Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-20
Judges Avoid
|rdte Players
By LEWIS II. WALTER

Cheering Society should be In
good voice at the Detroit race
track today after a tuneup at the
close of yesterdays racing.
It's getting now so the boys
who have missed on Adams want
to tear down the place when he
gets home with a winner-espe-
cially IL il doesn't look like he
earned II. They even started
swinging at officials when the
countrys leading jockey got his
only winner of the day through a
disqualification.
The winner was Venci, the 6-5
favorite in the eighth race. when
jockey George Adkins. on the
pace setting Aridisical. came over
on the rail inside the eighth pole
and blocked off the charging
Venci with Adams up. the stew
ards disqualified the offending
horse. which finished first by a
length. He was placed second.
SOME PROTEST
Although most of the Obs fans
accepted the decision there were
loud protests from several hum
dred fans who Stormed and
shouted around the placing judges
enclosure for half an hour. When
the three placing judges. Frank
Otis. George ID. Murphy and Allan
w. Lee, started down the track
toward the paddock, some Of the
more aggressive members of the
mob followed along inside the
fence.
One husky reached over the
fence and grabbed Lee. but III
placing judge twisted from has
grasp. Then the placing judges.
who had nothing 10 do with the
disqualification ruling. made their
way down the track with an es-
cort of policemen.
Lee finally reversed his field
and went out OF the track through
the south stable area while the
other two judges made their way
through the crowd in safety. II
was as minutes after the last race
was run before the final dis
gruntled members OF the Adams
Booing and Cheering Society
struggled away.
There was little question that
Adams mount. a 5-year-old King
Epithet gelding belonging TO c.
A Tanner. was the best horse in
the race. Adams had him all over
the race track in the mile and a
sixteenth and still would probably
have finished first had he not
been blocked off in the final run.
BLOCKED OFF
Adams eaSed up on Venci while
going TO the first turn on the in
side. moved along in the middle
Of the pack going down the back
/ stretch. went 10 the inside APP
/ preaching the far turn and came
I 10 the outside on the turn. Then
as he turned for home on the out
side. he steered Venci 10 the in
side rail. When he was blocked
off by Aridisical inside the eighth
pole he took up sharply as he
usually does in close quarters
IL was an obvious foul. for Ari-
diSlcal had come over sharply and
Venci might have gone down had
he not been taken up. But 10 do
Justice 10 Adkins, who after all
is just an apprentice, he would
have 10 be croSS-eyed 10 have
followed Adams movements in
and out around the race trackA
There was no telling whe
+. Johnny would have been next. ~
Part of the resentment OF the
fans may have been due 10 the
fact that Adams was part Of a
rough riding show in the seventh
race. the 81 900 Statue OF Liberty
Handicap. Johnny had 10 take
back near the finish OF cowboy
duel down the stretch in which he
finished third on the lis favorite.
Passion, while Our Merrick.
12-l shot, won under Mike Caf-
I farella.
\ 1t was Caffarella who drew the
real cheers while Johnny was get
ting the bronx variety Italian
Mike rode out three winners for
owner T. C. Melrose of Cleveland
and his smart trainer, Howard
Hoffman.