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DETROITS CHARITY CARD PRECEDES OPENING DETROIT Mich May 22 A canvass of the horsemen now quartered at the Fair Grounds reveals that the third program to be offered for the Horsemens Relief Society on Friday preceding the opening of the regular Detroit season Saturday will be one of the most attractive since the society was formed formedAn An allowance affair for threeyearolds and upward and carrying a 800 purse will top the eightrace card Through the courtesy of the racing commissioner the Detroit Racing Association is authorized to notify horsemen that there will be no penalties except as to maidens maidensThe The trustees of the fund are Mrs Fred T Murphy Charles T Fisher Louis J Lepper Joseph D Frost and Clarence E Lehr presi ¬ dent and general manager of the Detroit Racing Association AssociationAn An incentive to attract better class fields for the program the minimum purse will be 600 In drafting the conditions for the card racing secretary Webb Everett avoided any conflict with his program for the open ¬ ing of the regular season Featuring the opening will be the Inaugural Handicap which carries 3000 in added money and over six furlongs Nominations for this stakes and the Col Alger Memorial Hand ¬ icap which tops the Decoration Day pro ¬ gram Monday close Tuesday
