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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1956
Page
13
The rundown lists BEST CHANCE BET Narcan in seventh and BEST BET Bild Bazovka in sixth. MOST PROBABLE WINNER Casper Creek shows in fourth with PREFERRED PARLAY Best Regards to Get Together. BANKROLL SPECIAL Top Performer in eighth and CLOGRER'S TIP Slipper Pet in Nest follow, detailing key selections and placements.
A damaged yarn filled with scattered notes shows albacore fishing mainly near the west end of Catalina Island. Most boats report modest catches with a few noting albacore sightings while anglers use heavy tackle and seek tuna schools offshore.
Fragmentary OCR text notes fights and names, listing teams and places with scattered numbers. Readable items suggest regional boxing or wrestling results, with references to participants and venues, though details are incomplete.
Nashua was listed as a contender for Saturday’s $50 000 Saratoga Handicap at Saratoga Seings New York. Trainer Jim Fitzsimons tentative plans kept Nashua in the mix for the feature race.
The top colt Nashua suffered a colic attack Monday but bounced back, allowing Fitzsimmons to delay training. Plans shift to possible New York return and Belmont Park meeting with retirements after key races. Leslie Combs of the Nashua syndicate had aimed for the Woodward Stakes and Jockey Club Gold Cup, then retirement after Belmont starts.
Retired English jockey Sir Gordon Richards declined an invitation to attend Del Mar race meeting. Johnny Longden seeks to surpass Gordon’s 1870 winners record as Del Mar weighs weight assignments for the mile and a quarter feature and racks top weights among the entries.
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