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GEORGE W LEWIS President and general manager of the Detroit Racing Association which organization inaugu ¬ rates its annual session at the Motor City course this afternoon Detroit Opens 8 5 Day Meeting With Sprinters in Top Offering Sir White Topweight at 775 As He Competes With Ten Others in Boots and Saddle SaddleFAIR FAIR GROUNDS Detroit Mich May 21 To usher in the return of racing to this Motor City course tomorrow racing s ecre tary Charles F Henry has arranged one of his most attractive programs Two handi ¬ caps that lured the best of the sprint and routs divisions quartered on the grounds tops the card that bristles with interest as the 85 day session is launched with the promise of clear weather and a fast track trackThe The Boots and Saddle Handicap carries top monetary value of 10000 and is a sprint of six furlongs that will be offered as the seventh race The Man o War Handi ¬ cap is at a mile and sixteenth for a prize of 7500 and holds sixth place on the eightrace program The supporting races are brimful of interest from the opening sixfurlong dash that will find the entrants guided by novice riders of the Detroit Jockey school some of whom will be in silks for the first time timeIn In the Boots and Saddle top weight of the field of 11 has been assigned to Mi H VanBergs Sir White who is asked to shoulder 115 pounds an impost that ap ¬ pears justified on the strength of two re ¬ cent victories by the son of Marching Sir at Sportsmans Park Sir White tallied in the Sheriton Hotel Purse at five furlongs and followed up this success by a frontrunning score in the Stickney Handicap at seven furlongs to attest present fitness Sir White will have as a running mate the hardhit ¬ ting Reaping Reward mare Henny Penny who loped to a convincing fivelength tally in the Illinois Valley Purse at five furlongs at the Cicero course Henny Penny has been assigned 109 pounds Jockey Gerald Porch will be astride one of the VanBerg representatives representativesRoi Roi Rouge Seeking Repeat RepeatBringing Bringing particular interest to the Boots and Saddle is the presence of Louis J Hollenbachs Roi Rouge who won this event last year Lightly campaigned in this sector last season Roi Rouge went on to conduct himseift creditably in his Florida campaigne and trainer D R Puddin Mc Daniel has him right on edge for this effort to make his record two in a row for the feature featureMrs Mrs Lottie Wolf will be represented by Childeric a Pharamond n colt who was winner of three races this year arid who can be expected to bring his good form with him for his campaign in the home town of his owner ownerDavid David Fergusons fleet Ariel Ace appears to have retained his vaunted speed when he was successful in a sixfurlong dash at Oaklawn Park in midMarch A prime favorite with local patrons his return will be watched with more than passing interest interestCertain Certain to come in for support is Ray Ankenbauers Porters Broom a sont of Cant Wait who is well known to Detroit patrons and who was winner of two con ¬ secutive races at Churchill Downs prior to his trek to the Fair Grounds GroundsGrissom Grissom Shermans Master Bid comes well recommended by two victories this year at Hialeah Park when carrying the silks of the Brookmeade Stable Both of these were distance affairs and the latter was the Bougainvillea Handicap in which Master Bid turned back worthy rivals His HisContinued Continued on Page Three Detroits 85Day Meet Opens Eleven in Boots and Saddle SaddleContinued Continued from Page One Oneclass class should earn him some part of the purse purseThe The Boots and Saddle Field is com ¬ pleted by J Guintas Eternal Star a two time winner this year Mrs N Hernandez Silver Pride successful at New Orleans D C Wilhelms Bubbling Easy a winner at Oaklawn Park and Johns Pride from the stable of J A Kinard Jr who is known to favor the footing at this course courseThe The Man o War Handicap has attracted eight routers who threaten to steal the spotlight from the more richly endowed headliner Here Sun Herod from the sta ¬ ble of Grissom Sherman will shoulder top weight of 118 pounds an impost earned by consecutive successes in the St Valen ¬ tine Purse and the Trade Winds Handicap at Hialeah Park which were followed by a convincing tally two weeks ago in the Luke McLuke Handicap at Churchill Downs As running mate Sun Herod will have Dinner Hour who was returned a winner at Oaklawn Park ParkUnder Under 115 pounds Leo Caillouettes Joes Choice is expected to provide stiff compe ¬ tition to the Grissom Sherman pair The hardhitting son of Sweeping Light fin ¬ ished put last season at this course being proclaimed something of a local champion with tallies in two features including the Frontier and Walter S Vosburgh Handi caps
