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DETROIT nrTDAITJP PlfinDETROIT S FflTAT FINAL CARD Plfin Five to Furnish Sport in Featured Mackinac Handicap Autograph Top Weight in Headliner Elks Day a Success Attend ¬ ance Exceeds Expectations DETROIT Mich July 14 Detroits forty nine days of spring and summer racing will come to a close tomorrow with the offering of a ninerace program The card topped by the 2500 added Mackinac Handicap and for which a small field of five will run one and onesixteenth miles is very attractive The sport will open with a race over one and onehalf miles and a contest over the same distance will end it itOnly Only six were made eligible for the Macki ¬ nac Handicap Bernard F triple stakes win ¬ ner declining the issue due to his heavy bur ¬ den of 132 pounds and he moved on to This ¬ tle Down to fill his engagement in theIn augural Handicap there tomorrow S SAutograph Autograph from the stable of J L Mac Knight winner of her last two starts both of which were on Saturdays will carry the top impost of 110 pounds Following her in line of weights is Jerry McCarthys OBan tam under 106 pounds He made his local seasons debut here several days ago and turned in a good effort Idle Elf second to Prince Argo in the Liberty Handicap here last Saturday Show Up which has yet to win a race here and Banner Man which finished second in the Pontchartrain Stakes complete the field with Idle Elf and Banner Man slated to tote 102 pounds each eachSECONDARY SECONDARY RACE RACEThe The secondary race a combination affair labelled the Au Revoir attracted a field of seven for a race over six furlongs Noble Boy which disappointed in the Liberty Han ¬ dicap last Saturday will have an oppor ¬ tunity to make amends for that effort and chalk up his third victory of the meeting Opposing the Bomar Stable star will be Bomber Distract Lady Flash Roquill Cool ¬ ing Spring and Likly Lad LadSeven Seven juveniles representing five different interests will match strides over five fur ¬ longs in the Commando Purse the fifth race Ginger Ted and Tough Hombre will represent Milky Way Farm and Dollar Bay and Swing Band will flaunt the solferino and buff silks of Dixiana Joe Greenock PariErnest and Belle James complete the field fieldLONGER LONGER DISTANCES DISTANCESSix Six of the nine races are at distances of one mile and seventy yards or greater and only the second race attracted a limit field of twelve Continued on thirtyfifth page DETROITS FINAL CARD Continued from first page After a big beginning the meeting suf ¬ fered from industrial trouble in Detroit and the management gave twilight racing a test It was such a tremendous hit that it was decided to have the late opening every day except Saturday and July 4 This change brought about an increase in the crowds and mutuel handle and put the season on a pay ¬ ing basis basisCool Cool clear weather was on tap for the ladies day and Elks day program this after ¬ noon and with a forecast of the same to ¬ morrow the gathering is expected to be one of the largest since the opening Featuring openingFeaturing the program today was the De ¬ troit lodge of Elks No 34 Purse and a small but evenly matched field of six ran one mile and seventy yards Military Milky Way Farm castoff picked up the top burden of 116 pounds and he was the early favorite The other races honored prominent mem ¬ bers of the Elks lodge lodgeAlthough Although a big crowd was expected the turnout today was far above expectations A section of the grandstand was reserved for the Elks and several parties were held in their honor in the clubhouse clubhouseThe The field for the Mackinac Handicap in order of post positions weights and probable jockeys follows PP Horse Wt Rider 1 Idle Elf 102 W Prehm 2 Show Up 103 A Clutter 3 OBantam 106 S Williams 4 Autograph 110 A Sorsen 5 Banner Man 102 H Dupuy
