Piece Of Newspaper Costs Rough News Suffolk Purse, Daily Racing Form, 1941-06-11

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PIECE OF NEWSPAPER COSTS ROUGH NEWS SUFFOLK PURSE PURSEBOSTON BOSTON Mass June 10 An unusual disqualfication occurred with the running of the seventh race here today when Rough News was set back after finishing a nose before Chief Gamble with Essjaytee third in front of Gossip Time First place was awarded Chief Gamble and the others were moved up accordingly accordinglyThe The cause of the disqualification could be placed chiefly to a piece of newspaper being blown across the track This caused Rough News to shy into Essjaytee Chief Gamble moved up on the outside straightening out in the stretch and finished only a nose back of the winner winnerEssjaytee Essjaytee after being bumped by Rough News was unable to recover any of the lost ground groundThe The stewards held that the foul was unin ¬ tentional and that no punishment would be meted out to the offending rider Ted Atkinson


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