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Three Cubs Disqualified, Placed Second at Ascot Albemarle Awarded First After Suffering Interference in Dash By BOB HURLEY Staff Correspondent ASCOT PARK, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. April 30. — The inquiry sign flashed almost immediately as Peter De Lorenzos Three Cubs crossed the line with a three-quarters length margin over Clyde Lees Albemarle but after viewing the pictures of the race, the stewards reversed the order of finish and awarded first position to the Lee racer. Jockey Phillip Ernst was found guilty of permitting Three Cubs to drift into the line of Albemarles challenge in the 7-fur-long dash and for this stretch interference the Lorenzo racer was demoted to second position. Albemarle paid .20 for the win with Continued on Page Thirty-Four Three Cubs Disqualified, Placed Second at Ascot Albemarle Awarded First After Suffering Interference in Dash Continued from Page One the crowd held to 3.855 by a steady drizzle that resulted in a time of l:33-5 over the muddy strip. Jockey Ray Belanger handled Albemarle and the disqualification gave the ex-Bay Stater a consecutive riding double as he had brought Chester Leachs Sals AR home by a neck a race earlier. Two trainers named Brown no relation however saddled the winners of the opening races with a steady drizzle gradually turning the muddy track into sloppier footing. Trainer Boert A Brown sent cut W. Campbell Hobsons Light O Night in the opener end tne County Delight— Shine O Nu ht filly Chatted along the rail under jockey Anthony Grogan to register by a length and one-quarter over Char-Mar Farms Vina. Light O Night paid .40 and was timed in 1:33 for the 7 furlongs. Norman L. Brown who usually is active on the Maryland Charles Town circuit saddled the second winner for his patron. Kdison Smith, as Top Union scored a front-running two and one-half lengths victory over the Ascot Course distance.
