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Mr. Dink Accorded Edge For Detroit Tally Today Wise Colorbearer Has Six Fast Foes in Mt. Clemens Lions Purse By DON FAIR Staff Correspondent DETROIT RACE COURSE, Livonia, Mich., May 26. — The Mt. Clemens Lions Purse, a one mile and 70 yards event for three-year-olds and older, is the best offering on a mediocre program scheduled for Thursday at this spacious Michigan Mile [course. The headline attraction drew an overnight field of seven middle distance racers, entered to be claimed for prices scaling from ,000 to ,000. B. H. Wises hard-hitting aged gelding, Mr. Dink, a son of John One and Valdina Opal, is the early clibice for the Mt. Clemens Lions, earning the favorites post j through several good performances this spring at Oaklawn Park and Sportsmans Park. Mr. Dink beat a fair field at one [ mile and 70 yards in Hot Springs, turning that distance over a fast track in a it able 1:42%, excellent time on the Spa 1 Continued on Page Twehty-Fivt Mr. Dink Accorded Edge For Detroit Tally Today Wise Colorbearer Has Six Fast Foes in Mt. Clemens Lions Purse Continued from Page One oval. He also scored once at the Chicago-land track. Major opposition for Mr. Dink in the Mt. Clemens Lions probably will be provided by Mrs. H. Allen Campbells A-Pacopep, a five-year-old Apache-sired gelding, and Everett Lowrances Mock Battle, a gelded son of Battlefire. A-Pacopep, a good class winner at Keeneland and Churchill Downs before transfer to Detroit, will have the saddle services of young Johnny Rotz, while Mock Battle, successful during a busy winter campaign and third in his last Kentucky engagement, will be ridden by capable Robert Lee Baird. Trainer Harold Hoffman, of the locally owned Grace Kosiba Stable, will send Teddys Heir, a four-year-old Hierocles-sired gelding, to the post in the Thursday feature and his charge will be ridden by jockey Owen Headley. Teddys Heir, a useful performer during his 1953 campaign and successful in the Shell Beach Purse at New Orleans in Febr-uary, worked well JOHN W. HANES — Former Undersecretary of the Treasury, well known industrialist and member of The Jockey Club, has been added to the Belmont Park Board of Directors. t for his local seasonal debut and. holds a royal chance for victory in the Mt. Clemens Lions. Others expected to start are G. Bills, Jr.s Gay Jet, Emerson Davis Suky Susie, and Grand View Stables Atom Age. Jockey Harold Keene will be astride Gay Jet, Willie Zakoor. is engaged for Suky Susie and hustling little Lois Cook rides Atom Age. Best supporting attraction on the Thursday card is the Mt. Clemens Kiwanis at six furlongs, matching a half dozen quick sprinters. A. S. Chris Bolaris, an eight-year-old homebred mare, the get of Fair-aris and Bold Fay, undoubtedly will be the post time choice in the dash. Successful in two of her 14 outings last year on the Michigan circuit before being sent to Canada, Bolaris appears the -one to beat in the Thursday secondary offering. Trainer Chris announced this morning that jockey Zakoor will have the mount on Bolaris in the Mt. Clemens Kiwanis. Arrayed against Bolaris in the dash will be Ypsilanti Stables Sale Price, Theodore D. Buhls Bee Lee Tee, Mrs. George C. Whites Winning, Marion H. VanBergs Ambushed and Zakoor Stables Lets Think. Howard Craig rides Ambushed, Joe Gregory- will be up on Winning, jockey Carroll Bierman is engaged for Bee Lee Tee, and Sal Chiappetta will handle Sale Price. Post time for the initial, of fering on the Thursday bill is set at the regular hour. 3:45 p. m.
