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POLAR FLIGHT SCORES Alger Racer Wins Alger Memorial Handicap at Detroit Bay Colt Surprise Winner of Fair FairGrounds Grounds First Stake Erin ErinTorch Torch Finishes Second DETROIT Mich May 29 Polar Flight winner of the 1936 renewal of the Colonel Alger Memorial Handicap carried the col ¬ ors of Fred M Alger Jr the vice president of the Detroit Racing Association to a sur ¬ prise victory in the Inaugural Handicap main race offered at the Fair Grounds meet ¬ ing opening its regular spring season here this afternoon Erin Torch furnished by Charles T Fishers Dixiana was second a head back of the winner and a length before Mrs Frank F Navins Mansco which got up to head Don Creole for minor honors honorsThe The six furlongs sprint which carried 3000 in added money worth 2810 to the winners owner was strictly a local victory for Prince Fellow which finished fifth was the lone invader among the leading quin ¬ tette Rollin Home a stable mate of Erin Torch which led the field to the final fur ¬ long was sixth and then came Hal Price Headleys Fraidy Cat the top weight under 120 pounds and a 3 to 2 choice choiceThe The veteran Lee Hardy who rode the Alger color bearer in his first important 1937 triumph directed him this afternoon and he again put up an excellent display of horsemanship saving him while Rollin Home and Fraidy Cat showed the way for three furlongs He drove him to the front after reaching the stretch and although Erin Torch took up the chase when Rollin Home tired he had enough left in his mount to withstand the belated charge of the Dixiana representative Mansco came from a good distance back on the outside to beat Don Creole which drove through the field for minor honors honorsSCORES SCORES AT LONG ODDS ODDSThe The winner packed 108 pounds and ran the distance in 113 fastest time of the after ¬ noon for six furlongs He paid 4380 for each 2 straight straightIdeal Ideal racing weather prevailed and a crowd estimated at 10000 was present for the inauguration of the regular spring sea ¬ son The racing strip was not at its best but after the running of the first race it was classified as good The wagering was the best for an opening day since the sport was legalized legalizedSupporting Supporting the feature was the Rouge Park Purse for threeyearolds and it en ¬ abled the Detroitowned Dixiana stable to complete a double when Crows Flight was a Continued on thirtyeighth page POLAR FLIGHT SCORES SCORESContinued Continued from first page handy winner Although the son of High Time reached the end of six furlongs a length to the good Navarre also a locally owned performer and from Mrs F J Na vins Tall Trees Stable Nad furnished by T D Buhl and Lady Sybil and Jelly Roll which completed the field were so closely i j aligned that the picture was required to separate them themCAMERA CAMERA FINISH FINISHIn In the first camera finish of the meeting G La Fleshs Lockstep got up to take a nose decision over Kentucky Eagle at the end of six furlongs in the first race Black Sergeant was third threequarters of a length back of Kentucky Eagle and three lengths before Wanda Gable which garnered i fourth laurels Under Frank Grill and away very slowly the winner worked her way forward slowly and driving up on the put side wore Kentucky Eagle down in the final stride strideSpeed Speed Limit signalled his return to com ¬ petition after a good rest when he carried Henry Allens colors to victory in the sec ond race also over six furlongs Merry Caroline was second and Kingsbury third Handled by Lee Hardy and the first in mo ¬ tion Speed Limit made every post a win ¬ ning one and although tiring in the last stages came to the finish a neck before Merry Caroline which was in closest pursuit throughout Kingsbury which raced on the extreme outside of the small field of eight got up in the final stride to head Sirgay for minor honors honorsDIXIANA DIXIANA COLORS COLORSTorchy Torchy and Rhett furnished by Charles T Fishers Detroitowned Dixiana carried off first and second honors in the third event a five furlongs dash for maiden twoyear olds Sweep Brook was third some three lengths back of Rhett which finished two and a half lengths in the wake of TorChy TorChyIn In another finish that required the cam ¬ era to separate the leaders Bensinger Sterns Rebekah was returned the winner B Eighty which led the field for five fur ¬ longs of the six furlongs trip was second a neck back of the winner and a head before Alwintourj which was much the best of the four others
