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FINAL WEEK AT DETROIT Ideal Weather Prevails for Mondays Sport Meeting Successful SuccessfulCentury Century Post of the American Legion LegionHonored Honored by Feature Race One OneStake Stake Remains on List DETROIT Mich July 10 The kind of weather that makes Michigan famous as a summer resort prevailed for the opening of Detroits final week of its long spring and summer meeting today There was just enough chill in the air to make it very pleasant for the large crowd crowdOnly Only one stakes the 2500 added Mackinac Handicap a run over one and onesixteenth miles remains to be contested and it will feature the closing day program on Satur ¬ day Nominations for the race close tomor ¬ row night and an attractive field is expected to oppose Ike Collins Bernard F the lead ¬ ing stakes winner of the local meeting Bernard F started his local campaign with a victory in the Col Alger Memorial Handi ¬ cap and after meeting defeat in the Motor City Handicap came back to win the Cadil ¬ I lac Handicap and the Frontier Handicap In the latter stakes he shouldered 126 pounds and no doubt will be heavily burdered in Saturdays feature featureWith With a switch to twilight racing the meet ¬ ing moved from a losers side to a winners side of the ledger and unless bad weather interferes with the final week of racing the management is sure to make a profit profitAlthough Although there was no feature provided for today the best race honored the Cen ¬ tury Post No 23 of the American Legion and this organization was represented by Continued on thirtyfifth page FINAL WEEK AT DETROIT Continued from first page many of its members in the crowd Several of the other races were named for leading establishments of Detroit and each firm de ¬ clared a half holiday for their employees employeesTomorrows Tomorrows offering also an allclaiming race card will have as its feature the Frank enmulth purse for threeyearolds It will bring Parkwood Chief under colors He wheeled at the start of his race here last week and in the event he turns in a good effort will be among those to oppose Ber ¬ nard F Saturday SaturdaySnow Snow Flower opened the program with a popular score when she came to the finish of six furlongs with four lengths to spare In chalking up her second victory of the meeting Snow Flower raced Pari Office into submission during the opening fivesix ¬ teenths and establishing a big advantage thereafter came to the finish well in hand Tura Stone Termotime and Please Doctor were noses apart and in the same order back of the winner when they reached the finish finishPari Pari Office went along with the winner during the run to the far turn but she gave way thereafter and when tiring in the stretch was bumped by Termotime Tura Stone and Please Doctor came from well back to garner their honors honorsGeorge George H Neal made plans to ship Sleep Along Florid and Busy Spain to Thistle Down Sunday The trio race for Mrs L Hartrick of Detroit
