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SENSATIONS

OF SPORT

THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1961.

THREE PLOTS TO FIX THE DERBY!

-And one of them ended

in a court case

Lord George Bentinck, second

the idol of sportsmen of his of the English Turf.

son of the Duke of Portland, was day, one of the great reformers

But for all his noble deeds, this colourful early nineteenth century character became best remembered for two senso- tional incidents in his career.

In 1843, without any previous experience with pistols, Lord George fought a duel at dawn against one of the foremost marksmen in the country and escaped with a bullet through his hat.

alled Running Rein.

And the following your he in the background of the su way chiefly responsible for ex- poring the most impudent and audacious fraud in the history of flat-racing.

A few days before the Derby. Lad George and others wrote stating to the Epsom stewards

believe this that they did not salt was Running Rein at all. They asked the stewards to de- mand proof of the horse's iden- a_v_attd_a

This was the celebrated Rein Derby scandal, a traud which rocked the nation and nearly resulted In a four- year-old being accepted

the winner of the premier Curkusly, at the same time. classic of the English Turi Lord Maldstone ent a similar

Brace strictly reserved for protest against a horse called three-year-olds.

Leander.

Owner's coup

11/1

There were 29 horses parade for that infamous Derby 4.1 1844.

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Must heavily backend wetr The Ugly Buck, recent winner

of the Two Thousand Guineas. and Mr William Crockford's more much-

were

Cuionel Orlando

and

Retor

Two

Farded entries

Jonathan Peel's Joman.

Another well-supported horse was entered on the card as "Mr A. Wood's Running Itein. by The Saddler out of Queen Mab hv Duncan Grey" The col by was on record as having won p 1wo-year-old Face at New- October, market the previous netting a big stake for his then owner, Mr Abraham Levi Goud-

Protest to stewards

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At that time there had been suspicions that Running Rein

coll he was not the claimed to be, that he was at least

a year older than the stated age.

In fact, the Duke the owner Df

had placed an objection which was overruled through lack of concreta evidence.

of Rutland,

second

entered

horse.

Lord George becarne intres!- ed in the story. So song were

is suspicions that he privately made thorough investigation

EASTHAM IS

ENGLAND'S

BEST HOPE

By STANLEY MATTHEWS Twelve months ago the

England team were all set for that long-awaited World Cup triumph. We had the team, the team- work, and the confidence. We seemed to have everything as the players settled in.

But even then 1 had a niggling doub!. My long experience in the game told me that time could change the situation that the slick machine might run down before the final series in Chile.

Unfortunately my hutch was right. The old rhythm has been missing since Jimmy Greaves and Gerry Hitchens became tied up in Italian Soccer.

FIRE POWER

The performance against Portuguese does not worry

the

me.

'I think our boys had too easy a start. But I am concerned about

the re-power in the attack.

Assuming we must now write Greaves and Hitchens, what o be done to boost our Cup chances?

I say we must imme-

Can

diately and an inside-forward

who can hold the ball

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The man to do it?

George

an objection and claimed the Lakes. Moreover, he obtained Сошч order prohibiting MissTs. Weatherby

from Te- leasing the stakes until the ense had been decided by law,

Suspecting another fraud, a group of sports:n dug up the body at dead

By FRANK WRIGHT

â special jury

of night

Another "ringer" in the race was the German-bred Leander And if Leandor had finished Secured

1 Running Rein, e fraud might have succeeded, For his cwners would hardly have objected; their horse was two-years older than the ac- cepted age!

The stewards sent for Run- heard before Baron Alderson ning Rein's nominal owner Mr and

al West- Alexander Wood, an Epsom n minister. chandter, but he had gone home. The plaintiff's case was that Meanwhile, there was chas at his horse's declared pedigree the racecours as buckers of was a true one, while the de- Running Reis in-

clamoured for fendant argued that the Derby their money; innumerable tot-

"winner"

was. in 1. ETICH WOT thrown in, ch-

Maccabaeus, a four-year-old. The injured Leander was shot fusion

awarded to and promptly buried. Later a The verdict was

who sus- Peel when il became group of sportsmen,

In each case, the stewards replied that they had received the usual certificates and that

would be improper to vestigate these allegations - after the race But the re- spective owner a

wêre warne

that there would be an objec- tion if either horse should win.

