The sun., 1900-07-20
GOOD SPORT Ar DETRIOT. +.
John Nolan wins with speed to Spars-Alan's
Blue Ribbon stake.

Blue Ribbon stake.
DETROIT. July i0--The fourth day Of the
Detroit Driving Club meeting saw some sensa.
tional events in the way Of outsiders winning
first place. and was also marked by a runaway
o. the favorite In the 227 pace. The condi-
tons, barring too heavy wind which blew Into
the faces OF the horses coming down the home
stretch. were ideal. The track was dry
springy and fast: the sun unclouded and warm
and most OF the races resulted In close finishes.
which were thoroughly enjoyable TO the e,OOC
spectators present.
In the 2:27 pace Braden. the Roy Miller entry,
was favorite at 500. with the Cartridge geld
ing at $40. the Private S35. and the others
all the way down to IS. which was the
price on Little Frank. the winner, In q
pool Of s235. Oracle b broke away In the lead
In the first heat. and at the quarter Miller
began to lash Braden. The big bay Jumped
into the air and ran all the way TO
the distance stand. where he ran against
the fence. smashing the suky and
badly injuring Millers right leg. There was
great excitement as it looked as If Miller would
be killed In the wreck. When he went down
with his sulky. however. he pluckily clung 10
the rens and had Braden almost to standstill
before help reached him
The first race OF tho day, the 2Os trot, proved
a hollow victory for John Nolan. who won out
In the stretch in each Of the two heats and
under restraint. Mark Hanna's son, Dan, was
q plunEer on Nolan and won pot OF money In
the auctions. buying Moan at 500 with the
The Blue Ribbon stake OF 5000 was also
one horse race. Alan outfooted h field In each
home me- @ and the H wre The s onsssOt bet
tors cleared up good money on Little Frank in
the 227 pace:
the next three after losing the first to Grace b.
Each Of the f ur fnshesi in the race was close,
but Little Frank seemed t9 have speed enough
The, attempt Of the. The Abbot to beat his
record OF 20a proved a poor feature. as Geers
could not not % shake the bay up for any speed
by quarters was: Oss., 1905. 1857. 2o7.
The 200 pace was heart-breaklng affair al
mot from start TO finish In the first heat
lead, and with Choral and Billy Andrews only a
auarters Into the stretch % they 10 'AS sers ,fss on
rS syen terms. with Andrews coming very fast;
was barely able to save ,e ond place from Free
Bend. who came up with a rush and nearly
colared the leaders.
The Nc. horse was a rank outsider In the
auctions for the race. selling at $40. to the
res, of the bunch .aggr, gazing ss25, In
the second heat with Nc at s3S against
tuc. Nv SlVV nc DTOht away IN tHt
lead and kent II until the stretch,
when he tired. McHenry sent COney in the | ad
and 1t seemed so easy for him that McHenry
loafed and thereby lost all share OF the
money, Ben Walker came up on rush with
Prince Alert, outfooted Coney within fifty feet
Of the wire and won The heat, Coney
barely saving second place from William
Nc, who also paced the last quarter
very rapidly. The betting again shifted,
and the spectators rushed for shelter,
plunging on Prince Alert at 500 TO $40
on the field. Both Conev and Prince Alert
broke just As the horses got word, and McEwen
pushed Ace to the front. The latter held his
place without being bo othered clear to the wire
Non-heat winn'rs were then sent TO the barn,
and William Nc captured the next heat and
race without difficulty.
Another favorite, Gayton, az 500 with Dare
Devil at $40 ard the rest of the field at $40,
we t down To defeat in the last race without
winning a heat Dare Devil would have won
In two straight but for. bad break
in the second heat He had hard
work to finish within the distance This
fastest mile Of the day was that mad, by Prince
Alert in the second h 'at of the 90 pace. He
went TO the quarter In O3o. the half in i:0l' A.
the three-quarters in 1924 and the mile In 2 05.
Summaries
2os class. ,rotung, two In three heats; purse
s. 800: