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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1976
Page
12
World heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali rested his wife and eyed a multimillion pay day for the bout with Antonio Inoki billed as the super fight of the century. Promoters seek a nine million dollar purse while both fighters insist the contest will be real.
A June 24 1976 Farst Pace card lists eight pace divisions from FIRST to TENTH with purses ranging from 1000 to 2000. Notable entrants include Last Sheraton Micka Wonga Caspers Time Keystone idol Goldberg and In Demand N. The field features multiple horses with varied odds and connections across the eight races.
The page lists racing entries from Pownal across nine purses from 1300 to 1500 dollars. Each purse shows a top ten horse names with riders or handlers and horse names including Lady Jolly Mamas Devil Scotter s Gream Karen s Only Cocoa Sovereign Classy Kim Little Kicker Fleet Tempered Mi-Te-Wind Louise wee Ya Roll Tide Paradoxical Trinity River Toppers Miss Bama Bliss Gold Artist Raggid Celium Burst of Flavor Kevil Devil Thelma Kay Blushorama Bill the Brake Truckin Baby Navy Blue Blood POally Dawn Smack Madame Chargey Sargw Neptune s Deal Golden Jo Dodge Hill Monida Pass One Ends Meewt Alotas Pull orate Franks King Opulu Zue Can Bee Bashful Baron Mr Cee Ree Jame of Eloise Waysan At a Glance Syicon Subboy Monica Prince Uchee Severn Riever Staying Power Turkish Pride Exilicate Grand Valentine Get Em George Tara Charm Miz Czarnecki Mickey s Choice my Pennant Dr Hecker caer Fashion Super Liner Fast E Princess of War Frances Dancer Marchedith David s Patience Pedal Away See Lonnie Fred s Helen Ricardo Miss Lucy Divot Beausell Roman Flip Sun Sandal Celam Casue for War Gee Page Skipper s Son Martha Washington Sweet An Innocent Rejected King Win Early
In Newport Rhode Island the Tall Ships race pause nears a midnight Saturday deadline as light to moderate east to southeast winds lift hopes of square riggers reaching port. Kukri leads overall with Gorch Fock II ahead on corrected time. Cameroon, Active, Vega nearby. festival protests also heard over Esmeralda and downtown concessions amid plans drawing 400 000 tourists.
At New Lebanon New York Dick Larkin from Great Barrington drove car 39 to win the sportsman feature and in car 32 won the modified feature. It marked the first time both divisions were won by different cars on the same night. Larkin led the modified feature from the pole for 35 laps as Les Alberti chased in second before a drive shaft failure ended Alberti’s night. Ken Coon pressed for the final seven laps but Larkin held the lead near the wall. The program listed a rotating set of winners eight straight nights, with Claude Hoard Jeff Fluery Les Alberti and others among the top contenders. An upcoming 101-lap Mr Dirt Track event on June 29 carries a $2,500 first prize.
The program lists results from Wednesday June 23 1976 with ten pace mile races led by Frisby B J in the first division. Purses ranged from $1,000 to $1,750 with top finishes by Byndys John Honest Eileen Terra and Singa Por Way among others. Attendance reached 2,792 with handle of $189,703.
Rowland Office extended his hitting streak to 29 games as the Atlanta Braves swept a doubleheader against the Montreal Expos. Jerry Royster driven in two, Office added a run scoring double, and pitchers Andy Messersmith and Phil Niekro each earned wins. Other NL results: Phillies over Reds 4-2, Cubs over Pirates 6-5, Mets 5 Cards 4, Dodgers 1 Astros 0, Giants 7 Padres 6 in game one and 8-7 in game two. Darrell Evans drove in six with a grand slam for San Francisco.
Pittsburgh edges Chicago as Zamora improves to 4-2 with a 5-7 defeat. Stargell and Zisk homer for the Pirates while Beaumont? No, Stargell hits his ninth and Zisk his eighth. Montreal shocks Atlanta while Philadelphia and Cincinnati split as Reed improves to 6-2 and Borbon suffers first loss. Seaver secures New York win over St. Louis with Unser and Grote homers in a 5-4 finale.
Wagering daily double trifecta and exacta payouts listed for nine $1300 and $1500 races. Notable finishes include Whirling Light, Your Faded, Miss Hoddie, Lycome, Shannons Kin, Canadian Pirate, Grey Mama, Queen Tigress, Beauty of Pink. Attendance 1,319 handle $77,749.
Quebec City beat Berkshire 12-3 to reach a first place tie with the Brewers. Three Rivers trails by four percentage points after a 4-3 loss to Waterbury, while West Haven shut out Reading 4-0 and Bristol edged Williamsport 5-4. Beare started strong for Berkshire but walked the bases as Quebec City piled on. Schaefer and Bernazard drove in three each.
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