Tradition of the Ascot Gold Cup, smartest sporting event of London's spring social calendar, forbids cheering at the finish. Another tradition of the race, 2½ miles over a hilly course, is that U. S.-bred horses lack stamina to win it. Only one to do so was James R. Keene's Foxhall (named after his son, famed Poloist Foxhall Keene) in 1882.
U. S. spectators at Ascot last week broke the first tradition. William Woodward's Omaha, 1935 U. S. champion three-year-old, failed by a nose to break the second. First prize went to Lord Stanley's filly,...
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