INTERNATIONAL CONTEST
EPINARD'S SECOND DEFEAT.
NEW YORK, 27th September. Ladkin won the international race by a.Sose from JSpinard. Wise Counsellor was third. Time, 2min 16 2-ssec (sic). •The race was the most exciting of the season. Had not Wise Counsellor badly humped Epinard at the beginning of the last furlong, the French champion would have won, in the opinion of the experts. From the barrier Eoinard raced out in front, closely followed by Wise Counsellor. Zev was quickly run into ground, and Ladkin and Wise Counsellor raced neck and neck from the half-mile to the stretch, with Epinard two lengths away In the stretch Ladkin took the lead aiid Epinard began to close in rapidly, tadkin faltered momentarily, and Epinard was coming up fast when bumped by Wise Counsellor. Nevertheless, Epinard recovered his stride and ran almost* on even terms with Ladkin, and just pinched across the line, winning- by a whisker
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 78, 29 September 1924, Page 10
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152INTERNATIONAL CONTEST Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 78, 29 September 1924, Page 10
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