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Entry ofBeanir and Aces Wired Tops Livonia Stakes at Detroit Each Coming Off Winning T Effort; Endon, Cimmerona, Lori-Jane Strong Threats By DON FAIR Staff Correspondent DETROIT RACE COURSE, Livonia, Mich,. June 4. The 0000 Livonia Stakes, a six-furlong allowance sprint for three-year-olds, will headline an attractive program Saturday at this modern Michigan mile track. The week-end feature lured a field of 11 quick second-year racers, including a pair of entries, and it shapes up as one of the best short distance fixtures of the current Wolverine State season. Keene to Ride Beanir Overnight favorites for the half -holiday offering is the H. H. "Pete" Battle-trained combination of Mrs. Otto C. Neumanns hard-hitting filly, Beanir, 114 pounds, and William E. Britts Aces Wired, 113 pounds. Beanir, a stakes winner during her juvenile campaign and recently successful in an allowance dash at the local oval, will be handled in the Livonia by jockey Harold Keene, while Aces Wired, a well-conformed Fighting Fox-sired colt, who boasts a "two Continued on Page Forty-Seven SUNNY DALE Carries Buddah Stables colors in the Fleming Memorial at the Lincoln Fields course today. 3eamrrAces Wired Duo Heads Livonia Each Coming Off Winning Effort; Endon, Cimmerona, . Lori-Jane Strong Threats Continued from Page One or six" record, is to have the saddle serv-ces of Manuel N. Gonzalez. Beanir, a daughter of Nirgal and Bea Right, by Bimelech, is rated one of the jest of her sex and age division, and she xained smartly for her Saturday engage-nent. During her two-year-old starts the Neumann miss was good enough to annex lie Tomboy Stakes and she finished sec-jnd in a division of the Hialeah Juvenile md Arlington Parks Pollyanna. Beanir also was third in the LaFayette Stakes at Keene-land, Churchill Downs Debutante Stakes ind the Arlington Lassie. Her initial campaign netted 1,260 for Mrs. Neumann. Marion H. VanBerg, Nebraska turfman, will send out Endon and Dagazha, each pegged at 116 pounds, in the Livonia. En-Ion, a speedy colt, the get of Challedon and Hi Chris, won the Peabody Prep at Lincoln Fields and then gave a fair effort Memorial Day to earn third honors in the Pea-body, top 1954 attractions at the Illinois Dval. Endons running-mate, Dagazha, a son of Degage, has shown occasional flashes of class and he is at his best over firm footing. VanBerg stated this morning that little Johnny Rotz will guide either Endon or Dagazha in the Livonia., Others In Line-Up Others expected to go to the post in the week-end principal offering are Fox Covert Farms speedy filly, Cimmerona, 114; William L. Huntley, Jr.s, Florida-owned Bills Captain, 116; Mrs. Joseph Tomlinsons Loose Rock, 113, second, last Saturday in the Woodstock Stakes at Woodbine. Also Mrs. V. E. Smiths Lori-Jane, 111; Mrs. George C. Whites Trip Lightly, 108; C. D. Boyds Run Red Run, 116, and David Singers Hangover, 116 pounds. Dark horses in the Livonia are Cimmerona, a daughter of Barre Granite and Sis Lure, and Hangover, an Apache-sired colt. Cimmerona, lightly campaigned last year, won three of her five starts, one of which was the Governors Stakes at the Detroit Race Course and she was second to Beanir in an overnight event at the present meeting. Hangover was a double winner in 1953 and early this year posted four" victories against rather classy opposition in Florida. Jockey Tommy Barrow is engaged for Hangover in the Livonia and .the Hunts-ville, Texas-born reinsman, Robert Lee Baird, will be at the reins on Cimmerona. Kammy Williams rides Loose Rock, How-Craig will pilot Lori-Jane, Forrest Hplin was named on Run Red Run, and Vis Cook, successful with four mounts here Irhursday and leading rider at the local course, will have the mount on Trip Lightly. No ockey had been named at a late hour today for Bills Captain, whose top performance thus far this year was a triumph in the Academy Purse March 25 at Gulf-stream Park. Bills Captain sped that six furlongs in 1:10, defeating among others, Dagazha, Brachs Admiral, Pielettaway, Hoop Ring and Quite Happy. Chief supporting race on the Saturday bill is the Belle Isle Purse at six furlongs for three-year-olds "and older. Ivan D. Peats good mare, Sun Tan Gal, I. J. Collins Fair Pilot and W. M. Wiggins, Dai-quari are expected to come in for the major share of support over Duntreath Farms Dixie Flyer and Hi Billee, Henry Forrests Triumphant, and Triple R. Stables Avion. Racing secretary Charles J. McLennan and the members of his staff also programmed seven other well-balanced races and the week-end sport will get under way promptly at 2 : 00 p. m.
