Sitting in a corner of his famous staurant, Dempsey told of taking trips to the training camps of both Louis and Schmeling and of seeing an improvement in the negro's ringcraft; Dempsey, incidentally, picked Louis to knock the stuffing out of Schmeling on the last occasion although the negro has never been a particular. favourite of the former world cham-
London, June 15.
ACKERS had a lean time at Ascot today as a result of a series of upsets which included the triumph of the American-owned Flares, 100-7 outsider, in the main event of the day, the Gold Cup.
In the vei first race, the Ribblesdale Stakes, the 7-4 favourite, Flag of Truce, ran unplaced to Ri er Prince, which started at 6-1, and then later Gharullin, the 7-2 favourite for the Granville Stakes, finished nowhere to Old Reliance from the Convert Stable.
The worst blow, however, was when Puzzler, 4-1 odds-on favourite for the Rous Memorial Stakes, was beaten by a neck by the Aga Khan's Khan Bahadur, which started at 9-2.
Backers had to wait until the last race, the Cork and Errdery Stakes, before a favourite was successful, Ipsden, starting at 6-4, comfortably winning from three opponents much to the relief of his backers,
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