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HIGH FIDELITY TAKES COL ALGER MEMORIAL MEMORIALNoses Noses Out Bar Fly in Thrilling Finish Clarksville and Bright Willie Also Triumph at Detroit DetroitDETROIT DETROIT Mich May 30 High Fidelity gelded son of Insco and Top Lady racing under the silks of the River Divide Farm and well ridden by Jack Flinchum closed with a fine stretch bid and earned a nose verdict in the eighth running of the Col Alger Memorial Handicap feature offering at the Detroit Fair Grounds today Equal top weight of 115 pounds with Parkwood Stables Bar Fly who finished second a nose before Dixianas Dollar Bay High Fidelity negotiated the mile and a sixteenth distance in 144 and paid 6 to 1 in the straight betting Little time was lost at the post and starter Bryan Steele sent the sevenhorse field away in good alignment Dollar Bay immediately went to the front and Bar Fly was in closest pursuit with Detroit Bull a wellplaced third going into the clubhouse urn The latter bore in soon after the start and Sun Pharos was the sufferer for the Peterson Childs colt had to be eased back somewhat somewhatNOSES NOSES SEPARATE LEADING TRIO TRIOEntering Entering the back stretch Dollar Bay held a twolength lead with Bar Fly hanging on in determined fashion a length before De ¬ troit Bull This order was maintained to the upper turn and the ultimate winner was last at this stage Turning for home Dol ¬ lar Bay enjoyed a halflength advantage but Bar Fly made a strong bid and it appeared that the final result would find both horses right there Flinchum then took High Fidel ¬ ity to the extreme outside the River Divide gelding responding with a rush when sub ¬ jected to punishment and got up in the closing stride to garner top honors Bar Fly held on well to be second and Dollar Bay lasted to take third by a halflength from the fastclosing Sun Pharos PharosOne One of the largest crowds to witness thoroughbred racing in the Motor City turned out today for the eightrace holiday program at the local track An early turn ¬ stile count which was taken just before the first event was called to the post revealed that 17000 persons were present Late ar ¬ rivals increased this number for the entrance gates clicked merrily until the third race was decided Wagering which has been un ¬ usually good at the current meeting thus far continued in the same vein and track Continued on fortysecond page HIGH FIDELITY UP N TIME TO WIN COL ALGER MEMORIAL MEMORIALNoses Noses Out Bar Fly in Thrilling Finish of Feature at Detroit DetroitContinued Continued from first page pageofficials officials expressed satisfaction at the close of the days business businessSlightly Slightly cloudy weather prevailed and the temperature remained at a plesaant level The racing strip was at its best and fast times were registered for several of the races racesJohn John Greeners Clarksville threeyeaiold son of Hecla and Traveling Tot carried top weight of 110 pounds to a handy half length victory in the Grand Slam Handicap one of the feature attractions Clarksville stepped the sixfurlong distance in 112 and well riden by Ted Dickinson withstood a brisk drive in the final quarter to hold Smith G Bakers favored Meggy safe Third hon ¬ ors in the sprint fell to Dixianas Big League which was another half length back at the close to down the four other threeyearolds which met metThe The silks of Mrs R Mcllvain were carried to a cleancut three and onehalf lengths decisioriby Bright Willie in the Decoration Day Handicap four and onefurlongs dash for twoyearolds T D Buhls Sweep Swinger finished second and was a neck before A L Fergusons Uncle Jock at the final marker Bright Willie who was re ¬ cently purchased at the Jesse Spencer dis ¬ persal sale at Churchill Downs picked up an impost of 109 pounds and negotiated the distance in 52 to set a new track record The old mark of 53 was held by Black Brummel BrummelGeorge George King had the mount on the Eton of Brilliant and in winning the Decoration Day Handicap piloted his third successful charge of the afternoon King sent Bright Willie who graduated from the maiden ranks to the front before going a quarter and although the combination came into the stretch with a clear advantage he drove the Mcllvain colt out to the wire
