Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-14
McCuan S Horse
Takes Cadillac
By Half Length
Marriage I'd. Desienator
Sd; Jockey Hieley
Rides Three Winners
BY LEWIS H. WALTER

Wise Moss, the FLY which es-|
tablished herself In the hearts
OF Detroit racing fans with six
straight victories here last season.
is again proving herself the solid
horse" of the Detroit campaign.
Right on the heels of a track
record sprint, she came back
Saturday on a heavy track and
charged to a triumph over six OF
the best sprinters at the Detroit
race track in the 5000 Cadillac
Handicap.
Wise Moss was established az
the favorite by the crowd Of $4,000
and she and her jockey, George
King, didn't disappoint. The
4-year-old daughter Of Wise Coun-
sellor took the lead at the head
of the stretch from the Textbook
stables Potranco, fought OF q bid
by II. c. Richards Designator I'M
the last sixteenth and finished
with a margin of half length on
Z signator.
- Marriage Third
Just length back Of the win
ner came Marriage, the game win
ner of the Col. Alger Memorial
Handicap, which carried top
weight OF 122 pounds as against
lis for the. winner. The Darby
Dan Farms Best Seller was
fourth. T. M. Dorsett was fifth and
Potranco sixth after being heavily
b u m D e d In the stretch when
Johnny Adams brought Designator
through the field.
Wise Moss broke slowly. but her
eventual victory appeared certain
when King brought her up on the
upper turn to take third position
on the outside. He had dead aim
on Potranco and Best Seller, which
were fighting II out in front. King
turned her loose as they headed
for home and she appeared to be
home free until Adams brought
Designator breaking through the
pack TO challenge rs they hit the
sixteenth pole.
One glimpse Of Designator COM
ing alongside and King gave Wise
Moss a touch of the whip. That
was all Wise Moss needed. She
pulled ahead and held on TO the
wire.
Time Is SIoW
The heavy condition of the track
was indicated by Wise Moss time
of lis 2-5, four seconds above the
track record for six furlongs that
she established May n. She paid
81, $3.50 and $3.50 across the
board. while Designator paid $3.50
20 place and $3.50 20 show. Show
price on Marriage was $3.50.
The victory was the second for
Wise Moss in three starts this
year and added 50, $50 to the ac-
count of her owner and trainer,
dward McCuan, Illinois horse
Another track record holder.
Vegas Justice, was not as for
tunate as Wise Moss. The colt
owned by Mrs. III. p. Bonner,
which recently tied the track mark
for a mile and 20 yards, carried a
lot of the public's money when he
went to the post with his stable
mate. Valdina Paul. as an entry In
the $1,000 Wolverine purse.
But even apprentice Eric Guerin
couldn't get the son of Sortie
home in front. After leading into
the stretch, Vegas Justice weak
ened and finished fourth, while
victory went to Mrs. j. F. Hines
Gold Teddy.
The winner of the inaugural
handicap won by a half length
from Cirio, with Cooling Spring
third and Vegas Justice a little
more than a length back of the
winner in the run of a mile and a
sixteenth.
Another favorite which found
the heavy going and fast COMPETE
tion just too much was the Brown
Hotel Stables Trustee, which
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