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BAINBRIDGE OUTLOOK GOOD Plenty of Excellent Racing Material Available for Meeting Beginning Saturday, May 16. CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 11.— Bainbridge, which acquired the prestige of a major race track as a result of its several highly successful meetings, makes its formal 1931 bow Saturday, May 16, for a meeting of thirty-seven days. By establishing a record for consistency in the running of races last year, the Ohio track has won the confidence of the public and horsemen alike, and this year every available stall is filled, with many more requests coming in daily for space. Already the applications show some of the best horseflesh in the country, some of the choicest from Maryland, Chicago and Kentucky, ready to move Ohioward when the bugle is sounded. Racing secretary Julius Reeder says he has assurances from at least five big eastern stables of sending delegations here. Three hundred horses are on the grounds. The piece de resistance is the Ohio Derby, 2,000 added, which will be run on May 23. For the first time since 1926, Colonel Edward R. Bradley will have two representatives, Burgoo and Brass Monkey. He won the stake in 1926 with Boot to Boot, also winner of the American Derby. Spanish Play, winner of the Louisiana Derby and a sure starter in the Kentucky Derby, is assured. So is Lightning Bolt, winner of the Florida Derby. So is Michigan Girl and Anne Arrundel, third and fourth, respectively, in the Louisiana. Prince D Amour is certain. The roads to Bainbridge have been repaired and oiled and are in fine condition, according to superintendent Bill Faber. He says that the plant proper is resplendent in its new colors and decorations. All the officials are on the job, and Cleveland is talking horse. It looks like a gala meeting, and managing director Joseph Cat-torinich is lending every effort with his mammoth crew to make it a success. A special inducement is to be made to fans in the surrounding towns, with one day a week devoted to them in which their railroad coupons will give them admission to the gate.
