CAMBRIDGESHIRE.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 932, 30 November 1933, Page 14

CAMBRIDGESHIRE.

Outsiders Fill Places in Big Betting Race. ROYAL FAVOURITE UNPLACED. (Special to' the “ Star.”) LONDON, October 26. The King and Queen, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal, went to Newmarket to see the race for the Cambridgeshire Stakes, in which his Majesty’s Limelight was appearing for the last time before being sent to the Royal stud at Sandringham. In a heavy betting race, Limelight was made favourite, but with his weight of 9st he could only finish fourth. He started slowly. Indeed, although Childs, the jockey, garvte him a tap with the whip at the half-distance, he would not take hold of his bit until it was too late to overtake the leaders. Then, however, he made up ground quickly and, he made his effort earlier, he would have won. It was an outsiders’ race, with the three placed horses at long prices, yet, according to the bookmakers, the public won. If this was correct, it was due to the Irish sweepstake which was held in connection with the race. . The winner was Sir Abe Bailey’s Raymond, and the owner thought so little of his chances that he did not bother to go and see the colt run. The stable, too, did not fancy him. Indeed, Joseph Lawson, the trainer, did not hesitate to tell his friends not to back him. How extraordinary racing luck may be is illustrated by the fact that, although the Manton stable was established as long ago as 1848, they had never won the Cambridgeshire before. In Train Mishap.

Two Yorkshire horses, Denbigh and Stalky, out of the stable in charge of the veteran trainer, Dobson Peacock, finished second and third, and if Raymond had not run vastly better than ever before they would have brought off a big triumph. Unfortunately, both horses were involved in a minor train accident on the way to the course. The coach in front of their box left the rails, and for two hours they were frightened by the noise of the crane used to restore the coach. Denbigh, who finished second, fretted, and was off his feed from the time he arrived in Newmarket, and in the circumstances he ran better than might have been expected. Stalky was third. It was also the last race of Dastur, and it was thought that his class would give him a chance, but no horse carrying as much as 9st 71b had ever Avon the Cambridgeshire, and the weight proved too much for the Aga Khan’s representative. Indeed, Gino, the second string of his Highness, finished fifth, in front of Dastur,