Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-07-16
Air Sailor
Wins Feature
HI oeIIont. Tiger Mar
Entry Run I'd. Sd
BY LEWIS II. WALTER

1t. Comdr. T. ID. Bull Of De-
trot, now very much absorbed in
his duties at a u. S. Navy base on
the Pacific Coast today has the
satisfaction of knowing ne won't
have TO build his racing stable up
from scratch when the war is
over. Not as long as Air Sailor is
carrying the Bull colors
Air Sailor brought the Bull col
ors fluttering down the Detroit
race track stretch 10 triumph
again Saturday afternoon when he
whipped the best colts and geld
ings at the track in the 81 500
Ladies' Handicap before a crowd
OF l3,159.
Favored in the betting with his
Stablemate, Crack Reward. the
Bull colt never gave his hackers
much TO worry about. a burst OF
speed through the stretch brought
Air Sailor up from third place 10
catch the pace setting Hi Gallant
inside the sixteenth pole He won
by length and a quarter under
Jockey Patterson Milligan.
WALL ENTRY I'D
TT Gallant and Tiger Man. the
entry Of A. r. Wan OF Detroit.
were second and third respectively
to make II an all Detroit finish.
j. G.. Ellis Quiniero was fourth
and the B0mar stables Potsey
second choice in the betting. a
Disappointing seventh.
The victory was Air Sailors
second IN four starts and he COW
cred the FIVE and half furlongS
in Los 2-5 10 pay SO straight
The triumph was doubly pleas
ing 10 the Bull connections, IN
Guiding trainer Lex Wilson, be-
cause Air Sailor. by Sweeplike
and Miss Morocco. is full brother
to LlkeaSnot. another OF the stall
warts Both sire and dam for
merly carried the Bull blue and
white silks.
Llkeasnot also ran Saturday but
ne did not meet with Air Sailors
good fortune, being beaten three
quarters Of a length by s. s
Gano Sarah Lorraine m the 81 900
CavalCade Handicap which pre-
ceded the Ladies'
II was the third victory in sue
ceSsion for the hard running mare
but l. keaSn made Jockey
Johnny Adams hustle her along TO
get II. While she came down the
outside after the paceSotting Navy
Gross. Charley BlanCo brought
LikcaSnot down the ralI and might
have got up # not in slightly tight
quarters Sarah Lorraine paid 40
and ran the SIX furlonGS IN Ill 2-5.
LOCAL OWNERS WIN
Detroit ovners took three OF
the four big races OF the day, with
the Romar Stables Hi Nelghbor
accounting for the 81 600 Mary
land Purse and the EllStrom Bros
Col Teddy leading all the way 10
win the $4,000 Bell Buzzer Han
dicap
III Neighbor which went away
a. fourth choice in his field OF
eight. scored mild upset IN win
nlng after he had been bumped
back 10 last place by Johnny
Adams favored mount. Our Mer-
rick, in a lam al the first turn.
Jockey Charley BIanco didn't
let the humping disturb him
however. and HI Neighbor didn't
take II badly either for he had
enough left 10 close ground gradu-
ally and run u out with Our
Merrlck IN the stretch tor a VIC
tory that was decided by the
closest Of margins.
The DlNlana Farms Above All
was a close third IN the field OF
eight 3-year-olds al the end Of
the mile and sixteenth, which
Hi Nelghbor covered in .46 under
ll5 pounds He paid Sll20
Col Teddy the five-year-old son
Of Sun Teddy which had been
running IN SIX furlong races,
jumped up again as he did last
year 10 lead all the way over
A distance
The mutuel handle for the eight
-FaeAs-p-a>- $3.50 IS l