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RACING HOLDS ITS OWN DETROIT, Mich., June 14. Considering that there were forty thousand fans at Navin Field cheering for the Tigers to go into the American League lead, and 15,000 golf fans at Bloomfield for the National Open, I was well pleased with Saturdays gathering at the Fair Grounds," said Clarence W. Lehr, president and general man-I ager, this morning. The turnstiles revealed that slightly more than. 9,000 persons were present, but the mutuel handle was within a few dollars of that of the previous Saturday when the crowd was larger.
