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Col Alger Memorial Heads Three Handicaps at Detroit Jrack Joday High Fidelity and Bar Fly Equal Top Weights in 3000 Attraction AttractionDETROIT DETROIT Mich May 29 Detroit Rac ¬ ing Association officials were making final preparations today to handle the largest crowd of the current meeting at the Fair Grounds for tomorrows Memorial Day pro ¬ gram Three handicaps are up for decision on the holiday card and of these the most important will be the eighth running of the 3000 Col Alger Memorial Handicap at one mile and onesixteenth Supporting the headliner will be the Decoration Day Handi ¬ cap for twoyearolds to meet at four and onehalf furlongs and the Grand Slam Handi ¬ cap a sixfurlong sprint for older horses The juveniles will race for a 2000 award and the Grand Slam will have a 1500 value valueRacing Racing secretary and handicapper Charles F Henry has allotted the top weight imposts for the Alger to the Parkwood Stables re ¬ cent arrival Bar Fly and River Divide Farms High Fidelity Both these useful per ¬ formers are asked to go postward under 115 pounds Bar Fly who formerly raced under the silks of Col E R Bradley has a keen record and is expected to rule one of the choices High Fidelity is also a wellknown campaigner in this sector and will have a legion of supporters for the test testSUN SUN PHAROS IN FORM FORMOn On the strength of his sparkling triumph in the Wolverine Handicap here May 24 Sun Pharos fleet fouryearold from the stable of Peterson and Childs must also be given much consideration in the Alger renewal The black son of Sun Briar raced gamely to account for the previously run event and trainer Frank E Childs has the West Coast invader in excellent condition at this time Sun Pharos will pack 111 pounds poundsCompleting Completing the field for the headline at ¬ traction will be K G Marshalls Dancing Light who will go postward under 109 pounds Dixianas Dollar Bay the light weight of the field with 103 Mrs E Ores Bucking an arrival from Chicago who will take up 113 pounds and the locallyowned Bomar Stable racer Detroit Bull who has been assigned 108 pounds poundsTen Ten clever youngsters have been named for the Decoration Day and Darby Dan Farms Patriot along with R Needhams Draw By will share the post of honor for the dash with equal weight imposts of 115 pounds Patriot scored an impressive three length victory here opening day when he won the Mata Hari Purse Draw By proved himself a speedy colt early this spring when he trimmed a good band of twoyearolds at Tropical Park ParkUNCLE UNCLE JOCK FERGUSON HOPE HOPEA A L Ferguson will depend on Uncle Jock and this homebred son of Jock and Moon Dove proved his class when he earned a frontrunning five lengths triumph here May 22 He will go to the post in the Decora ¬ tion Day under 110 pounds and will have the saddle services of George Wallace presently leading rider at the current Fair Grounds meeting meetingOthers Others scheduled to answer the bugle are J A Prices High Street T D Buhls Sweep Swinger the Bomar Stables wellconformed El Toreador River Divide Farms Charla mar S J Houstons The Dancer Mrs J B Burnsteins Sam Houston and Mrs R Mcllvains Bright Willie WillieThe The Grand Slam drew a small but select field tf the top flight printers quartered at the local course and John Greeners Clarks ville will carry top weight of 110 pounds Smith G Baker Srs clever Meggy is next in the opinion of secretary Henry and the threeyearold daughter of Cherokee will go to the post under 109 pounds Dixiana will depend on Big League in the dash T D Buhl will send Ie Chat out for the event and B Goldenburg will have his colors up on Valdina Lord Bomar Stables Flying Tor ¬ pedo and E K Thomas recent winner Fairly Fly will complete field
