Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-08-16
Detroit Tracks
73-Day Handle
II Millions
By LEWIS II. WALTER

United States this year and the
most successful in the history OF
the Detroit race track came TO an
end Saturday with $4,000 persons
on hand to cheer Heartman and
Gray Dream home in the two di-
visions Of the $1,000 Ann Arbor
Handicap, which highlighted the
program.
Feverish betting, which resulted
in a track record pool of S22.524
lin the Daily Double, was MAIN
tanned all through the day. A
handle of S36s,993 pushed the
total for the 73-day meeting to
IS17, 544,534, an increase of s., 190,-
6S4 over last years To-day meet
ing. Eighty-three fans each coll
lected S251 when a pair of long
shots, Wildland and Buttermilk,
won the opening races.
In contrast to the double VIM
ners. the victors in the days big
races were very well played.
Heartman. owned by Mrs. II. p.
Bonner of San Antonio, Tex. and
ridden by Ken McCombs, Detroit
born jockey, took the lead at the
head of the stretch and powdered
home TO beat the favored Potranco
from the Textbook stables by all
most two lengths. Mrs. M. M.
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Iler's Best Reward fourth in the
field of eight that went the six
Ifurlongs.
Wins in Stretch
Potranco one of the nations
best sprinters, and Overdrawn,
flames Powers newly-purchased
Istake horse, alternated at setting
the pace. but Hartman, rated
lust off the leaders by McCombs.
apparently had the race under
control and pulled away without
ANY difficulty in the stretch.
1t was the second straight VIC
tory for the 4-year old son of
Ladysman, which finished third in
the Frontier Handicap in his first
start under the Bonner colors.
He turned up fo- Saturdays big
race with triumph in the Tren-
ton purse Thursday Quoted as a
co-second choice with Overdrawn
in the Ann Arbor, he paid S10.40
straight after covering the six
lfurlongs in ITO As.
Jockey Jess Higley, the appren-
tice from Welles. New, who rode
three winners during the after
noon TO take the days riding
lhonors. didn't have TO extend him.
self to get Gray Dream home.
Stays in Front
Second choice in the betting. the
gray 3-year-old owned by the
Kentuckian. j. w. Rodgers, went
to the front early and stayed
there to win by three lengths
from Camp Verde. which took the
place by a neck from Samborom-
bon, winner of the Frontier
Handicap.
1t was Gray Dreams first VIC
tory in his three starts since the
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well played at $40 straight and
covered the six furlongs in Ill.
Higley's other winners were
, Briar Sharp, the J. L. Taussig
gelding, which he hustled home
\ by neck over Lochlea for a
$3.50 mutuel in the fourth race.
and Dogo, the turf course special
list from the Taussig Stable with
which he beat Purple Wrack by a
head in the seventh race with
OrcuS third.
II was Dogo's fifth straight VIC
tory and he set a new turf course
mark Of 1873 is. He paid his
: hackers a $40 mutuel.
Eric Guerin. the little Caiun
rider from Maringouin. La. who
tops the nations Jockeys, was able
TO bag one winner on the final
program, but he finished on top
OF the Jockey standings for the
J meeting with sc winners TO 50
J for Adams and 81 for Higley.
d. Guerin brought in the. only ia
vorite Of the final program when
nc scored with Mrs Edward Nc
Cuan's Wise Fire in the third race
for a $3.50 mWuel.