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Show FIRST WOMAN TO RIDE IN CLASSIC i y y . I 1 Vi ,cdy v - I , l v . ' - y j -Y( t NiW y '(yy i ; m tr'i:'ir:t-a-ii'-)-r.i.iMi'tTiwi,iff'-iiii"-M,ifi i "-1 - r--"T,rV" . d Miss Betty Tanner, mounted on "Pennant," riding in the historic four-mile Town Plate steeplechase at Newmarket, a race established In 1GG5 by King Charles II the first time a woman ever rode in a "fixture" race in England, probably In the world. Miss Tanner finished third, but critics agreed that she rode a great race, her horse being handicapped by 49 pounds of lead In the saddle pockets. Miss Tanner, who is twenty-seven years old, is known as a daring and skillful horsewoman and at present is managing a stud of IS thoroughbreds thor-oughbreds at Newmarket, where her father, Capt. Earnest Tanner, is also well known as a breeder and owner of race horses. |