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NOT WHISK BROOMS CAMBRIDGESHIRE London Eng October 20 The Cambridgeshire Handicap was the principal feature of the Hougliton meeting at Newmarket today and resulted as fol ¬ lows E A Wigan9 b g Christmas Daisy 5 by VI tez Daisy 114 1 Lord Carnarvons eh g Mustapha 5 by Oberou Oberouor or Uncle Mac Chatty 122 Sir RockSand W Coopers lir c Halcyon 3 by Rock Sand St Cecelia 109 3 Twentyone horses started The American colt Vhisk Brooui was the favorite but finished fourth C Carrolls bay colt Torchbearer 3 by Meddler StrikeaLight was first in the Apprentices Plate of 107 sovereigns with the fiveyearold gelding Scarlet Runner second and the threeyearold colt Pains Hill third The distance was one mile and ten started startedIt It is a singular feature of this years Cambridge ¬ shire perhaps without precedent in its history that the first and second horses this year were also the first and second horses last year The race Is a dash of a mile and an eighth for threeyearolds and over at 125 each with 2500 added Christmas Daisy and Halcyon were both extensively backed in the antepost betting but Mustapha Had not been mentioned in the latest quotations The failure of Whisk Broom will be regretted on this side