Late betting rush

Relp

and SUI Running Lounder were not withdrawn, the Derby shortly before There was & sudden rush of bet

Ranning Rein.

and

There

reports were

thai

Levi Goodman had backed the horse to win £100,000; at the start, the odds against Running drama- Rein had shortened Lically to 70-1. After

two false starts. Leander led

irway the fteld followed closely by Rajan, The Running Reln, Ugly Buck and Half a mile out, Running Relo teek the lead, kicking Leander

stayed and she passed, front until the finish to win by three quarters of a length from Orlando.

bod Leander

token

hud ieg and

to be troyed.

Colonel Peel, as owner of the woond horse, promptly lodget

in

Colonel Peet contended that Colonel.

Case not proved

the first horse home had been obvious that the horse would preted another fraud, dug up talsely described 25 Running not be produced

for examina- The body at dead of night. Rein, a three-year-old colt, and

tion.

the plaintif Counsel for

But they could not prove that that he was really a four-year said that the animal had dis- the horse was too long in the head was named

Maccabarus by old

oth. The animal's appeared. Gladiator, dum by Capsicum,

issing, red by Sir Charles Ibbetson in 1840.

Second fraud

Mr Wood then declared that His case was based largely on

sure he had been Lord in was how evidence supplied by George Bentinck, who had the victim of a gross fraud. He was held blameless. while the travelled alt over the country collecting facts with the ski scheming Levi Goodman, master and energy of a master detec mind behind the plot, fled the tive,

country.

Horse was missing

On this evidence, the ste- wards of the Jockey Club dis- qualified Running Kein and awarded the race to Orlando

the first time the Derby had ever been decided in this

Way.

Lord George's investigation suggested at Goodman had previously owned bolh Run- ning Rein and Maccabacus. was the far superior runner. Early in 1844. he had sold this horse us Running Rein la Mr

at

Wood-on the condition that he ran him in the Derby

But this was only one Wood tempted fraud in the 1844 Der Incredibly. owner Mc

decided DOW

lo contest this by emerged that there were Lis most decision. On July 1, the cause other plots to Ax"

celebre of Wood v Peei was extraordinary of all classics.

Four D. Jones BY MADDOCKS

JONES DOES NOT REALISE HE IS NOT ALONE

TAKE TO

OH

A TREE AND HOPE KE CAN'T STAND

HEIGHTS

1532

FERDINAND

THE FLUTTERS

ALBERT/WOULD YOU

MIND KEEPIN' QUIET?!

Eastham, The Arsenal Ka Is about the best inside-

hind his wonderful form makes him worthy of a place in any international team

cbodice,

I would make him a must His brand of Soccer I think

ir skill could clear the way for

match-winning goals.

the in the man to make England

féle specialised

Inside forward is a Job and that is why I would Cash Bryan Douglas bacle to thewing Hela wasted in the

good

Will Qujuk passing may be a alihin” In modern poosball If It te dufoncho's running,

euburst rounds to jolly wide

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COME FING CA AGNES GET MITTS ON THE

BRICK BRADFORD

THAT WEEL

MADE ON

GRRRAN

COWARD! PICK ON SOMEONE OF YOUR OWN MAKE

MERE WAS NO.

AND THEN OUT OF SHEER BAD LUCK THE MUGS HAVE

TO FIND OUT.

“ATTAINED

GNITER!

RECKON FOR THAT,

Sull

the this was not all infamy in the 1844 Derby There was a third scandal in-

Lord George was presented with £2,000 raised by public subjauription for his efforts in AL exposing the Derby frauİ.

is request, it went to the Ben- ! mck Benevolent and Provident Fund for Trainers and Jockeys, And the mysterious Running Rein?

THE MILLIONAIRE

MANAGER

BEHIND McNEELEY

By JOHN COTTRELL

Behind every boxer who gets that all-too-rare chance of fighting for the world heavyweight title there is invariably a shrewd, fast-talking manager singing his praises.

