KENTUCKY DERBY
RECORD CROWD AND HEAVY BETTING (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) NEW YORK, May 4. The Kentucky Derby, of 10 furlongs, resuItedASSAULT 1, Spy Song 2. Hampden 3. Seventeen started. Won by eight lengths; a head. Time, 2min 6 3-s Sec. The track was slow after a week’s rain. More than 100,000 .people, which constitutes a record racing crowd for the United States, saw the race, which was worth 96,400 dollars to the winner. The crowd bet 1,202,474 dollars, which is a wagering record for one race in the United States.
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Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24867, 6 May 1946, Page 7
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