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READY FOR DETROIT RACING Scene of Great Activity at Fair Grounds Preparing for Opening Rain of Sunday Puts Track in JFine Condi ¬ tion and Aids in Beautification of Infield Many Large Shipments Arrive DETROIT Mich May 14 With only three days remaining before the opening of the Detroit Racing Associations spring sea ¬ son of fortyone days Thursday the Fair Grounds course today was the scene of the greatest activity since the inaugural meeting last fall fallAn An allday rain that fell here Sunday whipped the racing strip into superb con ¬ dition while eight carloads of horses and several vans reached here during the day Finishing touches were put to grandstand and new clubhouse while the rain aided in the beautification of the infield until the five tons of blue grass seed that was sown in the fortyacre plot fairly took wings over night and as it was the first drenching rain since the seeds were scattered the downpour had a wonderful effect effectThe The shipments came from all parts of the country and Canada The first division of Charles T Fishers Dixiana stable headed by the crack Mata Hari and containing thirteen others came from Kentucky Ar ¬ thur Goldblatt brought eight for Sam Furst from the same place and it required two exr press cars to transfer the horses Trainer Clyde Van Dusen after supervising the load ¬ ing of the Dixiana horses at Louisville last night spent the night in motoring here and he was on hand to direct the stabling of the thoroughbreds thoroughbredsVan Van Dusen has arranged to send eleven others here from Churchill Downs after the running of the Kentucky OaTts for which he will return to Louisville to saddle Far Star StarFrom From Maryland came Norman W Churchs Riskulus and eight the property of A Bartelstein The eight other of the Church stable will be shipped from Louisville tonight Another Important shipment to reach here from Maryland was a division of Mrs Payne Whitneys Greentree Stable in charge of Marshall Lilley John Gaver supervised the unloading of the twenty head headHeaded Headed by W T Waggoner Sons Three Ds Stock Farm Stable the Texas arrivals filled three cars Ross Higdon unloaded the Eskay Stable while V Oden came in charge of the Miss Floyd West stable Waldo Free fContinued on twentyfirst page READY FOR DETROIT RACING RACINGContinued Continued from first page man was due late this afternoon with the FishbUFn Stable StableNat Nat Ray vanned Stealingaway and five others from Kenilworth KenilworthLate Late Sunday John O Keene arrived from Lexington with twelve head while Jack Whyte brought thirteen from Virginia to carry the Fair Fields Stable arid Willis Sharpe Kilmer colors
