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. Blue Prince Hard Pressed In Heddon Stakes Triumph Special to Daily Racing Form NEWCASTLE, Northumberland, Engr. June 23 Reuters .Mr. Walter M. Jeffords American-bred Ascot Gold Cun entry, Blue Prince, under 131 pounds and with Harry Carr in the ,. saddle, won the Heddon Stakes at 10 furlongs and 40 yards from his only opponent, the four-year-old filly, Shirley Pat, at Gosforth Park track here today. The match race produced a terrific struggle throughout the last furlong with Carr, astride the odds-on 2-to-5 Blue Prince, urging Mr. Jeffords bay son of Princequillo Blue Denim home a head to the fore in a photo finish. The victor, who recently annexed the Zetland Gold Cup af Redcar, Yorkshire, for Mr. Jeffords, was conceding Mr. Charles Gilmans consistent filly 13 pounds.- Blue Prince was clocked . in at 2:16Vf,.
