Evening star., 1947-03-30
Cau!ghoo, 1901,
Rallies 10 Land
Grand National
Borgoin Horse Stuns
Crowd by Late Rush;
U. S. Entry Seventh
By Bill MoekIin
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AINTREE, England, Mar. 29.-
Eight-year-old Caughoo, an Irish
bargain baby that cost his owner
a mere $200-and rewarded his back
ers at 100 to in the books and a
fantastic 200 to l in the mutuels-
came from out of nowhere in the
last killing yards today to win the
103d running of the Grand National
Steeplechase.
Overlooked and practically un-
heard of, the long shot brown '1ep-
per" from Ireland's famed horse
breeding country surged up out of
the mist and the. rain two jumps
from home to shock a vast, wet
throng estimated at 100000 as he
overhauled the faltering favorites
and waltzed to the wire by 20 lengths
in this toughest horse race in the
world over this toughest race course
in the world.
The stunned crowd milled in ST.
lence for few moments as Irish
Eddie Dempsey piloted the gelded
son Of Within -The-Law past the
wire far in front in the slowest
Grand National in half century
1881 Hs-because of the heavy foot
ing and the rain. Then the thou
sands broke into q roar. -
Lough Conn Misses Again. -
Back of him in the gooey going
Of the fierce miles 856 yards
made even more dangerous by win
ter floods and today's downpour-
came the disappointed, Lough Conn,
and the disappointment, mighty
Prince Regent.
For little Lough Conn 1T was
bitter finish, as, for the second
straight year, he led most of the
way only to wind up without the
gold and glory. Last year he fell at
the feared Bechers Brook water and
fence; this time he took the 80
jumps, but could get only second
place among the % that finished the
grind out of starting field of 81,
biggest in 18 years.
For Prince Regent, it marked the
second straight year he was the
betting choice Of thousands-this
time at 8 to land the dream of
the pot of gold to those ticket
holders throughout the world who
had drawn him in the Irish Hospital
Sweepstakes.
Last year, he was third to Lovely
Cottage, who was a last-minute
scratch today because of the
weather and heavy footing. This
year, although running we'll up most
of the way, in spite of his 175-pound
impost, he came home only fourth,
behind Caughoo. Lough Conn and
the French-bred Kami, recently
bought for fancy figure by Sir
Alan Gordon Smith.
American Horse is Seventh.
The California bred Refugio
failed in his bid to join Man O'Wars
sturdy son Battleship as the only
American bred, owned and ridden
chaser ever to take this century
old classic, but he was the pleasant
surprise of the race.
A too-to-1 rank outsider, the al
most-white pride and joy of Mrs.
Frank Adams, Middleburg (Va.)
horsewaman, not only completed the
entire 80 rugged jumps which
spilled "a starters, but wound up a
well-placed seventh among the %
who finished.
Caughoo is owned by a Dublin
jeWeler, Jack Mcdowell, 37-year -old
bachelor who not only picked up a
paycheck of 10,007 pounds ($40,028)
for the victory, but admitted he'd
also bet 100 pounds $4,000 both
ways" the English version of Amer
ica's of across the board"
Although the official bookmakers'
odds on Caughoo were 100 to /, he
was so little-known to the approx
mately 100000 fans that the totali-
zator paid off to the tune of 20
pounds, z shillings ($841.40) for
each two-shilling (40-cent) bet
$203.50 to 81.
This was the final official order
of finish for all those completing
the course: