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DETROITS ATTENDANCE Appears Like a New Season Record Providing No Letup in Final Days Present Session Is Successful With WithAid Aid of Twilight Sport Coca Cola ColaPurse Purse Todays Main Feature DETROIT Mich July 12 One of the largest weekday crowds of the Detroit sea ¬ son was present for the Ladies Day program yesterday and early arrivals today augur well for todays gathering to surpass that big turnout Only three days remain before the close of the fortynineday season Satur ¬ day and should the weather continue to be as ideal as that of yesterday and today the meeting probably will setablish a new at ¬ tendance record recordLike Like other parts of the country money is not as plentiful as in previous years but the mutuel handle since twilight racing was inaugurated has been very good and today Clarence E Lehr president of the Detroit Racing Association stated the season will be a successful one oneThe The brand of sport this week has not been as good as earlier in the meeting many of the start performers having shipped to other points one of which is Cleveland where the Thistle Down meeting opens on Saturday SaturdayMACKINAC MACKINAC HANDICAP HANDICAPTopping Topping the final days card will be the 2500 added Mackinac Handicap a run over one and onesixteenth miles and this will give Bernard F an opportunity of winning his fourth stake of the meeting After an easy victory in the Frontier Handicap the son of Sun Gold II and Miss Lillian is sure to pick up the heaviest burden of his career He packed 126 pounds in the Frontier and with several of the stars that opposed him in that effort being ineligible to the race the Collins star probably will tote 130 pounds poundsAlthough Although the Coca Cola Purse held the sixth and feature spot on the program today the third race for maiden twoyearolds at ¬ tracted the most attention This probably was due to the debut of Ginger Ted a son of Teddy and Supper Time from the Milky i Way Farm stable of Mrs Ethel V Mars He had Tough Hombre a 9000 yearling at the Saratoga auction as a companion and while the latter was defeated at his first asking he performed very greenly Magic Dream a daughter of Cohort and Flying Bob also made their bows in the five furlongs dash dashThreeyearolds Threeyearolds will have a big day tomor ¬ row not less than three races being devoted to horses of this age The best lot will run in the Grand Trunk Purse the sixth race and only seven will compete Ocean Tide winner of his last start will carry the top burden of 117 pounds Others named for the six furlongs dash are Firerab Starry Path Pepper Box Wise Attorney Little Mara and Brilliant Nell NellBenefitted Benefitted by bearing over on Please Doc ¬ tor when challenging for the lead in the drive Smith David was returned the winner of the first race Colonel Martis was a half Continued on thirtyfifth page DETROITS ATTENDANCE I Continued from first page length back and third went to Please Doc ¬ tor torPlease Please Doctor did the pacemaking for more than seven furlongs of the one mile and seventy yards jaunt but she was both ¬ ered by the winner and tired thereafter Colonel Martis came from well back to be fast wearing the winner down and Broad ¬ way Roxy factor from the start garnered fourth laurels Rail Down second choice to Colonel Martis showed nothing under listless handling handlingAlthough Although bearing out badly while main ¬ taining a big lead entering the final quarter of the six furlongs sprint Ottos Choice from the Detroitowned stable of Mrs M M Johr was returned the winner of the second race Verakee was a length back of the winner and two lengths before Long Face the third horse Grand Reina a lukewarm favorite quit badly after holding a contend ¬ ing position for five furlongs
