Show STRANGE AS IT SEEMS By Jo John n-Hix n Mix fix N 8 porn pAp Ot 8 ot co Nry MAt IT PRE NG toR WoN R CAPE P V CONTEST 51 WORLD Ar All ENTRANTS SEEN oNE No 1 S r V ORE E RAN E YET FINiSHED IN THE MONEY MONEY pr r. r l WERE PAID of ON OH f M B P BEfORe JUDGES I- I P Ht HE s FINISHED I 4 1 4 Arlington Park 1 JS' JS f f C r rr r r n l I I 1 1 l n. n EIGHTH EIGHT HORSE WON AVON 1 Unparalleled in the history of the sport of kings was the announced finish of th the last race at Arlington n Park Chicago on July 8 1938 II Strange as it seems Martin Barton although he actually finished in eight eighth t place was credited with running third and holders of show tickets on him were paid off at per ticket After Lifelike had won the mile and an eighth event and a photo placed Almac second another photo was needed to decide which was I Ithe the show horse Martin Bartons Barton's number went up on the tote board and the mu- mu began paying off at Soon however the mistake was discovered discovered ered and Merry Pete was found to have been the real third horse The track backed up both decisions however and paid off Merry Petes Pete's tickets at less than was being paid at the same time on a horse that ran eighth Copyright 1938 for forThe The Telegram |