Purse Races Lead Senior Meet at Lovell Track
Saturday racing card lists six events with purses from 1 800 to 4 000 dollars. Winners include Cimarron Orphan in the first mile event and Easter Bunch in the 400 yard sprint.
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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1976
Page
17
Saturday racing card lists six events with purses from 1 800 to 4 000 dollars. Winners include Cimarron Orphan in the first mile event and Easter Bunch in the 400 yard sprint.
Racing card lists results for races including ALW and CLM purses. Notable finishes show Trukin Louie and Y So Fast among firsts. Cannonball Express, Kim Wilgo, Rapid Hoop, and Bixby Begger earning top places with various horses and organizers named.
Hempen Miss ridden by Willie Lovell wins the Thursday feature at Ruidoso Downs by two lengths in 1:06.8 for 5 1 4 furlongs. The Guy Bowers owned filly pays $4.00 $3.60 and $2.60 with Shame on Mame second returning $22.40 and $6.80.
Mike Reid shot a three under par 67 to hold a three stroke lead over Mahaffey Floyd Funseth and Massengale after the opening round of the United States Open Golf Championship in Duluth Georgia.
The Dallas Cowboys announced the signing of their No 1 draft pick Aaron Kyle, a 5 foot 11 inch 183 pound cornerback from Wyoming. He signed a series of one year contracts with undisclosed terms. Kyle is expected to add depth to the secondary. Wayne Catalano the Hazel Park leading jockey was suspended five days for rough riding. Catalano disqualified on the first turn after bringing John Lighter home by 814 lengths in the fifth race Tuesday. Stewards also suspended trainer Al Vizcaya for 30 days after an illegal saliva test found in Ray Bauer who won the sixth race June 10.
Michigan star Don Dufek will play for Navy's East squad in the Coaches All-America game in Lubbock Texas. He left professional hockey behind despite being drafted by Detroit to pursue NFL football with Seattle. He aims to test his skills and enjoy the trip as a ball player.
Al's West leads a 10 horse field in the 870 yard Flying Charm Stakes at Ruidoso Downs with Doug McDaniel aboard. Norgor drawn eighth and a longtime Southwest top dog seeks another late move while Two Copies and Requested Honor press from early slots. The weekend also features the Rio Grande Kindergarten Futurity with Quick Mix Gold Scout Net Set and Net Attack.
Chris Evert, the world No. 1 and top seed at Eastbourne, beat Betty Stove 7-5 6-4 to reach the semifinals against Olga Morozova. Virginia Wade, defending champion and second seed, survives a three-set match and advances to meet Martina Navratilova after defeating Mona Guerrani. Both players credit a higher level across the circuit and note fewer easy matches.
Swedish star Ove Bengtson reached the Nottingham quarter finals as rain halted play, forcing three possible singles matches in two days ahead of Wimbledon. He faced Roger Taylor while Jimmy Connors and other Wimbledon contenders awaited quarter finals amid a packed schedule.
Leigh Barczewski of West Allis Wisconsin captured the 1 000 meter match sprint title with a 12 second final 200 meters to edge Fred Markam of Los Gatos. Leonard Nitz of Sacramento timed 5 01 in the 4 000 meter individual pursuit to beat Ron Skarin of Van Nuys and clinch spots on the U S Olympic team.
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