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Sixty-Six Outstanding Runners Named For 0,000 Michigan Mile on July 9 High Gun, Helioscope, Spur On, Second Avenue, Artismo, Commonwealth on Fine List DETROIT RACE COURSE, Livonia, Mich., June 22. Sixty-six thoroughbreds, comprising most of the equine aristocracy of the nation, are nominated for the 1955 Michigan Mile; the 0,000 added classic to be renewed at the local course on July 9. Included in the list of nominees is virtually every older stakes horse who has enjoyed any degree of-success in the East or. Middle West this season such winners as High Gun, Helioscope, Mark-Ye-Well, Artismo, Sea O Erin, Mister Black, Black Metal, Joe Jones and Due de Fer, among others. Also on the list released by the Detroit RaGe Course today are two former Michigan Mile champions, Spur On 1954 and Second Avenue 1953. With them are the two horses who ran second, Precious Stone 1954 and Fljay 1953. The Michigan Mile, richest race of the Wolverine Sate nason, is for horses three years old and older at a distance of a flat mile. Weights are assigned under allowance conditions, with top weight 128 pounds. Because the bulk of the field will be older horses, only a limited number of three-year-oids are nominated, owners of the younger horses preferring not to en- Continued on Page Forty-Nin Sixty-Six Named For Michigan Mile High Gun, Helioscope, Spur On, Second Avenue,, Artismo, Commonwealth on Fine List Continued from Page One gage in competition with more mature thoroughbreds. On the list of three-year-olds appear the names of Trim Destiny, Tile King, Daylight Express, Prince Noor and Commonwealth. Hasty JHouse Farm of Toledo had the largest group of nominees, five; Sea O Erin, Mister Black, Platan, Ruhe and Prince Noor. T. Alie Grissom of Detroit named a trio: By Far, Money Broker and My Fault. Others who entered three are: M. H. VanBerg of Nebraska Endon, Knights Reward, Vantage, Ralph A. Parachek Tile King, Best Fleet, Rommel and J. N. Monaghan Farms Co. Scent, Pelouse, Fly Wheel. I In the 1954 running, 16 thoroughbreds met in the Mile, with Bernard W. Landys Spur On winning by a neck over Precious Stone, with Social Outcast third. The purse was 1,925 for the winning owner. In 1953, first year the purse was raised to 0,000 added, the victor was T. D. Buhls Second Avenue. The complete 1955 nominationjist follows: Artismo Montenegrin Arab Actress Mister Black -v Arson Mr. Prosecutor Black Metal Money Broker Bay Bloom My Fault Best Fleet Mark-Ye-Well Bright Shoes Mr. Turf By Far Our Hines Bettys Beauty Platan Ballydam Precious Stone Commonwealth Princess Trace Clamor Prince Noor Daylight Express Paper Tiger Due de Fer Pelouse Endon Queens Beeches Eljay Ruhe Fly Wheel Rommel Foxy Pilot Ring King Fabulist Second Avenue Fleet Bird Sea O Erin Greatest Spur On Hangover Sonic High Gun Scent Helioscope Speak Free Happy Go Lucky Smoke Screen Jet Action Smokelore Jerrys Gem Speed o Light Joe J ones Two Fisted Jilted Gob Tile King Knights Reward Trip Lightly Lychhus Trim Destiny Mr. Paradise Vantage Martyr World Series
