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ROYAL ASCOT MEETING BEGINS Every Event on Opening Day Stake StakeRace Race Hands Off Surprises Surprisesin in Ascot Stakes Special Cablegram CablegramASCOT ASCOT England June 19 With the King and Queen and other members of the royal family in attendance the Ascot meet ¬ ing opened here today with the usual regal pomp and pageantry Before the first race there was a royal parade down the course It rained during the morning and again in midafternoon after the fashionable throng had assembled A chilly gale swept the course causing much discomfort discomfortAll All of the events were stakes The Ascot Stakes Handicap for threeyearolds and over at two miles went to an outsider F W Dennis Hands Off 25 to 1 winning from J B Joels PennyaLiner by one length W Murrays Meldrum was third four lengths back backSir Sir O Hydes Duplicate scored in the As ¬ cot Gold Vase also for threeyearolds and over at two miles He beat Lord Asters Bright Bird by two lengths with A Donns Bishops Move third four lengths away Duplicate was 100 to 6 There were thirteen starters and among the unplaced horses was William Woodwards Alcazar AlcazarThe The Queen Anne Stakes threeyearolds and upward seven furlongs saw Sir Alfred Butts colors carried to victory by Spend a Penny 9 to 1 P G A Harveys Rambler was second and Lord Glanelys North Devon was third thirdThe The Aga Khans Hairan the oddson fa ¬ vorite at 4 to 9 took the Coventry Stakes a five furlongs sprint for twoyearolds Colonel Storys Pampas Grass beat Mrs Derek Fitzgeralds The Jesuit for second place
