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Black Tarquin Wins af Ascot With Ease Over The Cobbler AmericanBred Colt Carries William Woodward Colors In St James Palace Stakes StakesASCOT ASCOT England June 15 Reuters William Woodwards colt Black Tarquin rounded off the opening day of Ascots fourday royal meeting by easily lowering the colors of the oddson favorite The Cobbler in the St James Palace Stakes run over one mile mileThe The Americanbred son of Rhodes Scholar Vagrancy atoned for his poor showing in the Derby by beating The Cobbler by three lengths with Marcel Boussacs French trained Djerid third of the five runners Black Tarquin who started at 5 to 1 was ridden by Australianborn Edgar Britt who allowed The Cobbler who started at 8 to 13 to lead him into the stretch before going up on the outside to win comfortably comfortablyBlack Black Tarquins victory was one of three for foreign challengers as French horses carried off the first two races Marcel Boussac won the valuable twomile Ascot Vase with his threeyearold colt Estoc a son of Jock ridden by Rene Bertiglia and starting a 7 to 2 joint favorite Madame Thomas Moret won the sevenfurlong Queen Anne Stakes with her fouryearold colt Solina a son of Fair Copy starting at 10 to 1 and ridden by Jacques Doyasbere DoyasbereAscot Ascot Stakes to No Orchids OrchidsThe The premier race of the day the 12000 Ascot Stakes run over two and a half miles fell to the northerntrained No Orchids who was wellbacked at 9 to 1 No Orchids a fiveyearold son of the great stayer Felicitation had only a neck to spare at the finish over the Frenchbred but Englishtrained Cappielluca owned by Sir John Jarvis whose horse Reynard Volant had won two previous Ascot Stakes He bought Cappielluca with the same object objectIn In all races but that won by Black Tar ¬ quin there were desperate finishes and the newlyinstalled camera was required for the first time to decide the winner of the Fernhill Stakes run over seven furlongs for threeyearold fillies The picture showed Lord Stavordales Fairhaven filly Maryland had won at odds of 25 to 1 1The The racing fans badly missed the pres ¬ ence of jockey Gordon Richards who is still not fit to ride after his recent fall but his brother Clifford proved an able sub ¬ stitute rider for Major MacDonald Bu chanas Royal Forest who won the Coven ¬ try Stakes for twoyearolds by a head from the 10 to 1 chance Nimbus The favored Peter Flower was third and the northern champion twoyearold Assize unplaced unplacedThe The most fashionable crowd since before the war packed Ascots green lawns to watch the race The King Queen and Prin ¬ cesses Elizabeth and Margaret drove down to the course in state in carriages drawn by the famous Windsor grays before the first race amid cheers of the huge crowd crowdThe The women despite the threatening weather were clad in the latest fashions with the new look conspicuous while the majority of men wore grey toppers Every ¬ one was in the best of spirits in such gay surroundings but the outlook became as grey as the weather as favorite after fa ¬ vorite faltered with the climax being reached with the easy defeat of the odds on The Cobbler by Americas Black Tar ¬ quin in the last race of the day
