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DETROIT RACING SEASON OF 1935 BEGINS TODAY o- . INAUGURAL HANDICAP Feature of Opening Program of Thirty-Wine Day Meeting. -. Sixteen Stakes Headed by Detroit Derby and Detroit Challenge Cup Stellar Attractions. ---t DETROIT, Mich., May 22. A small field of eight was named for the ,500 added Detroit Inaugural Handicap, which will be decided, at six furlongs, as the feature of the opening days program here tomorrow afternoon. The field for the handicap A in order of post positions, weights and probable jockeys follow :- PP. Horse. Wt. Jockey. 1 Rock X 112. H. Dabson 2 Garden Msage.108 O. Pernia 3 Eddie J 96 . R. Montgomry 4 Sun Monk 116 R. Fisher 5 Bahamas 105 .G.Burns 6 Slapped . ....107. . .D. Summers 7 Ladfield .117 L.Hardy 8 Hecla 107 R. Morrison i DETROIT, Mich., May 22. The Detroit Racing Associations spring meeting is at hand. Tomorrow, with the running of the ,500 added Inaugural Handicap and seven supporting races, the Motor City season, of thirty-nine days will be under way. Sixteen stakes, the chief of which are the second running of the 5,000 added Detroit Derby and the 5,000 added Detroit Challenge Cup, will be offered during the session which comes to a close Saturday, July 6. Nearly; 700 hprses are quartered on the grounds and the racing strip, which, barring a downpour from the threatening skies prevailing today, will be at its best for the opening. In the event of good weather, an expected crowd of 15,000 will be on hand. The Junior League has sold out the clubhouse com-pletely and today a section of the grandstand, was set aside for the overflow. PREDICT SUCCESSFUL MEETING. According to those in the know, Detroit should enjoy its most successful season since racing was revived here in 1933. The elimination of the long season of 123 days which prevailed last year will greatly aid the track, is the word passed out by the local scribes. The motor industry, which has been going at full blast for the past two years, and the; distribution of some of the money that was laying in the closed banks also has brought a greater air of prosperity to this sector. Not so fortunate as last year, when the purse. distribution at other tracks was not so great, Detroit failed to attract a majority of the leading stables. However, there are a good many here and, with such great competitors as New York, New England, Kentucky and Illinois under way, the Detroit management is not. disappointed. Several changes have been made in the membership of the racing association and the racing officials since last year. During the winter the association was reorganized and Clarence E. Lehr, who formerly served as general manager, was elected president. Fred M. Alger, Jr., a member of a pioneer Michigan family, is vice-president and Harold R. Boyer, his brother-in-law, treasurer. Alger is the owner of Azucar and it was upon his suggestion that the Detroit Challenge- Cup. was offered. Under the conditions, only three-year-olds that have won 0,000 and. older performers that have earned 0,000 are eligible for the mile and three-sixteenths journey. STARS IN DETROIT DERBY. Nominations for the Detroit Derby, the first running of which went to Cavalcade, closed May 13 and the leading three-year-olds are eligible for the race. It, too, will be decided at one mile and three-sixteenths. Both races would be at one mile and a quarter distance, only for starting the fields on the turn. The mile and three-sixteenths gives the field a better opportunity of being straightened out shortly after the start. Continued on twenty-eighth page. - DETROIT RACING SEASON OF 1935 BEGINS TODAY .Continued from first page. Joseph A. Murphy, who has served as di rector of racing since the sport was legal ized here two years ago, again holds that important position and he will have as asso ciates in the stewards stand: Clarence E, Lehr and William A. Quigley. Charles F. Henry, John Carey and J. F. Gallagher arl the placinjg judges and to Eddie Thomaa a protege of Harry Morrissey, will be enj trusted the starting. A small field of eight was named for the Detroit Inaugural Handicap, that will serve as the fifth race. Mrs. C. C. Cranes Lad-field was assigned the top impost of 117 pounds for the three-quarters dash, with C. Savards Sun Monk, a consistent winner here last year, carrying 116 pounds. Next in line of weights is the Tranquility Farms Rock X., with 112 pounds. The weights scale down to ninety-six pounds, the minimum weight allotted the Odessa Farms Eddie J., the only three-year-old in the field. Supporting the feature is a graded handicap, at one mile. During the first ninand days of the meeting one or more of the graded handicaps are conditioned daily. Several changes have been made in the claiming and apprentice allowance rules Only those owners who have a horse entered in one of the eight races will be eligible to claim a horse the first day. Thereafter all owners who have participated in the racing will be eligible to claim horses the first day. A five-pound apprentice allowance will be permitted in all claiming races, and a three-pound allowance in graded handicaps and conditions. There will be no apprentice allowance in races for two-year olds. In addition to the two big features other stakes carded for the meeting are the Wolverine Handicap, the feature of Saturdays program, the Colonel Alger Memorial Handicap, the City of Straits Handicap, the St. Clair Stakes, the Selfridge Field Handicap, the Belle Isle Handicap, the University of Michigan Handicap, the Woodward. Stakes, the Pontchartrain Handicap, the University of Detroit Handicap, the Liberty Handicap, the Detroit Juvenile Handicap, and the Michigan State College Handicap. The St. Clair Stakes, the Woodward Stakes and the Detroit Juvenile Stakes are open to two-year-olds, and all carry ,000 in added money. The Colonel Alger Memorial and the Liberty Handicap carry 3,000 in added money and ,500 is added to the Inaugural, the University of Michigan, the University of Detroit and the Michigan State College Handicaps. All other stakes carry ,500 in added money. The "Daily Double" " system of wagering will be used on the second and third races. Post time for the first race is 2:30 oclock.
