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Frederick M Alger Jr left U S Ambassador to Belgium and John A Morris president of the Thoroughbred Racing Associations were among the recent visitors at Detroit Race Course Task Fleet Starts In Plymouth Purse PurseFilly Filly Had Rough Trip Last Out at Detroit Vies With Good Times Doctor Heitz HeitzDETROIT DETROIT RACE COURSE Livonia Mich June 6 The Michigan Racing As ¬ sociations 1953 season will swing into its second full week here Monday and the Plymouth Purse a sixfurlong condition race for threeyearolds is the top attract ¬ ion on an excellent card The Plymouth drew an overnight field of 10 of the better secondyearracers quartered at the local oval and shapes up as one of the top sprint offerings of the current meeting meetingUnder Under the allowance terms of the head liner Charles C Ortliebs Doctor Heitz will shoulder the high weight burden of 116 pounds while his stablemate Doctor Mc Cabe gets in the dash with 110 pounds Doctor Heitz raced disappointingly in his only start this year but he was good enough to register victories in four of his eight juvenile engagements finishing sec ¬ ond and third in two other outings Jockey Darrell Madden will have the mount on one of the Otrlieb entrants according to word today from trainer Kenneth Noe NoeHolds Holds Decision Over Bubble Cerise Reine ReineMcDermott McDermott Wellmans speedy filly Tack Fleet who had a rather rough trip in her last local start gets in the Plymouth with 111 pounds and she certainely rates a great chance at the weights Conqueror of the Kentucky Oaks victress Calumet Farms Bubbley and the Delaware Oaks winner Mrs Ada L Rices Cerise Reine Mrs E E Dale Shafers fast miss the homebred Sweet Patootie and several other classy fillies in Keenelands Creekview Purse Task Fleet undoubtedly will take some beating in the Monday feature if she gets an even break in racing luck luckTheodode Theodode D Buhls Good Times sur ¬ prise winner over a quick band in the Mid dlebelt Purse last week end is to carry 113 pounds in the Plymouth and will be ridden by Eddie Williams Good Times defeated Task Fleet and Thomas Devereaux Great ¬ est in the Middlebelt and both his rivals wil try him again Greatest getting in the Monday headliner with 113 pounds poundsStarboard Starboard Stable will start Hera Ix t 110 Henry Forrests popular green and white silks are to be caried by Wismo 108 and Etta B McAtee will depend on Darkie 105 pounds Brown Hotel Stables Blessed Little 108 and Duntreath Farms Son Rock 110 pounds round put the Plymouth Purse probable starting field fieldBest Best suporting number on the Monday card is the sixfurlong fourth which will match seven speedy platers Shaffer Sta ¬ bles Helwan Mrs S E Grosslights Hurry Skurry and Steve Valentis Sheriff Grosch appear wellplaced in the secondary of ¬ fering