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...greatest trotter seen on a U. S. track since Peter Manning, more than a decade ago. Stride by stride through the backstretch he cut down Warwell Worthy's lead. On the turn into the homestretch he passed her, swinging out, and the two came into the straightaway neck & neck. A faint cloud of dust, raised by hoofs and wheels, lengthened and faded as the sulkies drew apart. At the finish, Sep Palin, driving the grey, was sitting straight and drawing in his reins. Warwell Worthy was a full five lengths behind...
...year-old by Blandford, who also sired the Aga Khan's 1930 Derby winner, Blenheim, went to the post at the phenomenally low odds, for a 16-horse race, of 5-to-4. He broke well, was in fourth place going downhill toward Tattenham Corner, came into the straightaway third, took the lead from Field Trial a furlong from the wire, won by two lengths with a 50-10-1 shot, Sir Abe Bailey's Robin Goodfellow, second...
...Gone, won a $5,000 prize. His collection of poems. Now With His Love, got him a good rating on form. Last week bystanders saw him perform for the first time on the full-length course of a novel. Slow over the first hurdles, he picked up in the straightaway, came home in style...
Rain made the 6½-furlong straightaway that cuts diagonally across the main track at Belmont Park, N. Y. a brown belt of mud as 14 2-year-olds were saddled for the richest race in the world, the $100,000 Futurity. At the start, almost out of sight of the grandstand, Rosemont took the lead. Balladier, Chance Sun and Plat Eye caught Rosemont as the field crossed the main track. Then Joseph E. Widener's Chance Sun shot out ahead, opened a gap of four lengths between himself and Colonel Edward R. Bradley's Balladier...
...Gran Premio had a special importance for manufacturers of European racing cars. The French Grand Prix was won this year by an Italian Alfa-Romeo, the German classic by a German Auto-Union. The changes in the Monza track were expected to help the Italian cars which have less straightaway speed than the German. The victory of a Mer- cedes gave Germany first place for the year. Second finisher last week was Germany's Von Stuck, whose Auto-Union won the German race...