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B. FRANK CHRISTMAS— Plans to ship a division of his stable to Detroit. Detroit Headline Events Carry Overnight Clauses Neither Starting Nor Nomination Fees for Thirty-Eight Features DETROIT, Mich., May 14.— An interesting feature of the 38 headline events carded for the 73-day meeting of the Detroit Racing Association is that all of them are offered as overnight races. They are endowed with purses ranging in value from ,000 to 0,000, but there are neither nomination or starting fees. Under this arrangement, larger fields are probable fpr each of these features and it furthermore gives improving horses opportunities to compete for the richer prizes. In a comparatively short time an ordinary plater might develop sufficiently to earn a chance in handicap company, and it was partly in consideration of these thoroughbreds that racing secretary Charles P. Henry and other officials of the Motor City track decided to offer its stakes as overnight races. "We decided on such conditions for these features," said general manager Edward P. Strong, "not only for the proven handicap horses, but for thoroughbreds that may improve as the season advances. We have noticed that often horses who begin their campaigns in selling races get better as they go along, but must continue to compete for lesser purses because their owners or trainers had neither the foresight nor hopefulness to make them eligible for stakes." This policy will reap a double reward, for more high class stables are coming to Detroit this year and the stakes, themselves, will provide much keener competition. The Detroit Racing Associations program, which begins on May 23, provides for two handicaps on each of the Satur- I days of the meeting and one on each Wednesday. In addition, there are numerous other features which are making the coming season attractive to both horsemen and racing devotees. Another consideration in connection with the Detroit meeting that owners and trainers are not overlooking is the opportunity to race at one track for almost three months. The Motor City session will be the longest on any course in the country this year.
