The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-07-15
.H0OS|ER RACES NO.
LINE ON THE BIC
DETROIT STAKES
President Postal Says M. q M.
and G. of @. Are Just as Open
As They Ever
Were.
Few "Em-and- Emmersp Started at
Indianapolis, and Joe Patchen II.
Stayed in Barn.

! From what | saw at indianapolis
daresay that we have not exaggerated
any when We promised this years blue
rlDhon meeting to be tine best ever
given on any track" said Fred Postal.
president OF the Detroit Driving club.
on his return from the grand circuit
inaugural Racing at indianapolis
was good. but what Interested me most
was the relation of the winners to the
stakes that are TO be decided here. be-
ginning two weeks from next Monday.
As far as the M. a. M. Is concerned
l must admit that everybody Is as
much In the dark as ever, for nothing
came TO light at Indianapolis that
thowed enough speed 10 win this
classic. Anvil did race In 2:10 to beat
Nanah and Is perhaps the best OF the
lot on form displayed in the races.
Lady Willow went almost as good
race when she was second to Argot Hal
In 2.09 "a, and The Huguenot was a
handy winner In 2: f2 f.2 This trio IL
In the Geers stable. which has been
considered formidable In the big event.
but | did not see any display OF form
which would warrant man In picking
one.
"A majority of the M. q M. candi-
dates did not start at indianapolis, and
] think II is among these that we must
look for more speed, for with the de-
yelopment OF the trotter and the at
tention that has been paid TO those on
the eligible list IL is hardly possible
that 2:f0 will win.
I'VE hoped to see Joe Patchen III.
In a race. but they did not start him
In any OF the races In which he was
named. A few of the Chamber OF Com
merce horses did parade and the best
I saw was Tommy Murphy's Sir r..
that was beaten head In 1904 IL. He
is good PAGER and has a lot OF speed
Murphy did not know a lot about him
until after the race and then noticed
that he was smiling, so I guess that
Joe Patchen H. win have some trouble
In winning. Akar did not pace as well.
and. his. stock went. down. The ease
with which Peter the Second won In
2:06 IA on top OF trial In 2:04 IL
the week before puts this Michigan
PAGER In the front flight In the opinion
OF all who saw him. Valentine Ger.
tainly has this fellow going right. and
as the groom says, he can almost pace
away from his tail
Dick McMahan thinks pretty well
of Kirby Star with which he won In
2:07 IA on Thursday. She Is Texas
mare and has lot OF speed: besides,
she is In mighty good hands as | do
not know of anybody who has much
on McMahan when II comes to hiking,
PAGER through the stretch. Another
OF the Chamber Of Commerce field
that won Is Fanny Stanton, but she did
not have to go fast enough to get
line on her. However, those who
watched her In Lexington this spring
think she will do when the time comes
The June performance OF Joe
Patchen ii. in 2:03 "a threw a temper
airy scare into number OF people, but =
IL Is wearing out. The way Sir r.
raced did lot TO dispell II and on top
OF that came word from Kalamazoo to
the effect that Brapham Baughman
had worked In 2:04 IA for Walter Cox.
so they are figuring that James will
have rough passage to beat the east
ern teamsters.
There Is lot OF talk among the
horsemen about the futurity that will
be raced at the blue ribbon meeting
and you hear the names of four OF the
three-year-olds M ntioned - Miss
Stokes, Justice Brooks. Lady Jay and
Margaret Parrish, so guess this event
will be a record-breaker."
Mr.. Postal says he met a number OF
men who are coming here to the races
for the first time. There seems to be
such general interest In the sport
that he thinks the twenty-sixth annual
blue ribbon meeting will be the star
OF all OF them. a.