AUCKLAND WINDFALL
THE IRISH SWE&3P
PRIZE OF TEN THOUSAND
(By Telegraph.—Press Assoclatilo n.) AUCKLAND, This Day. There was jubilation in a 3 fount Eden home at twenty minutes to four this morning when Mr. J. W. B. (Domes was told by telephone that SaruHwich had run third in the Cesarewitch- Mr. Comes, who is thirty years of Ejj^e, is in partnership with his father, llDr. J. E. Comes, in a grocery business^, and they v jointly hold a ticket in the vlrish sweepstakes, and drew Sandwich. When the Comes learned recently that Francis Ritchie, aged fifteen,' iwho lives only, a few doors away, Ihad drawn Bonny Bright Eyes they came to an agreement with him under wliich if either Sandwich or Bonny Bright Eyes gained a place the owner of, the winning ticket would pay the oft her £5000 for first, £2500 for second, and £1500 for third. Bitchie, in con sequence, besides the £700 he will recelive for drawing Bonny Bright Eyes,'will jget £1500 out of the Comes' prize: of £10,000. The Comes and Ritchie families, eindeavoured vainly to hear the result of the race by short wave radio. 'Tjbe news reached them by cable. The £10,000 prize will be increased by about £1000 through exchange.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 90, 13 October 1932, Page 12
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207AUCKLAND WINDFALL Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 90, 13 October 1932, Page 12
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