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TWELVE IN DETROIT HANDICAP Saturdays Feature at Motor City Attracts Crack Band Plucky Play Esseff Quatre Bras II Clotho and Big Beau Will Vie for Han ¬ dicap Honors DETROIT Mich May 18 Twelve of the best handicap horses available were named for the initial running of the 2500 added Wolverine Handicap that will feature the Detroit Racing Associations eightrace pro ¬ gram here tomorrow tomorrowPlucky Plucky Play the veteran that has carried the Norman W Churchs colors to many im ¬ portant victories and has won about 150000 in his six years of racing is assigned top weight of 119 pounds It will be the second appearance of the season for the son of My Play and Plucky and he has been train ¬ ing perfectly for this engagement engagementWilliam William T Waggoner Sons Quatre Bras H brother to Sir Gallahad III and Bulldog and fresh from a brilliant Texas campaign comes next with 116 pounds two more than that assigned Strideaway a sta blemate Then comes the game Esseff which won the sixtieth Clark Handicap under the colors of Charles T Fisher a Detroiter She carries 111 pounds This calls on her to concede plenty of weight to C V Whitneys Clotho Detroit Inaugural Handi ¬ cap winner which totes 308 pounds poundsThree Three of the eligibles had workouts this morning for the race Rip Van Winkle went a handy threequarters in 117 while Big Beau was well in hand as he sped oyer the same distance in 115 Jungle King breezed a half mile in 48 48With With a forecast of fair weather for tomor ¬ rows racing the Fair Grounds track is ex ¬ pected to entertain a crowd that will vie with the largest of last season seasonThere There has been a demand for box seats and as only members are admitted to the clubhouse this sector is expected to be filled to capacity The post time for the first race is 215 215The The Wolverine Handicap field in order of post positions with weights and probable jockeys follows PP Horse Wt Jockey 1 Big Beau 106 H Callahan 2 Law Suit 101 M Peters 3 Silent Shot 105 A Tipton 4 Esseff Ill L Humphries 5 Clotho 108 A Robertson 6 Jungle King 102 J Jacobs 7 Rip Van Winkle 1103 L Dronet 8 Plucky Play 119 C Landolt 9 Sun Apollo 100 J Mattioli 10 fStrideaway 114 A Beck 11 JQuatre Bras 11116 A Beck 12 Vitamin B 96 M Helm fThree Ds Stock Farm Stable entry
