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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1936
Page
1
The Alamo track opened with a six furlong race featuring multiple horses and riders. Winner claimed and paid, with show and place payouts noted among racing results, times, and betting figures across the program.
Alamo Downs reports a record profit as its 46 day Winter horse meeting nears completion. Despite declines at Arlington and Houston, Alamo Downs posts a total gross near 1 988.28 with a daily average around 40 000 and 17 356 paid admissions this week.
A crowded Down's track witnessed C. E. Davison's horses dominating the program. Big Donoghue led the way with a wire-to-wire win while other favorites and long shots filled out the card. Dudley scored aboard two mounts, including Annan in the seventh, as bettors chased a daily double and exacta bets near $100.
Favored Heartbreak wins at Fair Grounds on a slow track by two lengths over Hue with Faisine third. Benet paid $5.29 after a 1:15 13 time. See Holman coaching the City College of New York sixteenth season for the track and field team.
Fragmented report lists selections and favorites for a racing card. Mentions Alamo Downs and various horses with unclear spellings and names, including several bettors and outcomes. Text is garbled with partial words and inconsistent spacing, offering few readable details beyond racing context.
Fragmentary OCR lists names such as Hains Clovear Shittwrd Aurenets Kenny Wea and others. It mentions players and teams in a scattered local sports context, lacking clear events, dates, or outcomes.
Airflame, two year old of the A G Vanderbilt stable, breaks the world record for three furlongs at Santa Anita Park by clocking 33 and eight one hundredths seconds. Ridden by Johnny Belstick, Airflame starts as heavy favorite, with Half Time second and Pasha third as a crowd of about twenty thousand watches the feat.
Readable portions show multiple race entries and selections across races, with horse names such as Blu Crack and Chanting, jockeys and odds listed in a frayed OCR. The text includes purse details for The Hialeah Stakes and other races, plus field notes and approximate times for several entries.
In the sixth Hialeah Stakes at Hialeah Park J UW Grattan's Grog defeated Bay Bubble and Faust to secure a strong victory. Grog clocked 1:11 2-5 for the sixteenth and paid $4.30 across the tote. Older horses followed with Whopper winning the Miata Shore Handicap at one mile in 1:36 2-5, ridden by E Steffen, paying a hefty return.
A jumbled list from Hialeah race day shows multiple races with purses ranging from 500 to 1100 dollars. Notes include horse names like Midnight Flyer Wizard and Dancing Doll, along with various odds and entries, amid legible fragments and unclear placements.
The report lists numerous horse names and entries for a fairgrounds race day, noting purses such as 800 dollars, numbers tied to odds, and multiple horses like Puree and Peep Talk. Weather is rainy with muddy track conditions affecting the program.
Unclear OCR listing appears to detail Santa Anita entries across multiple races. Mentions fillies in race one, purses from 1000 to 1600, various horse names with odds or speeds, and multiple horses in fourth race. Text is garbled with numerous misreadings and formatting errors.
Race results from a busy fair ground card feature 2500 hurdles and mile events. Notable finishes include Dorilis, Mulan, Lidia, and Parke in various stakes with prices and times unclear due to OCR garble.
Race card results from Santa Anita include multiple stakes and purses with scattered horse names and figures. OCR text lists horses, jockeys, purses, and times but is heavily garbled, complicating precise outcomes and placements across seventh races and longer programs.
The Alamo Downs racing week features a loud finish to a four day stretch with wagers on Slept Snoopy and Brigade B among others. Officials report a security crackdown as licensed gamblers and touts from Santa Anita arrive while cars from multiple states and Canada park on the grounds.
Time Supply overcomes stiff challenge from Rosemont to win the six furlongs Santa Anita sprint for a $5000 purse. Rosemont and Aneling Weed followed, with tight finish and several rivals hampered by interference.
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