Calgary Monsoon Forces Race Meeting Cancellation
JIM COLEMAN CALGARY The monsoon drenches Calgary town forcing Alberta racing officials to cancel the final three days of the thoroughbred meeting. Amid mud and mayhem, veteran trainer Bob Ramsay and locals react with weather jokes as Vancouver observers mock Calgary’s rainfall in a weeklong flood of racing news. Three swans and three cygnets entertain Vancouver crowds while Calgary reels from disrupted sport.
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Calgary
Thundercloud
Sarcee Reservation
Bow River
Alberta
Bob Ramsay
Western Horse Trainers
Ramsay
Winnipeg
Mr. Ramsay
Vancouver
Swans Rival Hanko in Vancouver Track Race
Massie White ferries bread to feed baby swans on a lake as air raid sirens sound. Surly Sam dives, bombs the rowboat, then refuels. In the Lansdowne Handicap Hanko wins a tight finish with Surly Sam, Madame Queen, and the cygnets close behind.
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Calgary
J. Harry Filton
Vancouver
Surly Sam
Madame Queen
Massie White
Massie
Hanko
CIAU debates athletic scholarships and 1957 championships
The Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union reviews athletic scholarships with member associations reporting back in December. The CIAU may uphold its ban or change stance after the review. It also approved 12 national championships for Canadian Centennial events in Edmonton and Calgary, with hockey and other sports slated March 6–11, 1957, and plans for hockey teams to the 1967 Canadian Winter Games in Quebec City. Ivor Wynn of McMaster was elected president. P G Rousell St Francis Xavier and Maury Van Vleet Alberta and Morris Reginal Laurentian named vice presidents.
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Toronto
Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union
CIAU
Simon Fraser University
Vancouver
United States
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
Edmonton
Calgary
Quebec City
Northwest Territories
Ivor Wynn
McMaster University
Hamilton
P. G. Rousell
St. Francis Xavier University
Antigonish
N.S
Maury
Belmont Stakes reshapes three-year-old title race
Kauai King finished fourth as Amberoid won the Belmont Stakes signaling a wider open path to the Travers race on August 20. Graustark has retired, Buckpasser and Creme de la Creme remain key threats alongside Amberoid in the evolving championship battle.
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New York
Kauai King
Grausdark
Buckpasser
Reginald Webster
Amberoid
Aqueduct
Graustark
Creme de la Creme
Foyt Hurt in Wisconsin Crash at State Fair Park Race
Ace driver A J Foyt suffered second and third degree burns on face neck and hands after a Saturday crash at Wisconsin State Fair Park. He said he pulled himself from burning fuel to escape and was listed in good condition. Mario Andretti won the Rex Mays classic at 95.65 mph, with Roger McCluskey and Joe Leonard following.
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Milwaukee
Wis
A. J. Foyt
Wisconsin State Fair Park
Houston, Tex
Rex Mays
Scotland
Jimmy Clark
Foyt
Clark
Mario Andretti
Nazareth
Roger McCluskey
Tucson
Ariz
Joe Leonard
San Jose
Calif
Andretti
Billy Foster
Victoria
Indianapolis Memorial Day
Automobile Club
Grand Rapids
Mich
Yancey wins Memphis Open with record 265
Bert Yancey saluted a 15 under par total of 265 to win the Memphis Open and earn 20 000 dollars. He trailed Gene Littler by one stroke entering the final round before carding 66 and securing the record score on the 1966 PGA tour.
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Memphis, Tenn
Bert Yancey
Yancey
Gene Littler
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Gary Player
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Riverside School
Leslie Quayle
Arlene Koch
Jeff Craig
Chevrolet
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St. S.E
Medicine
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