Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-06-18
Black Badge
Again Winner
Fall at Gate Puts
Amber Light Out
By LEWIS II. WALTER

After the Dixiana Farms Amber
Light stood on his head in the
starting gate and gave the rest OF
the field head start. A. +. Hirsch-
bergs Black Badge raced TO a VIC
tory. at oddds-on in the $4,000
Ann Arbor Handicap at the De-
troit race track Saturday.
The accident to Amber Light,
which went to his knees under
Jockey Porter Roberts just as the
electric gates flew open. ended the
prospects of another duel between
the Dixiana Farms 4-year-old
colt and the brilliant black 3-year-
old which had whipped him in two
of his previous three starts.
While the crowd of 1892 was
disappointed in the washout OF the
rivalry between the two stars, the
fans still saw Black Badge forced
10 come from behind with one OF
his best races here TO score a
length victory over Night Crawler.
the 4-year-old which carried the
colors of Carl Graham OF Terre
Haute, Ind.
LIKEASNOT THIRD
1t. Comdr. T. d. Bulbs Likeas-
not was a close third and Ellstrom
Bros Col. Teddy fourth in the
field of eight that went the six
furlongs.
Black Badge was running third
at the turn with Likeasnot and
Navy Cross running head and
head out in front. Johnny Adams.
as usual, brought the winning colt
down the outside. caught the two
track burners at the sixteenth
pole and pulled away to his VIC
tory.
Night Crawler. however, put on
one of the most surprising finishes
of the afternoon. Jockey Patter-
son Milligan had him back in
sixth place. almost five lengths
behind at the head of the stretch.
But he closed with such charge
that the black colt had only a
length TO spare at the finish.
SEVENTH WIN HERE
II was Black Badges seventh
victory in th~Sight starts he has
made here since he opened his
two year-old campaign last season.
He paid $3.50 straight after cover
ing the six furlongs over the fast
track in Ill is. The $500 first
money he won boosted his total
10 $3S, 982 for the season.
Porter Roberts brought Amber
Light in a trailing last and then
explained TO the stewards that the
horse had gone TO his knees at
the start. thus spotting the rest
of the field IS lengths. The ex-
PLANTATION soothed some Of the fans
who thought perhaps the gate had
not opened. -
Adams. the U. s. riding cham
pion and the leading jockey at
Detroit. made il a double in the
days big races when he came
right back TO hustle the Dearborn
Stables Samborombon 10 three
length victory in the $1,000 Mt.
Clemens handicap.
Adams brought the eight-year-
old South American bred horse
down the outside in the stretch
10 outrun T. c. Melrose's good
route runner. Restless, ridden by
Mike Caffarella.
Restless. the betting favorite.
saved ground all the way on the
rail and came through TO chal-
lenge at the turn for home. but
Adams clicked the trigger on
Samborombon and came on at the
same time TO whip his foe.
Victory in the third big race of
the day. the Ste. Ann Handicap
for 2-year-olds. went 10 Misweet,
the filly owned by Arthur Rose,
secretary of the Michigan Racing
Commission.
The filly had finished second in
her five previous starts at four
and a half furlongs and Saturday
proved the contention of her fol-
lowers that she needed a little
more distance.
The mutuel handle for the eight
races was S5S7, $50, an increase
of $50, 900 over the previous Sat-
trdaU