The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-24
IRISH GIRLS ARE
 DRAWING PRIZES
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 ----------------------------- , years were $12,455,s1O Of this ST.
 8,770 was allotted to the prize fund, the remainder of $5, 187, ,040 be-, ing retained for expenses and hos-
 | pitals. .-e-
 The prize fund was to make f4.- major units of $500,000 each. The ! remainder was divided into 10 resi- dual prizes of $26,877 each. @s [ In each unit, prizes were allotted as follows: . $150,00O to the person whose horse as represented on the counterfoils . drawn today, wins the Grand Ma tional. 1 .
 $75,O0O to the person whose horse .. runs second. .
 $50,000 to the person whose horse runs third.
 $3,570 each to persons who draw names of the 49 horses in the list , of entries that do not finish in the money. Of these horses, many have , been scratched already or will not finish. That will have no effect on : these prizes, as every person whose ticket draws the name of a horse is | assured of at least @ $3570 prize. {. $500 each to 100 persons whose { | tickets draw consolation prize. Thus there will be 152 winners [ in each of IA units-a grand total, with the tenresidual prizes, of D. [ 138 winners.
 Names of winners of the 10 res- . idual prizes and the consolation prizes of $500 each will be drawn . tomorrow. '. Names of all horses were drawn . today.
 The draw began at 10:4O a. m. (5:40 a. m. EST).
 The proportion of contributions ! to the sweepstakes fund was shown at the first interval, when with II horses drawn in each of the IA units, 70 names went to the United States out of the total of 154.
 At the luncheon interval, when , APO tickets had been drawn on 30 horses, 192 tickets had gone to the , United States, l42 to Europe ands9 to Central and South America.
 American and Canadian ticket ' holders whose counterfoils were . drawn with names of the five horses . leading in today'S Grand National betting were:
 Reynoldstown, second favorite, B z to 2. owned by Maj. Noel Fur long. Nine years old, ITO pounds. Won last years Grand National. .
 Black Cat" 12 Federal St., Salem, .. Mass. aa 2
 Red and Joe," 1e5 Was. ngton St., Lynn, Mass.
 Castle Irwell, fourth favorite at 1. 100 to 6. Owned by G. H. Bostwick, . American. Eight years old, 157 pounds. 2
 For My Nephew" 2214 Main St., . Springfield, Mass. ,
 Henry Colle, l45 LaGrange St., West Roxbury, Mass. . How Winners Feel
 Boston, March 24-(UP)-The . names Red and Joe," sharers today , in ticket on Reynoldstown, second 7 favorite in the Grand National ! steeplechase, are a bit deceiving.. Red and Joe", are two Lynn, Mass, telephone operators, Reva . Shortell and Rose Langelier,. resid- ing at 165 Washington street, Lynn. .
 One of the girls had a day off to- . day and the other was so excited at ' the news they had drawn Reynolds . town that she got a days leave of i. absence. .
 "Black Cat" of 12 Federal street, Salem, who also drew the highly favored Reynoldstown, is Amos < Strout, 7I, former Portland, Me.,s stable operator. Strout, now retired, . lives with sister, Mrs. Walter Walkup in Salem.
 Philadelphia, March 24-(UP)--s Thomas (Poor Fish) Founders, 27,~ though he was "being kidded" when advised today that he had drawn Avenger. the third favorite in the Irish Hospital sweepstakes.
 Founders, who said he was O. butter and egg man." lives with his wife and child. -
 Sure I need the money" he said, but you're only kidding me-"
 Schenectady, N. Y., March 24--. (UP)-"Let's be modest about this. thing" D. A. Ter Bush, president of the Ter Bush and Powell insur-.. ancc firm. said today when informed he drew c horse in the Irish Sweep. stakes.
 Ter Bush is guaranteed ct least. 33.570 eye1 though the horss Keen
 Blade. is scratched.
 "Thank you. United RrosB." TeF' Bush concluded the conversation.