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W. DOWLINGS HOME RAZED DETROIT, Mich., May 19.— The home of William Dowling, assistant Michigan racing commissioner, who lost a dozen horses in a fire last year, was destroyed by fire yesterday. Included in the loss was bound volumes of the Thoroughbred Record from 1905, which commissioner Dowling had ready for shipment to J. A. Estes, editor of the Blood Horse. The records, yhich were to be a gift to Estes, were removed from an office into the Dowling home at Northville, Mich., late Wednesday.
