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j I | I l CHESTER CUP TO SPITHEAD I I SPECIAL CABLEGRAM ] LONDON, England, May C— Lord Derbys s Spithead. a six-year-old chestnut gelding, by f ; j John oGaunt — Scapa Flow, won the Chester, r | Cup in a driving finish by half a length at t j the Chester course yesterday. W. M. I. i. ! i Singers Daimyo was second and Invercauld J I third. Twenty horses started in the race. A. F. . I P.assetts filly. On the Somme, was the favor-ite at 11 to 2, but she failed to finish among K . I the first six. Spithead was at six to one ; j l aimyo at I to 1, and Invercauld 13 to 1. Five-eighths from the finish Weston sent Spithead into the lead and he retained his : advantage to the finish, although Daimyo,! hard ridden by Bulloek, finished fast and forced the leader to a drive to win by half a length. Invercauld was six lengths farther back. Regal Toy, by Achtoi from John Hertzs I mare. La Dauphine, won the Dee Welter Handicap at three-quarters at Chester, to-i day, by three lengths.
