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"All Out For Queen's Prize Win"
The field in Queen's Prize Handicap run over 2 miles at Kempton Park, recetly, passing the stands the first time round. The winners Romney Legend (No. 15) ridden by W. Swinburn is lying second. Second was Running Water (No. 5) and Neasden Lane (No...
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"Birthday Princess" — Princess Margaretha of Sweden
"Birthday Princess" Stockholm: A new and charming study of Princess Margaretha of Sweden, who will be 20 on October 31st. The Princess is the daughter of Princess Sibylla and the late Prince Gustav Adolf, and the eldest sister of Crown Prince Carl...
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Oland, Sweden: Sweden's 10-year-old Crown Prince Carl Gustaf has a friendly pat for his horse. "Don Basilo", during a ride in the park at Solliden, the summer residence of his family on the Baltic Island of Oland. The Crown Prince has been spendin...
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"Epigraff" Ridden by Jockey Vladimir Prakhov
Moscow: Training in snow-covered fields near here is one of the Russian hopes for the Grand National "Epigraff" ridden by jockey Vladimir Prakhov. The horse, with two others, will soon exchange the snow of Moscow for the green fields of Aintree to...
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"Griffin" Ridden by Jockey Ivan Abdeyev
It's heaving flanks covered with a fine layer of snow, a stallion gallops through the white fields of outer Moscow in training for England's biggest race, the "Grand National". This horse —"Griffin"— is one of three steeplechasers with which the R...
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Epsom Romping home the winner in this year's Derby at Epsom is "Hard Ridden", with jockey Charile Smirke up; The horse is owned by Sir Victor Sassoon, and trained by J. Rogers of Ireland. Second was "Addy's Point", ridden by G. Robinson, owned by ...
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1958 Grand National at Aintree
Jockey Freeman urges Mr. What past the winning post to win the 1958 Grand National at Aintree last Saturday.
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A Beaming Smile from Crown Prince Carl Gustaf
"All His Own Work" Stockholm: Beaming smile comes from Sweden's Crown Prince Carl Gustaf who is seen with the gingerbread figure he made as part of the Christmas cooking preparations in the Royal Home here. The six-year-old prince, obviously delig...
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An Officer Catches Lovely 19-Year-Old Princess Desiree of Sweden
An officer catches lovely 19-year-old Princess Desiree of Sweden, the younger sister of Princess Margareta, as she stumbles on the stairs. Desiree was attending the annual cadet's ball at the Karlberg Castle in Stockholm, when the incident happened.
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Quare Times (No. 10) the eventual winner, is well up with the leaders as the Grand National field take Bechers Brook for the first time in the famous chase at Aintree.
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