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Grand National Outsider "April Queen"
She is bottom weight in the Grand National and the bookmakers don't even bother to quote her price. But down on Burcott Farm, Wells, Somerset, ten-year-old April Queen is the apple of trainer Herbert Payne's eye. Aintree fences hold no fears for "...
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The formidable Becher's Brook claims three horses in quick succession the first time round the course during the recent Grand National at Aintree. Thirteen of the 30 starters finished the race, which was run under the worst conditions for many yea...
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Herbert Smythe with "Ghaka", an entry for this year's Grand National on April 5th.
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Finish of the Lincolnshire Handicap run recently showing Babur (nearest camera) ridden by E. Hide winning from Setting Star (W. Snaith up) on the rails. In 3d place is Nicholas Nickleby.
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Edgar Britt, on Valley Forge, beats Gordon Richards on (...) in a close finish, in the Wheatsheaf Stakes, at Sandown Park.
Sunday Times
Military Court (No. 9) beats Harry Lime and Three Star II
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Horse who Won the Derby Led by the Owner
Lavandin (W. R. Johnstone up) is led in by his owner, Pierre Wertheimer after he had won the Derby at Epsom.
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Ascot Races - Third Day
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Italy Wins Prince of Wales Cup
Col. Gutierrez, non-riding captain of the Italian team, receiving the Prince of Wales Cup from the Duke of Beaufort after their victory at the International Horse Show today.
The Times of Ceylon Press
London Gave Yuri Gagarin a Great Reception
London gave Yuri Gagarin the world's first man to space a great reception today (11-7-1961). There were cheers and applause at London Airport. And more cheers as the twenty-seven-year-old Soviet spaceman drove to the Russian Embassy in London befo...
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