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CLARENCE E LEHR Who as presi ¬ dent and general manager of the Detroit Racing Association has everything at the Motor City course in firstrate order for todays opening K JFS TWILIGHT CARD TO OPEN1PP RACING SEASON WHIRLAWAY ASSERTS SUPlftORITY ONCE AGAIN NINE SPRINTERS GO IN INAUGURAL HANDICAP HANDICAPEpidor Epidor and Black Brummel Who Ran OneTwo in Opening Feature Last Year Among Todays Field FieldDETROIT DETROIT Mich May 20 King Thor ¬ oughbred returns to the Detroit Fair Grounds tomorrow to inaugurate a forty day spring and summer meeting and track officials have arranged an outstanding pro ¬ gram sportThe of eight races to open the 1941 sport The spacious Motor City plant is in excel ¬ lent condition and if continued fair and warm weather predominates one of the larg ¬ est crowds to attend a twilight card is ex ¬ pected to be on hand when the first field answers the bugle at 430 p m The racing strip proper is in its best shape in years due to the efforts of general superintendent Carter C Curtiss and track chief J Oliver Brown and their men menHeadlining Headlining the attractive program will be the Detroit Spring Inaugural Handicap a sixfurlong race for threeyearolds and up ¬ ward Nine of the fleetest sprinters on the grounds have been named for the dash and top weight impost of 114 pounds has been assigned to A L Fergusons handy Epidor who has always given a good account of himself in previous efforts at the local oval Coupled with Epidor will be Black Brum ¬ mel another shifty colt from the Ferguson stable and he has been assigned 105 pounds by racing secretary and handicapper Charles F Henry This entry finished onetwo in last years running of the Inaugural with Epidor the victor victorAERIAL AERIAL BOMB MAY BE THREAT THREATThat That Epidor must be at his best to main ¬ tain his superiority in the sprint division at Detroit is a foregone conclusion The Fer ¬ guson gelding will meet a real threat tomor ¬ row in Mrs Henri Torrientes hard hitting mare Aerial Bomb The speedy daughter of Ariel Predicament showed distinct class early in the year when campaigned on Flor ¬ ida tracks Winner of three races in which she vanquished such formidable company as Marshall Fields Bashi Bazouk A H Watermans Mary Schulz Woolford Farms Unerring Mrs J S Healeys Sassy Lady and Calumet Farms Little Risk Aerial Bomb is fit and ready to offer stubborn con ¬ tention tentionThe The locallyowned Bomar Stable will place its dependence in the Inaugural on Detroit Bull who has always proved one of the best handicap performers in this sector Although AlthoughContinued Continued on twentyninth page IETROIT RACING SEASON TO OPEN WITH TWILIGHT RD RDNine Nine Good Sprinters Entered in Spring Inaugural Handicap HandicapContinued Continued from first page pagethe the gelded son of Bull Dog and My Lava has been slow to reach hig best form thus far this season trainer Edgar Barnc is of the opinion that the Motor City favorite will be one of the horses to whip in tomorrows fea ¬ ture Detroit Bull gets in with an impost of 112 poundsand will have the saddle services of George Rose RoseDIXIANA DIXIANA COLORBEABER COLORBEABERAnother Another Detroitowners silks will be seen in action when Charles T Fishers Dixiana colorbearer Dollar Bay goes postward The fouryearold son of Sweep All and Uncles Lassie was recently shipped from his own ¬ ers Lexington Ky breeding farm and early morning trials here attest to his fitness fitnessCompleting Completing the field for the top offering will be Beezley Hirschbergs Mission Step John Greeners good racer Clarksville G W Morrisons Poesy and B M Smiths Cooling Spring The latter a fiveyearold sired by Milkman and out of Afloat a Man o1 War mare is In good fettle and recently trimmed a good field of handicap hofses at Chicago ChicagoBecause Because of the demand on the part of Detroit patrons for juvenile racing secre ti ry Henry will support the feature with the Mata Hari Purse at four and onehalf fur ¬ longs Such good twoyearolds as Tomluta Diego Red and Verity B a recent winner at Churchill Downs are among those sched ¬ uled to contest in the dash dashThe The remainder of the card is made up of wellbalanced and filled events from the plater class The first four races are at six furlongs and the final pair of events are to be decided at one mile and seventy yards yardsThe The mutuel plant at the Fair Grounds has been remodeled and the main betting ring under the grandstand is now much larger than before The wagering department is well staffed and department heads announced that the Daily Double would again prevail The special pool will operate on the first and second races and post time for the initial offering on opening day and every other day will be 430 p m with the exception of Saturdays and holidays when the opening event will go to the post at 230 p m
