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Three Allowance Races On Todays Detroit Card Black Bantam, McGrathiana, Big Bargain and False in Palmer Park By DON FAIR Staff Correspondent DETROIT RACE COURSE, Livonia, Mich., June 18. — The Palmer Park, the Ashland, and the Park Lane Purses, a trio of excellent condition races matching quick fields, will co-feature a good program tomorrow afternoon at this modern "Michigan Mile" track. The Palmer Park, six furlongs for four-year-olds and up, drew an overnight band of eight seasoned sprinters, the Ashland at a like distance matches 10 of the better three-year-olds quartered at the local oval while the five furlongs Park Lane is to bring out seven two-year-olds. D. H. Wells Black Bantam, a four-year-old Halcyon-sired gelding, is the early favorite for the Palmer Park on the strength of his close second to Milton Shagrins Shag Tails in the recently-decided Linwood Purse. Black Bantam was beaten but a length by the Shagrin colt, who stepped the Continued on Page Forty -Four Three Allowance Races On Todays Detroit Card Black Bantam, McGrathiana, Big Bargain and False in Palmer Park £ Continued from Page One £ three-quarters mile of the Linwood in a . sparkling 1:10%. Favorably weighted for £ the Palmer Park at 110 pounds and with the clever reinsman, jockey Robert Lee Baird, j slated to handle the riding chore, Black Mantam undoubtedly will take some beat- ing in the Friday headliner. 3 Major opposition for the Wells star prob- ably will be provided by Marion H. Van-Bers McGrathiana, 108, Duntreath Farms Big Bargain, 108, and Mrs. Nellie M. Mikels False, 105 pounds, providing the one-time . stakes star is handled by an apprentice, j McGrathiana, conqueror of a fast field last ■ week-end, is to have the Saddle services of : Lois Cook, who presently leads in the Detroit Race Coure jockey standings. The veteran Carroll Bierman will be astride Big , Bargain and young Danny Winningkoff or youthful Don Holmes will pilot False, who : failed to race to top form in his only local ; engagement. Others named for the Palmer Park are : Mrs. L. Seafert and Mrs. F. Lutes Golden Pelt, 108; H. W. Shaffers Sherwood Girl, 103; Mrs. Daisy Sukundos Hot Penny, 110, and the G, and G Stables War Token, 1€5 pounds. The apprentice allowance was claimed for War Token, who will be guided by Henry Ford. Howard Craig is named on Sherwood Girl and Porter Roberts will be at the reins on Hot Penny, who worked decidedly well for the Palmer Park. No rider had been named late today for Golden Pelt, who thus far this year failed to race to expectations. The Ashland, seventh on the Friday bill, should provide Motor City racing followers with a better line on the members of the three-year-old division campaigning in the Wolverine State this year. Thomas F. Dev-ereux homebreds, Greatest and Piparoo, make up a favored overnight entry for the dash while VanBerg stables Nickies Boy and Dink also appear well placed. Others expected to go to the post in the Ashland are Black Coffee, a visitor to the local winners ring; Equimore, the hard-hitting Jim Brier, Fighting Eagle, Eternal Goin and Big William E. Schmidts Make A Note, 113, and the G and G Stables Eternal Shock, 116, probably will renew their duel tomorrow in the Park Lane Purse. The Schmidt filly, a daughter of Fighting Step, was a good winner at the New Orleans Fair Grounds before shipment here and she beat Eternal Shock a neck in a five-eighths mile dash June 3. £ £ . £ j 3 . j ■ : , : ; : In the meantime the G and G Stable colt, successful in a pair of Churchill Downs outings this spring, trimmed a shifty field at the Detroit course and the arch rivals are favorably-weighted for the Friday cofeature. Bobby Baird is to ride Eternal Shock in the Park Lane, Brown Hotel Stables Numerical, a front-running victor June 9, and Mrs. J. D. Pearses homebred St. Jude hold good chances for a trip to the winners ring. Others expected to answer "Boots and Saddles" in the juvenile dash are O. and R. Pollocks Jerrys Gem, Roy Gaines speedy Street Scene, and Grace Kosibas locally-owned Sub Factor. A crowd of approximately 8,500 witnessed the racing this cloudy and humid afternoon. Although there was a/decided threat of rain, no showers fell during the earlier part of the program and the track was quite fast. William T. Markeys Honey Jar, with Mike Basile at the reins, and East View Stables Malleable, handled by jockey Hiram Tackett, made up the winning Daily Double combination, worth 7.20. Honey Jar was a 21-to-10 favorite to down nine ordinary platers in the six-furlong opener while Malleable, a 17-to-10 choice, had no difficulty defeating 11 other two-year-olds in the five-furlong second event. Honey Jar coasted to a three and one-half lengths verdict in 1:11% and Malleable, a front-running and easy victor, clodked in 1:00%.
