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DETROIT INAUGURAL Goodly-Sized Crowd Present for the Opening Day Program. Dora May Accounts for Featured Attraction hy Defeating Grey Streak and Miss Bull Dog. DETROIT, Mich., May 28.— Dora May entered her 1938 campaign in auspicious fashion when she accounted for the ,500 added Inaugural Handicap, which topped the opening program of the Michigan spring season. Flaunting the colors of Gus Simones Rock-home Stable, the winner, carrying 116 pounds, made every post a winning one to be a half length before Mrs. A. M. Creechs Grey Streak. Third honors went to Valley Grey Farms Miss Bull Dog. The latter, Sweep Royal and Grey Gold were noses apart and a length before Transmutable, Sweep Like and Torchy, the latter a 13-to-10 choice, were seventh and eighth in the field of eight. Under Willie Hanka, Dora May ran the distance over a track classified as fast in 1:12%. She earned ,105 and was a 5-to-l hazard. The winner and Grey Streak dominated the pace from the start with Sweep Like and Torchy holding the others safe during the opening three-eighths. Sweep Like was taken back when in close quarters approaching the stretch and Torchy dropped back when he lacked racing room in the drive. GAIN OVER LEADERS. During the run for home, Miss Bull Dog, Sweep Royal, and Grey Gold began to pick up on the leaders and they charged down on the outside to be so closely aligned that the picture was called upon to separate them. Continued on thirty-eighth r"ige. DETROITjNAUGURAL Continued from first page. Dora Mays margin was a half of a length and Grey Streak held the same advantage over Miss Bull Dog. Although intermittent showers fell during the morning, the skies cleared before the opening of the program. The crowd was estimated at 10,000. The many improvements appeared to meet with the approval of the fans. Supporting the feature was the Welcome Purse, and this resulted in a very popular score when T. D. Buhls Couleedam was an easy winner. It wa sthe second victory for Sammy Williams and he brought the 3 to 5 choice to the end of one mile and seventy yards, two lengths before Saparoo, with Gyral, a stablemate of the winner, in third place, a half of a length further back. FINISH NOSES APART. Cheer Star, Jack Conner, and Lucky Color, the latter the choice, reached the end of six .furlongs in the opening races noses apart and two lengths before Wranda Gable, which tired after leading the field of eight to the stretch. The fourth nose finish of the afternoon came with the three-quarters fifth race, when Arbsconder lasted to beat Wise Duke. Third honors went to Polly Hastings. Under W. South and forced to lose ground when racing forward, the winner wore down the pacemaking Polly Hastings when inside the final forty yards and had enough left to outfinish Wise Duke, which closed with a determined rush. Polly Hastings enjoyed favoritism.
