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CEIVALEOUS CHESTER CUP LONDON England May 3 Mrs S Whit burns Chivalrous a fouryearold chestnut colt by Amadis Courtesy favored by his light impost of ninetynine pounds and quoted at 50 to 1 in the betting scored an easy victory in the Chester Cup at two and a quarter miles this afternoon winning by four lengths from A R Coxs Air Balloon Loret Derbys threeyearold Hairspring was third The weather was dense and rain fell during the running of the race but the going was good Chivalrous was sent to the front im ¬ mediately by his rider G Smith and made the running throughout holding an easy lead of four lengths over Air Balloon at the fin ¬ ish Hairspring followed the latter by eight lengths in third place placeTwentytwo Twentytwo started in the race Happy Man owned by Fred Hardy and carrying top weight of 12S pounds was made tho favorite at 9 to 2 but failed to finish in the first four fourA A summary of the race follows Mrs byAmadis S Whitburns Chivalrous ch c 4 by Amadis Courtesy G Smith 99 501 1 1A A K Coss Air Balloon ci li 5 by Stedfast Highness S Donoghue 107 51 i iLord Lord Derbys Hairspring br f 3 by Chaucer Hair Trigger II Wrags 09 S31 3
