until well inside the home lane Following her stakes effort Mad Hare captured Gulfstreams Vitabella Purse then defeated Starboard Stables Bated Breath by a nose margin in the Auld Lang Syne at the Hallandale oval stepping that threequarters mile in a aContinued Continued on Page FortyTwo Seven Oppose Mad Hare In Belle Isle at Detroit DetroitBooker Booker Mare Has Bated Breath And Air Flight to Beat in Dash DashContinued Continued from Page One Onesparkling sparkling 110 During her recent Mary ¬ land outings the Booker mare ran third in an overnight sprint and fifth in a mile and onesixteenth race raceBated Bated Breath a sixyearold Okapisired mare will have opportunity to avenge her nose loss to Mad Hare when she parades postward in the Belle Isle under 105 pounds Victress in five engagements last year and a good winner this season before transfer from Florida Bated Breath may take some beating tomorrow if she im ¬ proves a bit off her recent start behind Cajac and Big Cat in the sixfurlong Ann Arbor Purse Jockey Job Dean Jessop who handled the Starboard Stable mare in the latter sprint can get in the weight limit for the Belle Isle and he may accept the mount on Bated Breath BreathMajor Major competition for Mad Hare and Bated Breath in the Belle Isle probably will come from Carl M Grahams Air Flight high weight under the conditions at 119 pounds and Steve Valentis New Orleans owned Lilly Valenti who gets in the dash favorablyweighted at 111 pounds poundsAir Air Flight won the sixfurlong School 1 craft Purse here June 1 from Crownlet Little Donor and several other speed per ¬ formers The fiveyearold Bimelechsired stallion also registered in five major of ¬ ferings during his 1952 campaign Eldon Nelson who guided the Graham entrant successfully in the Schoolcraft will be up again tomorrow for the Belle Isle IsleLilly Lilly Valenti who may have needed her recent race at Detroit scored in five of her last 23 starts beating such company at New Orleans last winter as Gray Challenge Crownlet Free For Me Dr Felix Albe marle Spunky and Hiram Jr among others She also finished a close second to the stakeswinning Parading Lady in the Fair Grounds Au Revoir Handicap Bobby Baird will handle her in the Thurs ¬ day headliner headlinerA A crowd of over 8500 spectators turned out for the racing this pleasant afternoon and the track was fast s Grace Kosibas locallyowned Reno Red ridden by Jimmy Breckons stepped to a three lengths victory in the six furlongs initial event and he returned 27 straight after downing a capacity field of three yearolds Mrs George C Whites home ¬ bred Diamond Mine the get of an old Detroit favorite Diamond Dick and Hith erward won his first start in the five fur ¬ longs second Well handled by Eldon Nel ¬ son the Tennesseeowned victor had slightly more than a length to spare over his nearest rival East View Stables Malle ¬ able at the wire wireDiamond Diamond Mine overlooked in the wager ¬ ing paid 5520 in the straight pool and coupled with Reno Red in the Daily Dou ¬ ble was good for a 74720 payoff
