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IN CRETE FEATURE DETROIT RACING BEGINS IN AUSPICIOUS FASHION ENTHUSIASTIC CROWD OUT FOR INAUGURAL INAUGURALPresages Presages Well for Success of Motor City Sport Bill G Has Honor of Winning Opening Race RaceDETROIT DETROIT Mich May 21 Thoroughbred horse racing returned to the Detroit Fair Grounds today inaugurating a fortyday spring and summer meeting which will ter ¬ minate July 5 If the opening of the 1941 local season can be taken as a criterion the Motor City session will undoubtedly prove one of the most successful in the history of the track trackThe The crowd which numbered in the vici ¬ nity of 10000 persons was on hand for the initial offerings and these attendance fig ¬ ures increased until as late as the fourth event The throng was a most enthusiastic one and wagering was brisk throughout the evening for the program got under way at the twilight hour of 430 p m Betting rings in both the grandstand and clubhouse en ¬ closures were well patronized patronizedMany Many people prominent in the social and business life of the Michigan metropolis were on hand to greet the renewal of the sport but it was the old regular group of racing followers which made the day a pleasant one Detroit a city which is widely known for its sporting tendencies held tenaciously to its laurels The same center which sent 23000 people to the race track last year on the same day that the Michigan State and Michigan football teams played to a banner crowd and Briggs Stadium was completely sold out for a baseball game was well rep ¬ resented at the Fair Grounds for the in ¬ augural auguralThe The feature attraction the Detroit Spring Inaugural Handicap which was decided at six furlongs drew a good field of nine sprinters Mrs Henri Torrientes Aerial Bomb John Greeners Clarksville and the A L Ferguson entry all received stout support supportGLASS GLASS GANG COLORBEARER COLORBEARERThe The honor of winning the first race of the current meeting fell to Bill G repre ¬ sentative of Glass Gano Well ridden by Pat Milligan Bill G came to the close of the sixfurlong sprint two lengths before Dixianas Spot Shot and the latter was a halflength before Keene Daingerfield Jrs St Dismas who downed the nine other platers for third honors honorsBill Bill G worked his way up steadily in the run through the back stretch while Spot Shot and Ruckelle battled for the lead Turning for home the victor took a length and onehalf advantage over Ruckelle and after shaking off the latter had enough left to hold Spot Shot safe to the wire St Dismas closed well to easily best the bal ¬ ance of the field for the minor award The favored Embrace had no excuses Running time over the fast track was 113 and the winner paid 1120 in the straight betting bettingBatter Batter from the stable of J Hoskins proved best of the twelve platers which met in the second event at six furlongs Under jockey S Parise the fiveyearold gelded son sonContinued Continued on twentyseventh page ENTHUSIASTIC CROWD OUT FOR OPENING DAY DAYContinued Continued from first page pageof of High Time was sent to the top after the first quarter increased his lead to three lengths around the turn and coasted home with a length advantage over Blossom Queen The latter after breaking well was taken in hand and shuffled back In the early running The Sun Flag mare closed strongly to take the place by a length and onehalf over Chestnut Bur Batter com ¬ pleted the first Daily Double of the meet ¬ ing with Bill G and the successful combi ¬ nation paid off at the rate of 53 for each 2 ticket
