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DETROIT ENTERTAINS SOCIAL GATHERING FOR DINNER PURSE PURSEUpper Upper Terrace Reserved by Turf and Paddock Club for Occasion OccasionDETROIT DETROIT Mich June 25 Because of the interest manifested in the running of the featured Turf and Paddock Club Dinner Purse at the Detroit Fair Grounds today the clubhouse was host to a gathering of the Motor Citys most prominent social and business leaders The event was decided as the fifth race on tLe card and twelve clever juveniles contested in the fivefurlong dash A dinnerdance on the upper terrace hon ¬ ored the winning owner in the evening and the affair proved an outstanding success Those represented by horses in the race were Mrs Anita S Bray Mrs Frank J Navin Mrs Charles D Pierce Frank W Shuell Miss Laura M Briggs Miss Julia Hudson Mrs W D McCullough Miss Lydia M Buhl Miss Anastasia Buhl Lewis L Bredin Mrs George Endicott and James B Johnson Jr JrRECIPIENT RECIPIENT OF CONGRATULATIONS CONGRATULATIONSClear Clear and warm weather prevailed for the deciding of the program presented at the local oval today and one of the largest week ¬ day crowds to turn out during the current meeting witnessed the sport The racing strip was at its best and track superintend ¬ ent J Oliver Brown was the recipient of congratulations from officials for the man ¬ ner in which he had whipped the course into shape Running times for several of the better events were unusually fast Betting was brisk throughout the matiness and an active atmosphere prevailed prevailedThe The sixth race the Bloomfield Open Hunt Club Handicap at six furlongs and the sev ¬ enth the Grosse Pointe Hunt Club Hand ¬ icap served as supporting attractions and provided keen sport Twelve threeyearolds from the claiming ranks met in the first race at six furlongs and it resulted in a neck victory for R A Connell Jrs French Horn The favored Hi Winnie representative of C A ONeil Jr finished second and was two and onehalf onehalfContinued Continued on thirtyninth page DETROIT ENTERTAINS SOCIAL GATHERING FOR DINNER PURSE PURSEContinued Continued from first page pagelengths lengths before Joseph Baumbachs Jota at the final mailrer mailrerGeorge George King had the mount on French Horn and kept her under light restraint when she was outrun within the first half mile King did not put French Horn to a drive until straightened for the stretch run Jota which had set the pace from the first quarter to the final furlong gave way to Hi Winnies challenge and the contest then developed into a sharp stretch battle between French Horn and Hi Winnie with the former emerging victorious by a scant margin marginEarl Earl H Beezley acting for Beezley Hirschberg disposed of the plater Ladislas to M Wexler Terms of the transaction were i private
