Evening star., 1939-03-24
Workman Is Winner
AT Aintree, Sending
$150,000t 10 10in U. 5.
MocMoffot I'd, KiIstor 3d.;
Three D. G. FumiIies
Out Of Big Money
BY the Associated Press.

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BY the Associated Press.
AINTREE, England, March a.
1rish-bred horses dominated the
10lst Grand National Steeplechase
before 100000 spectators today as
Workman, heavily backed at 100 to
8, showed the way over Aintree's
AZ miles, with Dorothy Paget's IA
vored Kilstar third. Capt. l.. Scott
Briggs MacMoffat, a 25-to-1 out
slider, split the pair from Fire.
Workman, owned by Sir Alexan-
der Mcguire, chairman of large
Irish match manufacturing COM
pany, finished the trying test three
lengths in front of MacMoffat after
taking third last year. Kilstar, a
former cavalry officers mount pur-
chased by Miss Paget for $500,
trailed by another Is lengths in the
role Of the 8-to-1 choice.
(Ten ticket holders in the
United States won $l50,000 each,
but three Washington families
found themselves shut out Of
the big money. They will share
In two prizes of $3.50.
(Mr. and Mrs. Arden E. Bing
and MIR. and Mrs. A. T. Stewart
OF 223l Bancroft place shared an
Irish Sweepstakes ticket on Teme
Willow, one of the favorites, and
Mrs. Esther Abrahams had
Symaethis, an outsider. They also
RAM
Only II Finish.
Only IL of the 81 starters finished
the race. j. v. Ranks Cooleen
finished fourth for the second year
in succession. He was trailed In
order by Arthur Sainsbury' Symae-
this, A. Donn's Dominick's Cross
Mrs. Camille Evans Royal Mail
1887 winner: Bachelors Prince. sta
blemate of Cooleen: P. Dunno Culli-
mans West Point, Sir Humphrey De
Trafford's Under Bid and Alan Pill
kingdoms Pencraik.
The two American-oW owned horses
Mrs. Marion Dupont SCOTS War
Vessel and Mrs. Louis E. Stoddard' s
Milano-fell. War Vessel got away
well. but fell at the first fence.
Louis E. Stoddard, young Amer
ican amateur Jockey, up on his wife's
horse and riding against his train
er's wishes, received a head injury
when he was tossed from Milano
after passing Becher's Brook the
second time He was taken to a hos
pital, but it was believed his injury
was not serious.
Beaten last year by the American
owned Battleship and Royal Dan
ieli when he blundered on the last
two jumps. Workman took the lead
mile from the finish and held it in
the final run to the judges stand
MacMOffat Close Second.
MacMoffat moved within a head
of Workman coming around the
long bend leading to the home
stretch, but this former hunter
never was quite able to catch the
brawny Irish horse. Two fences
from home Workman heightened his
margin to a half length and ther
pulled away under Jockey T. Hyde's
whip lashing.
Workman was timed in 9 minutes
42ls seconds, as compared to the
record of 9:202. set by Miss Paget's
Golden Miller in 1884. He carried
LAG pounds, while MacMoffat anc
kilstar were burdened with l43.
All the inhabitants of the town o1
Navan in County Meath, 10000 Of
them, profted by Workman's vic.
tory. Sir Alexander Mcguire. ou,,-
er of the winner, disclosed siteI 'ne
race that he had rlc--A n bet or
hai..,. ~ Vie entire populace. He
declined to disclose the sum wagered
Flecked with intermittent shine
and shade, the course was a picture
The paddock was edged with deep
red tulips and snow-white hya-
cinths. Daffodils bordered the long
trying stretches of the course and
swung from pots in the stands.
The Stars and Stripes tapped in
the breeze alongside the Union Jack
and Frances tri-color. Down below,
Alntree's Infamous old black am
balances and stretchers and bob
bies at every fence reminded the
crowd that the Grand National is
dangerous business.
Although 40 special trains and
flock of special airlines brought the
crowd from all over Europe and even
a transatlantic liner was held in
Liverpool docks to accommodate the
Americans, there were indications
that the European crisis held down
the attendance. This meant that
instead of 100000 people crushing
into space for third that number,
there were only around 26o,OO0 pres