Champions To Meet At Yonkers Next Month

Press, Volume CV, Issue 31041, 22 April 1966, Page 4

Champions To Meet At Yonkers Next Month

(X.Z.F.A -Keuter) NEW YORKThe. New Zealand pacer. Cardigan Bay and the American champion, Bret Hanover, will meet for the first time In a onemile race at Yonkers Raceway on May 20. i The event billed as the • Race Of The Century Pace, [will have other entries. The connexions of both Cardigan Bay and Bret Hanover are believed to have refused a match race. The size of the purse and names of the other horses would be announced later, the raceway said. Bret Hanover, a four-year-old. has won at 45 of his 48 starts and earned 515.052 dollars. He has been named American harness "horse of the year for the last two years. Cardigan Bay, a 10-year-o Id gelding, has won 435.000 dollars since arriving in the United States. . . , He has won all three of his 1960 starts easily and is an overwhelming favourite for a fourth in the 50.000 dollars Good Time Pace at Yonkers today. Last Thursday. Cardigan Bay romped home by five lengths in the 100.000 dollars Internatloal Pace at Yonkers. Because he is such an outstanding favourite. Cardigan Bav has been barrid from the totalisator betting tonight. The tote pay offs wilt be made on the first three horses to finish among the other seven starters. The Good Time field Includes two recent New Zealand imports, Orbiter and fhaho, as well as the Amerlcan-breds, Murdock Hanover. Adios Vic. Duke's Son. Adios Marches, and Adora's Dream. Murdock Hanover, runner-up to Cardigan Bay in the International. has been installed as an 8-5 favourite In the track handicapper's early betting line.

i A son of Hal Tryax an 4 Colwvn Bay. Cardigan Bay bought by an American svo,. cate for 100.000 dollars. In 37 starts he has recorded 19 wi ns 10 seconds and four thirds Bret Hanover, whose on:v three defeats were by Ad , Vic. is owned by Mr R Downin; ot Cleveland. Ohio. He holds the world record of imin 55sec for three year, old pacers on a one-mile tra.k and a world mark of Imin 57.,c for pacers of all ages on a half-mile track. Bret Hanover has not started this year and may mske h ;s 1966 debut In the May 20 r.i.<• against Cardigan Bay.