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Newspaper
Las Vegas Sun
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1965
Page
17
Arlington hosts a busy stakes day with winners including Time 118 driven by K Nesp and AD-83,500 in 9 yan Time 111. Multiple race entries list horses such as Bear Fieha 188 Treying 1m and Daily Double payoffs. The card features quinella and exacta results, notable names like Shoemaker and Maherney, and total attendance around 15.27 thousand with handle near 9.8 million.
New York report notes jockey Ted Sloan, hindered by abnormally short legs, first used and popularized the monkey crouch riding technique with a short stirrup configuration, influencing racing posture and style.
The Minnesota Twins built a 7-1 lead in the first four innings and held on to defeat the Washington Senators 8-5 in Minneapolis. Jim Kaat earned his 10th win with help from John Klippstein who pitched from the seventh. Four home runs were hit by Nossek Versailles Hamlin and Held.
A chaotic race program lists multiple stakes at Saratoga with detailed horse names, weights, riders, and times. Notable entrants include Time 1.1215 Gator Rayer, Parasol, Respected, Quest entries from Green Tree Stable, and Test Stokes with added purses. Also noted are numerous “Also ran” horses and payouts like a Double returning $45.20.
United Press International lists racing cards at Del Mar with multiple purse levels from 2000 to 8000. Names such as W Hartack A Pineda M Yanez D Rose J Longden and horses like Light Lime Greek Island and Five OClock Pony appear across divisions. The entry includes various horse ages and weights for races labeled 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 9th and 11th with purses ranging from 2 500 to 7 800 and multiple entrants per division.
A Seattle jury awarded former University of Washington basketball coach John Grayson 175000 in his libel suit against Curtis Publishing Co over a January 1963 Saturday Evening Post article titled Basketball Bullies. The nine hour deliberation ended with a 10 to 2 verdict.
Clark County Parks and Recreation launches a single elimination county tournament inviting Pee Wee and Midget teams from across the county after a successful league. The event begins Monday at Maslow Park in the unincorporated area.
In a bridge problem from a Daily Question, South opens with six hearts and the defense aims to force declarer to ruff hearts in dummy at the right moment. The recommended line shows how Fast can defeat the game by two hearts and a third heart ruff, avoiding a dummy entry loss.
A dense OCR excerpt lists multiple horse names and odds across several purse events. It includes entries like Islami Glory, Le Chene, Me Jo, Aliso ran, and many others with times around 1:09 to 1:44 for various distances, plus payoffs and trainer/jockey initials. The fragmented lines suggest a detailed betting card for a past race day with results and participants across divisions and stakes.
Two days before the 37th Wightman Cup matches the United States is favored to win its 31st series victory over Britain. Rain has limited practice time for both teams, with over 11 inches falling, and England under captain Angela Mortimer worries about the switch to American style hard courts.
The World Boxing Council says lightweight champ Ismae Laguna of Panama and bantamweight champ Fighting Harada of Japan must defend their titles within 12 months. WBC president Luis Spota will notify them after the Las Vegas meeting on August 12.
Deluca Importing broke a first place deadlock by defeating Southwest Gas No. 2 19 to 18 in a high scoring Tuesday game at Cragin Park. The loss drops Southwest Gas into a second place tie with FG and G as a double elimination tournament begins Monday with five teams seeded by final standings.
In England the Chester Cup saw a five length victory by Red Deer led by a 49 pound jockey named Kitchener. The 1844 race marked a notable early triumph for the rider and horse duo.
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