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i l X Ct W FIELD OF THIRTEEN NAMWOB CRETE HANDICAP HO ATTRACTIONS ON TOBlFS ETROIT PROGRAM DOMINION WOLVERINE HANDICAPS FEATURED FEATUREDFifteen Fifteen and Eight Entered in Respective Races Epidor Takes Up 118 Pounds in Former Race RaceDETROIT DETROIT Mich May 23 Detroit Racing Association officials have prepared an out ¬ standing program of eight races for presen ¬ tation at the Fair Grounds track tomorrow Cofeatures for the halfholiday sport are the Dominion Handicap six furlongs sprint for threeyearolds and upward and the Wolverine Handicap a test of one mile and seventy yards for horses of like age The Dominion will be contested for a purse of 2500 and the Wolverine will have a value of 2000 2000Top Top weight of 118 pounds for the Domin ¬ ion has been assigned to A L Fergusons fleet Epidor by racing secretary and handi capper Charles F Henry The Ferguson star picked up an impost of 114 pounds in the Inaugural Handicap Wednesday and de feated Aerial Bomb Dollar Bay Clarksville and Mission Step among others Always a favorite with Motor City patrons Epidor will undoubtedly bo installed as one of the choices for the sprint event That the well Dominion Handicap purse 2500 threeyearolds and upward six furlongs PP Horse Wt Jockey 1 Darby Dienst 107 W Cassity 2 High One 108 P Milligaii 3 Detroit Bull 109 G Rose 4 StemWinder 108 J Robertson 5 True Star 100 100G J Weir G Espino Gold 105 P Milligan 7 Dollar Bay 104 O Scurlock 8 ShakerMan 107 E Kaufman 9 Epidor 118 G Wallace 10 Aerial Bomb 112 W Cassity 11 Rock Maker 108 J Flinchum 12 Burgoo Miss 106 P Keiper 13 Wise Moss 100 G King 14 Clarksville 105 E LeBlanc 15 Miss Ethel 108 G Rose conformed son of Epithet and Dorothea must be at his best to repeat his Inaugural vic ¬ tory is a foregone conclusion He must meet fourteen of the top flight handicap perform ¬ ers on the grounds and Aerial Bomb who suffered such bold contention in her last outing is again named to start AERIAL BOMB MAY IMPROVE IMPROVESporting Sporting the silks of Mrs Henri Torriente Aerial Bomb gave a superb performance in the initial 1941 headliner when she took the top on her company and held a clean lead until inside the final furlong of the three quarter mile event It was not until the last sixteenth of the Inaugural that Epi ¬ dor could catch and pass the Torriente speedster and the latter is expected to improve off her Wednesday outing when she answers the bugle Saturday Heniy has weighted Aerial Bomb with 112 pounds the same impost she toted in the Inaugural and the question is whether Epidor can give Aerial Bomb six pounds and trim her again againContinued Continued on eleventh page TWO ATTRACTIONS HEADLINE TODAYS PROGRAM AT DETROIT DETROITDominion Dominion Wolverine Handicaps to Be Featured at Motor City Oval OvalContinued Continued from first pace paceOtHers OtHers in the starstudded field for the Dominion include Darby Dan Farms Darby Dienst Col A C Snyders High One Bo mar Stables Detroit Bull Peterson Childs West Coast invader StemWinder M J Schmitts True Star and Mrs P Nu gents Espino Gold Also scheduled to con ¬ test are Dixianas Dollar Bay Charles Leists ShakerMan winner of his last two starts at Churchill Downs River Divide Farms Rock Maker and Miss Louise Vi monts shifty Burgoo Miss MissDetroit Detroit patrons will watch with much in ¬ terest the performances of Mrs E McCuans Wise Moss John Greeners Clarksville and Dr J A Blackwells Miss Ethel in the Dominion Wise Moss was good enough as a twoyearold to annex the historic Debu ¬ tante Stakes at Churchill Downs in 1940 and began her threeyearold campaign with a pair of brilliant victories at the recent Oak lawn Park meeting Clarksville proved his mettle at the Florida courses last winter and trainer Tom Jolley has the son of Hecla and Traveling Tot in top shape at present liss Ethel has shown to advantage in her recent starts in the midwest and blessed with high speed she may make it interesting for her rivals The Wolverine drew a small but select band of eight sturdy routers and of these J L Wildes Show Up was accorded the post of honor with the top impost of 112 pounds K G Marshalls Dancing Light will tote 110 pounds and B M Smiths Cooling Spring will get in with 107 pounds The latt r raced kindly this spring in Chicago and finished third in the Detroit Spring Inaugural A L Ferguson will depend on Black Brummel Peterson Childs will send Sun Pharos to the post and W E Ball accepted weight of 104 pounds for Sidout Ernest Doumanis Dream Boat completes the field and has been assigned 105 pounds for the test testSupporting Supporting events include four wellfilled and balanced six furlong races and one at one mile and seventy yards and another at one mile and onesixteenth All are for horses three years old and upward upwardPost Post time for the opening race will be 230 p m and the Daily Double will operate on the first and second races racesEdward Edward P Strong has made arrangements with public service officials to furnish extra transportation facilities to and from the track from downtown districts
