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Motor City Handicap Headlines TripleFeature Card at Detroit Eight Oppose Florizan Beau In Distance Test Balanced Fields in Other Offerings OfferingsDETROIT DETROIT Mich May 28 Charles F Henry genial racing secretary and handi ¬ capper for the Detroit Racing Association has arranged an outstanding program for presentation at the Fair Grounds tomor ¬ row The local organization stressing war relief undoubtedly will be host to one of the largest halfholiday crowds of the sea ¬ son and all gate admissions received are to be turned over to service men and their dependents dependentsHenry Henry who has been having some diffi ¬ culty in putting on the type of programs he desired due to ihe off track condi ¬ tions prevailing here the past week ex ¬ pressed himself as well satisfied after entries closed today Three offerings any of which might be termed as the feature are to headline the card The 5000 Motor City Handicap a one mile and a sixteenth test for threeyearolds and upward the 2500 Lassies Purse a four and a half fur longMash for junior misses and the 2000 Mirror of Heaven Handicap at six furlongs exclusively for threeyearolds all drew better than average fields fieldsThe The seventh running of the Motor City promises to be one of the best in that stakes history Nine sturdy routers have been named to answer the bugle for the Motor City this year and Mrs G Allens Florizan Beau victor in the Inaugural Handicap last weekend has been assigned the post of honor with 114 pounds Flori ¬ zan Beau is to have a running mate in the Motor City as G Strattons Wise Father who is to shoulder 106 pounds also will be saddled by trainer William Molter MolterWall Wall Enters Two TwoCompleting Completing the field for the Motor City are such thoroughbreds as Mrs H P Bon ners improved Valdina Paul Mrs Ells ¬ worth H Augustus Trelawny T C Mel roses Columbus Day Lt Theodore D Buhls Sweep Swinger J K Houssels Emolument and the A F Wall entry of By Conscript and Bonnie Andrew The latter pair is well known to Detroit patrons By Conscript being remembered here for his clever victory in the 5000 Test Hand ¬ icap last year and his recent score in the Parents Creek Handicap Bonnie Andrew captured a division of the 5000 Oliver Evans Handicap in 1942 and later moved on to Churchill Downs annexing major honors in the Douglas Park Stakes in which event he established a new track record of 158 for the one mile and threesixteenths distance distanceThe The Mirror of Heaven attracted a band of 11 of the best threeyearolds quartered at the local oval and top weight of 116 pounds has been given to Milky Way Farms highly regarded No Wrinkles Next in Henrys estimation are Bomar Stables Lit ¬ tle Wizard and Ken Marleys Mabe Mon ¬ day each of whom are to carry 113 pounds Rounding out the field are Lieutenant Buhls Likeasnot and All Good Mrs B Bergers Supremes Best W W Naylors Precipitous Mrs C C Winters Moretto T C Melroses Lady Stardust Morris Wex lers Nippy and Bold Captain a repre ¬ sentative of Devereaux and Farrell Bold Captain comes to Detroit with a well earned reputation having raced very suc ¬ cessfully at the Keeneland and Churchill Downs spring meetings meetingsThe The Lassies which annually brings to toContinued Continued on Page Two Motor City Handicap Detroits Main Event EventEight Eight to Oppose Florizan Beau In 5000 Distance Headliner HeadlinerContinued Continued from Paae One gether a speedy field should prove highly interesting Named to start are such clever fillies as Mrs F E Childs Miss Valor who finished second to Arthur B Hancocks Whirlabout in the Debutante Stakes Euall Wyatts Good Going an impressive winner during the Kentucky season and Mrs H p Bonners Jo Bonner Rounding out the Lassies group are Mrs Cary Boshamers Flying Julia who earned her spurs at New Orleans last winter J K Houssels Vegas Mary Bomar Stables Love Pact and Darby Dan Farms Darby Delilah
