The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-24

sNThe first horse darwn was Me- Intyre. The ticket was held by Sandy" of Rothersham, England.
 1t was offifically announced that totalled approximately S8,563,9 ,979.18, of which s6,743,62O.90 will be avail able for prizes
 Lucky People?
 The ticket on Gregalach was drawn by Clayton C. Woods, PAS Carl street. Buffalo, N. Y.
 Ballasport, one of the best bets next to Easter Hero, was drawn by Happy, Paisley. England. Another strong entry, Kakushin, was held by Mrs Ellen Moloney, Paddy Mol loney and Miss T. Moloney of Swim ford, County Mayo, Ireland.
 The ticket on Gib went to No. A." Wallasley, Cheshire, England.
 Melleray's Belle was drawn by Pickle" Brinton, London.
 Grakle was drawn by "Isola," London.
 The drawings were made at the Mansion House before a crowd of several hundred. Thousands were gathered outside the building since shortly after dawn.
 The hospital nurses who had been assigned to task of drawing the slips arrived at the Mansion House with container of counterfoils, remainder of the approximately 4,000,00O ticket stubs, the majority of which had been placed in the drum overnight. The girls, some smiling, others sol emn, were attired in spotlessly white uniforms,
 The remaining stubs were dumped into the drum, which then was re- vo1ved by an electric motor to give the contents thorough mixing be- fore starting the draw, awaited anx- iously by approximately 100000 persons the world over.
 Novelty Mixing
 During the night, all the stubs ex- cept those carried Tn by the nurses today, were placed on top of large tables, on which several girls danced in stocking feet to make certain the slips would be well separated before being placed in the steel drum. The drum has 20 portholes, through and drew slips. With each slip drawn, another slip was drawn from a small crystal drum contain ing the names of the horses. thus giving q horse to each number drawn. General Owen Duffy. chief of police, officiated at the drawings.
 More Lucky Ones
 The Czecho-Slovakian horse, Cyl ovam, was drawn by Harry Simms, of Bradford, England.
 John J. Mccarthy, of 4529 Spruce street west, Philadelphia, Pa, drew the Horse More Keen. tt.
 Ralph Brown, of Kirkcaldy.. Scot land, drew the horse Drint.
 The holders of the ticket on the horse winning the grand national will receive about $1.723,083.84, sweepstake officials announced. Sec ond prize will be approximately ss61,541.92 and third prize, $574,- 359.66.
 There will be S3 other prizes for entries, including the field, besides 360 consolation prizes of $5,739.66 each.
 Americans Win
 John Bennett of the Orchard San ltorium, Hamilton, Ontario, drew the ticket on Great Span.
 The ticket on Sir Lindsay, second choice in the race, was drawn by Mrs A. Morris of Talati House, Tien tsin, China. J. Holmes, Box 1O43, Juneau, Alas ka. drew the ticket on Lady Victoria.
 Mrs Margaret English, 47 Mckay avenue. East Orange, W. J., drew the horse, Mount Etna, in the sweep l stake.
 The prizes in the grand national sweepstakes were said today in bet ting circles to be the highest ever known.
 Two Americans were winners of consolation prizes. They are Mrs Rosa Hasenew, 576 Cortland avenue. New York, and Mrs c. R. Stephens. IA Gerlach Place. Larchmont, N. Y.
 Consolation prizes are worth $5,740 each.
 Samuel Medley, of Hamilton, On tario, also won a consolation prize,