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DETROIT RACING SEASON OF 1934 BEGINS TODAY One Hundred and Twenty Days of Consecutive Sport Provided Fair Grounds Greatly Improved Over Last Year 4 4Good Good Field Named for Detroit Inaugural InauguralHandicap Handicap Many Other Stakes DETROIT Mich May 16 The Detroit racing season of 1934 begins tomorrow tomorrowOffering Offering one of the longest meetings ever attempted by a track catering to a city of a alillion lillion and a half nooulation the Detroit Racine Association will commence the first of DETROIT Mich May 16 Nine of the best sprinters available were named for the Detroit Inaugural Handicap the feature of the opening days program The race carrying a 1500 purse will be decided at six furlongs The field with post positions weights and prob ¬ able jockeys follows PP Horse Wt Jockey 1 Polydorus 116 P Sage 2 Dark Hope 114 3 Clotho 106 A Robertson 4 Flying Sailor 110 M Peters 5 Rehoboth 100 6 Constant Wife 101 7 Curacao 114 J Jacobs 8 Projectile 100 H Peden j its three arranged meetings that will pro ¬ vide thoroughbred racing for the people of this vicinity until October 6 On Thursday will be inaugurated the spring session of fortyone days which will be followed by a summer and fall season running consecu ¬ tively The 120 days of racing was the will of the state and not that of the Detroit As ¬ sociation composed of Detroiters and headed by Charles A Bohn president P A Markey vicepresident and Clarence E Lehr secretary and general manager Being state property and at the beck and call of the powers that be the Detroit track is one of those propositions where everything one puts in never comes out The state de ¬ crees the revenue and allows the lessee to make all necessary improvements but with the understanding that nary a nail once driven shall be withdrawn With a de ¬ termination that Detroit in particular and that Detroit in particular and Michigan in general should enjoy legalized racing the local organization after the passage of the law bid for the Fair Grounds track and held their inaugural meeting last fall Although unable to show a profit the meeting justified their confidence and the racing association planned two meetings this year After that announcement how ¬ ever the state came along with an ultima ¬ tum that it desired revenue from 120 days of racing Tomorrow the initial step will be made in that direction directionThe The ultimatum was sent forth after an elaborate program of improvements had been mapped out But the association went along with its arranged schedule and from the antiquated structure an ultra modern plant has been built It was necessary to provide extra space for the terrace and betting arena and in order to make these improvements it necessitated cutting seven feet from the track and moving back the betting sheds twenty feet As the back wall is of brick structure a pavilion was built back of the wall and this houses the mutuel department departmentMODERN MODERN CLUBHOUSE CLUBHOUSEA A clubhouse one which will vie with the best in this country and Canada was built and although not commodious it is modern in all respects The lawn in front of the clubhouse is terraced so a spectator can view the running of the races from any point he or she so selects selectsSince Since the inaugural meeting four forty stall barns have been erected and accommo ¬ dations for 1000 horses are now available By the time for the opening of the meeting with few exceptions and those only f J stables that have arranged to ship at a latM date all of the stalls will be filled with nu ¬ merous prominent stables on the waiting waitingSensing Sensing the advisability of securing the best contestants available the officials of the association visited every track and prominent winter quarters since the close of the inaugural meeting That their visits were not in vain is attested by the leading stables quartered on the grounds and others which have made reservations 25000 DETROIT DERBY DERBYTopping Topping a gigantic stakes program to ba offered during the spring meeting is the Detroit Derby It carries 25000 in added money and will be decided Saturday June 16 The Detroit Derby long considered one of the principal races among American fix ¬ tures is being revived after a lapse of thirty years It will be at one mile and threesix ¬ teenths the same as the Preakness distance The reason for the distance is to eliminate starting the race on the turn turnNominations Nominations closed Monday and with the late closing many of the threeyearolds that failed to stand the rigorous training neces ¬ sary to prepare them for the Kentucky Der ¬ by are missing from among the list of Continued on twentyfourth page DETROIT RACING SEASON OF 1934 BEGINS TODAY Continued from first page eligibles This means that a great major ¬ ity of the nominees will be fit for the rich race raceDuring During the spring season stakes to be decided in addition to the Derby are the Wolverine Handicap the St Glair Stakes the Belle Isle Handicap the Woodward Stakes the City of Straits Handicap the Michigan Cup Handicap the Pontchartrain Handicap the Dearborn Handicap the Juvenile Stakes the International Rotary Handicap the Pingree Handicap and the Col Alger Memorial Handicap HandicapThe The St Clair Woodward and Juvenile Stakes are for twoyearolds and carry 2 000 in added money each The Michigan Cup Handicap is for threeyearolds and I will be run Saturday June 9 It will be decided at a mile and a furlong and be a Derby trial A majority of the eligibles for the coveted fixture probably will be under colors colorsAn An attractive and wellbalanced program will usher in the season The Detroit In ¬ augural Handicap at six furlongs which tops the card drew a field of eight while the DetroitLeland Purse for threeyear olds and at one mile and a sixteenth is an able supporting attraction Nine of the bet ¬ ter grade of this age were named this morning morningFor For fear that a change in track condi ¬ tions would cause a reduction in several of the small fields a substitute race is carded but will be used only if necessary The necessaryThe five other races are given over to those from the claiming division and with the exception of the first race for twoyear olds and the second for threeyearolds and over small fields will parade paradeThere There will be seven races daily and eight on Saturdays and holidays Post time week days is 230 and 215 on Saturdays and holidays holidaysThere There will be a Daily Double on the first and second races
