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Porters Broom Aims to Solidify Claim To Detroit Sprint Championship Today Shoulders Top Weight of 124 Pounds While Engaging Roi Rouge and Memphis Bud BudFAIR FAIR GROUNDS Detroit Mich June 18 Ray Ankenbauers Porters Broom who is making a strong claim to the cham ¬ pionship of the sprint division quartered at this track by reason of his three suc ¬ cesses in four starts will meet the only horse that has beaten him here when he clashes with Louis J Hollenbachs Roi Rouge in the 10000 LaSalle Handicap that tops tomorrows program at this Motor City course The keen rivalry be ¬ tween this pair will be watched with inter ¬ est but there are others in the LaSalle field who promise to provide stiff competition and Porters Broom and Roi Rouge will not have things their own way by any means meansRacing Racing secretary Charles F Henry has assigned Porters Broom top weight of 124 pounds for the LaSalle an impost that ap ¬ pears justified on the record of the son of Cant Wait who was victorious in the Boots and Saddle Handicap on opening day under 111 pounds won the Joseph McLennan in 110 the fastest time at the meeting under 114 and carried 119 to tally in the Cross Country Purse at one lile over the Lewis Turt course His lone local defeat was sustained in the running of the Cadillac when under 114 pounds he lost a nose verdict to Roi Rouge who carried 109 the same impost that Roi Rouge shouldered when defeated by Por ¬ ters Broom in the Boots and Saddle Roi Rouge has been assigned 112 for the LaSalle LaSalleSecond Second highweight in the field under 115 is Memphis Bud from the stable of Mr and Mrs J C Sawyer who will be mak ¬ ing his seasonal debut here but who is no stranger to local patrons The son of Sweep Like won three races last season to attest his fondness for the local racing strip and his tallies included scores in the 15000 Martin Nathanson and the 5000 Algernon Daingerfield Handicaps at six furlongs The Nathanson was contested over a muddy racing strip and the Dainger ¬ field on a fast track to attest his versa ¬ tility tilityWeights Weights of the others in the LaSalle range from 110 on W W Jones Bull Play to 100 assigned Mrs Lottie Wolfs Mayram W A Delaneys Delhannah and W E MacDonalds Vice Admiral Bull Play win ¬ ner of four races last season has not been under silks locally while Delhannahs one race here was unimpressive unimpressiveDearborn Dearborn Stables Clean Slate a brother to Assault will make his local debut here hereContinued Continued on Page Thre Porters Broom to Engage Roi Rouge at Detroit Oval OvalContinued Continued from Page One OneThe The son of Bold Venture won four races last season and terminated his winter cam ¬ paign by a third at Hialeah when carrying a claiming tag of 15000 15000Worthy Worthy of more than passing interest in the LaSalle field is J A Kinard Jrs Johns Pride who is first on the also eligi ¬ ble list Second to Porters Broom in the McLennan and winner over and second to Mrs George C Whites Bright Steel in two allowance races the son of Mahmoud will be meeting Bright Steel again here so that these two will have an opportunity to de ¬ cide their personal rivalry Bosons Farms Bubble Gum who im ¬ proved sufficiently to turn back worthy ri ¬ vals and return the longest price of the meeting will be facing his most severe test since he left the maiden ranks about three weeks ago A victory here for the son of Burgoo King would be electrifying electrifyingMrs Mrs Norman Hernandez will be repre ¬ sented by Silvers Pride who accounted for his only essay at the meeting while R S McLaughlins Canadian silks will be carried by Kingarvie and possibly Gregalach as the latter is on the list of also eligibles Neither has shown much in the way of recommendation recommendationTwo Two races over the onemile Lewis turf course and a sprint of six furlongs for horses ridden by novice riders help round out the attractive program
