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Marcel Boussacs Arbar Ascot Gold Cup Winner WinnerMost Most Coveted Prize of Meet to France for Third Straight Year YearASCOT ASCOT England June 17 Reuters France took Ascots most coveted and valuable prize the Gold Cup worth 2000 and 40000 in prize money for the third consecutive year when Marcel Boussacs Arbar scored an easy victory in this years race here today todayThe The Royal Family saw the French four yearold starting at 4 to 6 win by four lengths from the Belgian challenger Bay eaux with the Englishowned but French bred Roi de Navarre third of the eight runners White Way the only allBritish horse in the race ran well but could only finish fourth fourthArbar Arbar a son of Djebel beautifully ridden by jockey Charlie Elliott did not make his challenge until half way up the stretch when he passed Bayeaux and White Way who were struggling for supremacy to win easily Another prize went across the channel when Madame Lecerfs Vic Day carried off the King Edward VII Stakes run over a mile and a half Vic Day a son of Prince Rose and ridden by Togo John stone started at 13 to 2 and beat the Frenchbred filly Folie by a halflength halflengthIn In this event William Woodwards Americanbred colt The Senator II who started at 100 to 8 crashed into the tapes at the start throwing jockey Tommy Burns The colt cantered down the course and after running about two miles slipped and fell under the rails He was caught by a racegoer who led him back The start was delayed for him but he was withdrawn and took no part in the race Unfortunate ¬ ly he came under the starters orders so that persons who backed him including many Americans present lost their money without getting as much as a run for it itIt It was another grim day for the bettors for although Arbar was an oddson favor ¬ ite and Delerium a 7 to 4 shot won the sixfurlong Cork and Orrery Stakes the opening race no other favorite proved suc ¬ cessful The Gaekwar of Baroda won his first race of the meeting when his Maka pura took the fivefurlong New Stakes for two yearolds Makapura started at 100 to 30 in this race in which the heavily backed French colt Roc du Diable was kicked at the post He did extremely well to finish fourth fourthOutsiders Outsiders carried off the last two races Lord Seftons Marconi winning the seven furlong Britannia Stakes and Harry Joels Lake Placid taking the King George V Stakes run at a mile and a half