Tom McNeeley, the latest And though Fuller is a realist, challenger from Arlington, he does not completely discount Massachusetts, 15 rather difa McNeeley victory. He has ferent. Mis

Peter learned that anything can hap manager, Davenport Fuller, is so shrewd pen in boxing, that the standard that he had no false Illusions of heavyweights can be decep-

tive. about his fighting protege.

A rare realist in the fight game, Mr Fuller honestly de-

"Let's face clares:

It. Tom doesn't have much chance to outbox Patterson. He'll have to do it by a knock-out,”

He learned this lesson the hard way. Years ago he was in- vited to put up 1,000 dollars to stake a young man called Rocky Marciano as professional.

Fuller decided that Marciano

A big gamble wasn't worth the risk.

world heavyweight Joe Campbell

McNeely 19 taking a big There is a popular story that gamble. And Fuller knows it. he ended his days ou a North- | But with amptonshire farm and that his title fights short ration and ghost still haunts a lane there with the possibility of enjoying

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CHESS

By LEONARD BARDEN

volving the great horse Ratana

Strongly-fancied

Ralun

was

completely off form in the race and it emerged that his jockey, Sam Rogers, had been backing The Ugly Buck and had

£10,000 to £1000 own mount.

laid

against his

of the i

Jockey banned Following an inquiry, Hogers was declared unfl 10 ride or Irain for any member Jockey Club. Curiously, though he had backed Raian heavily, Lord George spoke up for the jockey and helped to have him reinstated in 1847.

BAY

REASON ALONE YOU A REVOCA

By Mik

OUGHT TO LET

BY COMERSET HOUS

CAME UND

US OFF!

£50,000 pay-day, It's

D

gamble

a

worth taking by any Tough boy.

Mr Fuller as you might guess, is no ordinary manager, Son of the late Alvan T. Fuller, and former motor magnate Governor of Massachusetts, he Lusinessman. a millionaire

His and father of six children.

he where acecal is Harvard captained the university wres- tling Lea and

his i started amateur boxing career (50 wins in $5 bouts).

Millionaire manager Fuller, a boxing fanatic since, as a 14- year-old schoolboy, he first saw ire Louis fight, has been back- ing and gulising Tom McNeeley sines ne turned professionat in the summer of 1958.

wins Beaumont Invitational

4

Beaumont, Nov. 13. Jittery Joe Campbell, who chainsmokes olgars, came out of the pack today to fire sizzling five-onder-par 66 for a 27 total and win the $20,000 Beaumont Invitational Golf Tournament.

The blond Chattanooga, Ten- nessee professional, who was tied for fifth place going into today's final round, won the his first major tournament of Career and carried home $2,800 in first prize money.

Campbell atroked six birdies -on No. 2, 6, 9, 11, 12, and 18-- of

No expense has been spared in furthering the career of his to finish one stroke ahead 6184) best heavyweight hope.

Fuller Beaumont's Bert Weaver, Here is a problem by B. J.

C. Andrade de

(Magasinet, 1935). White to play and mate in two moves.

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has paid all McNeeley's training also shot a closing-round

278 total and $1,400 second expenses,

publicity for 200-dollar prize.

functions,

financed paid

a

fighter

to be

psychoanalysed.

fer for his

Learned his lesson

Jay Hebert, the leader going into: today's final 18- holes. soared to a $74 and had to be content with $1,100 and a three- way tie for third place with

This long-term investment Eddie Merrins and Jack Cupit,

has begun to pay big dividends sil at 280, mauch sooner than expected -----

such is the difficulty in match-

Hebert,

the Afth

leading

ing top challengers with the money-winner on the tour, now world champion.

has earned $35,083.22. while

On

Fuller's reckoning, Doug Sanders, the third leading McNeeley has only completed the money-winner, won $150 with a first stage of his four-year plan tle for 26th at 285 and has ac- to develop a world heavyweight cumulated $53,083.20. champion. But no fighter can Behind the five leaders, there afford to miss the chance of a was a four-way tie at 281 among mix-up with Patterson it Henry Ransom Jerry Sfeel. could be a once-in-a-lifetime smith, Don Maasengale, and Don opportunity.

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