Evening star., 1939-10-20
|4D. {. Residents
Among Winners Of
Sweeps Prizes
Alexundriun Also
Gets $500 in
Dublin Drawings

Gets s., 800 in
Dublin Drawings
Dame Fortune in the form Of the
Irish Hospital Sweepstakes smiled
upon five residents of the Washing
ton area today. They held tickets
good for about $4,000 each as result
Of the first days draw In Dublin, Ire
land. in the sweepstakes, converted
by the war into a straight lottery
instead of the usual long shot racing
gamble.
Winning a slice of the S2.469, ,759
in prizes to be distributed were these
four Washington and nearby resi-
dents.
Mrs. Maggie j. Thompson. 72, re-
tired Government employe, of 1928
G street Sc, and c. P. Fletcher, 10,
contractor. of $40 K street NV, who
shared one ticket
Raymond Agar. Treasury Depart
ment engineer, of 208 Massachusetts,
avenue NE.
George WILDER, 1345 Florida ave-
nue. NV.
Mrs. Elsie A. Allen, 81 Rosecrest
avenue, Alexandria, Va.
Expects to Travel.
Mrs. Thompson, elated at her win
nings, said she hoped to have some-
thing left after paying bills to travel.
Il want to go all over the United
States" she remarked. She retired
seven years ago after 40 years of
service with the Treasury Depart
ment, mostly in the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing.
Mrs Thompson bought a half in
terest In the ticket from Mr.. Fletcher.
I've been playing the sweepstakes
for-well for several, years. Mr..
Fletcher said. This is the first time
I've won anything"
Mrs. Allen nearly tainted with 10Y
at the telephone when advised by
The Star Of her good fortune in
holding a winning ticket in the
name of "T'he Winner" I'm so
happy I can't talk" she gasped at
length. Good Lord, where can I
get the money. Do they send me a
check? Do I have to 60 see any
body?"
| Mrs. Allen said that this was the
fifth time she had bought a sweep
stakes ticket. Her husband, James
/ A &c onh hov MI hA
Richmond, Fredericksburg g. Poto-
mac Railroad in Alexandria, she
/ said.
Race Is Cancelled.
The winners held tickets on one Of
the 95 horses originally entered for
the 1889 Cesarewitch race, on which
the sweepstakes winners were to
have been decided. The race, sched-
uled at Newmarket. England, Octo-
Der 25. was Cancelled because of the
war A substitute race, to be run
November 2, over a different course
and distance, will have no connection
with the sweepstakes.
A total of approximately $l3l4,-
045 went to the United States today
as the result of the first days draw,
the Associated Press reported. A
total of BAT Americans each won
about $4,000 in the major prize
draw. Six prizes were awarded on
each Of the horses entered, making
a total Of $40 prizes.
On the draw on the derby at
EPSON Downs last spring Amer
leans. who invested an estimated
s4,047 900 in the sweepstakes, won
total Of s2,03l.573D
Cash prizes of about $400 each
were still to be distributed to 600
ticketholders in addition to so resid-
ual prizes of about $l.272 each and
$40 sellers prizes of $184 each
These will be drawn tomorrow.
With about so per cent of the
horse prizes awarded to residents
OF the United States, Americans
maintained their long g-held record
OF topping the national lists OF
winners.
Today, as in the past. the prize
money was divided into units of
100000 each,- with $4,000 of each
unit going to ticket holders who
drew horses and $4,000 for residual
awards.
Since the race will not be run.
each 100000 unit was divided equally
among the persons drawing tickets
on the 95 horses entered. This gave
each ticket holder f947 (about
$4,000.
Many Winners in U. s.
With 48 of the IS winning horses
drawn, 176 of the 288 prizes had been
won by ticket holders in the United
States.
The odd fl5900 Of prize money
was split into so residual prizes. The
six 100000 shares were cut into 100
prizes Of fl00 ($40D each. and a
prize Of G46 ($l85) went to the seller
of each ticket drawing a horse.
The sweepstakes proceeds totaled
FL 1853, $50 (about s5,428,000) with
the Irish hospitals getting f248 1888
(about $998, ,00O.
Prize money in the past has run
to twice as much as 1t did today, but
oflcials said the war had caused
fewer ticket sales than usual.
In former years every one who
drew horse was assured of some
prize, but the amounts, ranging up
to $4,000, depended on how the
horses finished in the race.