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— = 1 By Far After Third Straight at Detroit Heads Field of Eight Named For Mile Feature; VanBerg Starts Endonj Knights Rewcird By DON FAIR DETROIT RACE COURSE, Livonia, Mich., June 3. — T. Alie Grissoms By Far, quick four-year-olds Bold Gallant colt and recent winner of the R M. Alger Memorial. Handicap, heads a field of eight entrants scheduled to meet Saturday afternoon in the ,000 Mechanical Day Purse. By Far will have a speedy running mate in My Fault for the one mile half -holiday head-liner. Under the allowance terms of the Mechanical Day Purse, By Far will shoulder 114 pounds While My Fault, a four-year-old Faultless-sired gelding, gets in favorably weighted at 108 pounds. Jockey Bobby Baird, who is in a close contest with Lois Cook for riding honors at the current meeting,. will have the mount on one of the Grissom stables starters, according to word from trainer Vester R. Wright. Knights Reward Carries 117 .* Marion H. VanBerg, Nebraska horseman, will send out Endon, 108, and Knights Reward, 117 pounds, in the Mechanical Day. Others expected to start are Almar Stables j Easy Paddy, 108; Theodore D. Buhls locally-owned Second Avenue, 115; Mrs. George C. Whites Speed o Light, 106, and Kencal Stud Farms Blimey, pegged at 107 pounds. The apprentice allowance is claimed for Second Avenue and Speed o Light. Little Johnny Sellers, who began the Friday program with 10 winners at the meeting, will have the mount on Second Avenue while apprentice Robert Robbins, affiliated with the White stable, is to handle Speed o Light. Jockey Cook will be Continued on Page Fifty-Two _ By Far After Third Straight at Detroit Heads Field of Eight Named For Mile Feature; VanBerg Starts Endon, Knights Reward Continued from Page One astride either Endon or Knights Reward and no reinsman had been named late today for Easy Paddy and Blimey. By Far, who shipped here from California after winning five California engagements, is rated by trainer Wright as one of the best horses to come under his supervision. The colt has shown versatility over all types footing and, after trimming a good field in the Cranwood Purse here May 26 on a heavy track, came back with a smashing performance to capture the twenty-first running of the Alger on Memorial Day. Taking command soon after the start of the latter stake, By Far was under strong pressure through the stretch to nose out C. andl P. Farms hard-charging Swivet. In the band following the top pair to the wire were such sharp rivals as Bright Shoes, Hangover, Vantage, Easy Paddy and First Refusal. Easy Paddy, a six-year-old Halberd gelding, was a good class winner in Florida before his shipment here and he posted a "six-one-six" record during his 1954 campaign. The Almar stable representative had no excuse in the Alger and he would have to improve tremendously to become a serious factor Saturday. Second Avenue Churchill Winner Sternest opposition for By Far in the Mechanical Day Purse probably will be furnished by Knights Reward and Second Avenue. Knights Reward, a well-conformed Reaping Reward gelding, annexed the seven furlongs Spring Handicap in Chicago on April 30, defeating seven rivals while Second Avenue, a former stakes winner and hero of the 1953 Michigan Mile, scored a convincing sprint victory on the closing day of the Churchill Downs spring session. The Buhl stallion raced disappointingly here May 28, winding up no better than fifth in the three-quarters mile Flint Purse. Best supporting attraction on the Saturday nine-race card is the six furlongs sixth race. Seven classy performers will meet in the secondary offering; Reiber and Wagners Boiler Plate, P. L. Hallums Roll Bama, and Fox Covert Farms Cimmerona are expected to draw a bulk of support! against Bee Tee Stables improving Equi-more, W. F. Salisburys All in One, Van Berg Stables Black Billings, and D. Za-koors Activate. The latter finished third Tjehirid Cimmerona and Jandy in the six furlongs Durand Rotary Purse May 25.
