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: Huge Throng Sees Detroit Inaugural . T. M. Dorsett and Potranco Score in Two Divisions of Boots and Saddle Handicap DETROIT, Mich., May 23. T. M. Dor-sett, six -year-old son of Cohort and Michigan Girl, racing under the silks of Joseph W. Brown, of New Orleans, won the first division of the featured ,000 Boots and Saddles Handicap at the Detroit Fair Grounds today. Given a splendid ride by Eric Guerin, who was riding his third winner of the day, T. M. Dorsett came to the end of the six furlongs, two lengths in advance of Mrs. J. B. Burnsteins Ship Biscuit. Third honors in the sprint fell to Beezley and Conns Samborombon, who downed the six other starters for that portion of the purse. T. M. Dorsett took command immediately after starter Bryan Steele sent the field off in good alignment, and the New Orleans invader held his advantage to the close without need of strong urging. Bosley mad: a good bid during the first half mile, but gave way in the drive, as Ship Biscuit and Samborombon made their challenges. T. M. Dorsett stuck gamely to his task during the final three-sixteenths and was never in serious danger. Wise Moss Loses All Chance The favored Wise Moss lacked early speed, but ..worked her way up to a contending position before reaching the final turn. The McCuan filly then moved up rather stoutly near the eighth pole, but her rider, W. Nassi, attempted to take her be- tween horses and she was pinched back, losin gall chance. Samborombon also suffered some interference in the stretch, but finished well when clear. 1 T. M. Dorsett packed an impost of 110 pounds, raced the distance over the fast track in 1:11 and returned his supporters 9.20 in the straight wagering. One of the largest crowds to attend racing in the history of the Michigan thoroughbred sport, turned out for the inaugural day program at the Fair Grounds today. The 1942 Motor City season, which will be 73 days long and conclude on Au-guest 15, is expected to set a new high for attendance and business, if the opening can be taken as a criterion. The grandstand and clubhouse were filled to capacity long before the initial event was called to the post and the throng overflowed to the spacious lawns. Continued on Page Forty-Three. T. M. DorsettPotranco Capture Detroit Features Huge Inaugural Crowd on Hand For Sport at Michigan Track Continued from Page One - Many people prominent in the business and social life of, this territory were on hand to greet the return of King Thoroughbred. Potranco, representative of the Lexbrook Stable, scored a front-running triumph in the second division of the Boots and. Saddle. The five-year-old gelded son of Judge Hay and Essie Wessie, top weight of 118 pounds, went the six furlongs in l.:ll, under a well-judged ride by Albert Bodiou. Coward and Dupuys Exemplify finished second, a length and a half behind the victor and two lengths before M. Wexlers Boy Angler. Potrancos score was a popular one, for he was backed to favoritism at odds of 6 to 5. Potranco won his fifth purse of the 1942 campaign and increased his earnings for the year to 5,375, his share of the award in the Boots and Saddle amounting to ,250. George Krehbiels favored Golden Man was an easy four-length victor in the Bugle Call Purse, a four and a half furlongs dash which engaged eleven of the better horses. The Brown Hotel Stables Trustee finished second, despite losing muqh ground, and she held a half length advantage over Kenneth Murchisons Side Order at the wire. Golden Man won his second purse in as many starts, for he scored in his previous outing at Churchill Downs. Jockey Fritz Weidaman handled the Krehbiel colt in clever style, and his mount raced the distance in :53, which time was only two-fifths of a second slower than the track record held by Bright Willie. Golden Man paid .80 straight. S. Sidells Jeffersontown, a field horse, won the opening event, at one mile and seventy yards, by a scant nose over Hurry Call. Pause ran third. The field in the first race, coupled with Black Brummel in the Daily Double, returned 2.80, while the field and Ariel Toy was good for 6.40. The second race, which engaged twelve platers at six furlongs, resulted in a dead heat between Mrs. E. Clouds Black Brummel and Coward and Dupuys Ariel Toy. Two lengths off the deadlocked pair, K. Murchisons Pops Rival, the early pacemaker, lasted to save third. Outsiders continued successfully when Newell, Maxwell and Hupps Hadatime scored an easy three and a half lengths decision in the third race, at six furlongs. The favored St. Dismas finished second, and he was five lengths before Swell Chance, who downed the nine other starters for third. Hadatime, benefited by an alert ride on the part of apprentice Eric Guerin, paid 2 after completing his task in 1:11. Mrs. J. B. Burnsteins locally-owned Sherron Ann was the first public choice of the day to earn brackets when she came determinedly in the stretch to gain a neck verdict from Doll Baby in the six-furlong fourth race. Remote Control closed fast to gain the minor portion of the purse. Sherron Ann, well ridden by Gilberto Olivera, turned the distance in 1:11, after which she rewarded her supporters with an .20 straight mutuel pay-off.
