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RUN ASCOT GOLD CUP TODAY English Prize Duel Between Scottish Union and Rockfel. Race Devoid of Usual International Flavor Because of Absence of American and French Horses. Special Cablegram. ASCOT, England, June 14.— The Ascot Gold Cup, at two miles and a half, greatest of British distance tests, is set for decision tomorrow. It will attract the best stayers to battle for the 7,500 prize, which includes I the Cup, valued at ,500. Curiously, the best | of the French distance horses are missing from tomorrows Cup field and the race will be robbed of further international flavor be- , cause no American-bred or owned horse is in I the Cup field. This contest may prove a duel between last seasons outstanding classic winners, the One | Thousand Guineas and Oaks heroine, Sir Hugo Culiffes Rockfel, and the St. Leger I Stakes victor, James V. Ranks Scottish Union. The latter cantered away with the one mile and a half Coronation Cup at Ep- . som recently. Rockfel was an eleventh-hour withdrawal from that event. CARSLAKE ON SCOTTISH UNION. Scottish Union, 126 pounds, will again have the services of the veteran Australian i jockey, Bernard Carslake, in the saddle, I while the capable English rider, Harry ! Wragg, will renew old acquaintance with Rockfel, 123 pounds, in what should prove a I great Cup contest. Other horses in the Gold Cup field include Sir Abe Baileys Valerian, 126 pounds, winner of the 1937 Ascot Stakes Handicap and Queen Alexandria Stakes; William Bar-netts Senor, 126 pounds, third in the Cup [ event last year to the American-bred Flares, j and Buckleigh. There are also Lord Mil-fords Challenge, 126 pounds; H. G. Bla-graves Legend of France, 126 pounds, and j Ranks second-string Michoumy, 126 pounds, as best of the home defense corps. Chulm-leigh is a doubtful starter. Best of the French challengers may prove to be the one selected of Marcel Boussars brace of the four-year-old Callias, 126 pounds, and the six-year-old Dadji, 126 pounds. The last named finished fifth last year. OTID2R IMPORTANT RACES. Other races of importance on tomorrows all-stake card are the oddly named five fur-j longs New Stakes, a race instituted in 1843 j for two-year-olds. Also the Waterford , Stakes, for three-year-olds, at one mile, and, over the same distance, the Ribblesdale Stakes, for three- and four-year-olds. There is the Rous Memorial Stakes, at seven furlongs and 155 yards, which may be taken by Joseph E. Wideners smart four-year-old Unbreakable. The Granville Stakes, five furlongs, ap-: pears to be at the mercy of Philip Dunnes smart sprinter Portobello. The Gold Cup j day program is completed by the six fur-i longs Cork and Orrey Stakes, a likely spot j for Mrs. Peter A. B. Wideners Ambrose | Light. Purses and trophies to the value of | 4,500 will be raced for during the third j afternoon at Royal Ascot.
