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Cycle News 1967 10 05

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SHORTY DOES IT AGAIN AT ASCOT 1st YEAR EXPERT MAlES IT DO II A ROW Half-pint SIIorty seaboll'De jli.d DaD Haall, aM s-a, Ta• • last week as lie IIecame tile tllird rid.lllis seas. il tile weeki, AsClt 1I1I....le races II wi. twl il a rew. SboI'tJ. tile IIoIiest Dperi &ObI1a tile IIIte nJaDds. tries tomue _ _1dsIlorT tIds ~ nlgbl by lJecoml~ tile 1Irst Ezpert to maJre it lIIree stnJcbt. Not IlM for a rider 1Ibooever_amainenol in bIB flrst 1lYe years at radDg as a DOrice lIDd amateur rider. Chuck Jones KAYe Sborl;y lIDd tile Dlck Ke1m SPeelal lIIe bard ~ to go lIIe Drst fiYe laps but lIIe rider 1Ibo is built closer to lIIe grouad tbaD lIllY oa.er in compet1tloo came 011 stroag lIDd was DOt to be «*dell for lIIe sec:oDd strai&btweek. ... PdDt IMder DID llaalJypu11edasec:oDd place wttII dII8b wlnDer Mel Lacber com1Dg '" willi tIIird. sammy T8DDer was up tllere early in lIIe race but fell n;r off lIIe pace in lIIe late laps lIDd flnlsbed elgbtIIin lIIe ten rider field. Jones Dl!ftI' saw lIIe f1D1sb flag 8Dd dropped out of tile race with a dead llIlglne. naa to Laclaer Lacber was sensattOllal in the TrOSJlG' Dash. Mel was bounced b8dIY 011 tile startlng 1lDe lIDd was dead last 011 lIIe tlrst lap. 1ben the san Diego c:oUece student rapped it on to pass Haaby. seaboume lIDd Jones to capture lIIe quick three Iapper for the secOlld time tilts year. .JoImDy Ra.Y came back out of anotber retirement to lead the amateurs around in lIIe early laps of the ten lap yellow plate flna1 but charger Jan crawford (CoDu-d Sbortr Seallou-..lIoard .... DIck ~I .. lISA .c~plhb Frida, 11IFt, .... 11 ... tIla onl, rider lD Il twin f.t .1 OD pace 6) Ezpert"a Eweat wln.t ... Ascat Padt U.I4II ........ "as IIIIs-aq .... D.... SaIl.. (HoD) , . 5lb 10 lb. Novice Ma'.. Tropb, dub .ce. Mel Lacher. c.me from last positloD to capture hCIIDU" tt1a,. S.....UCII.' Rick Durkee and his Suzuki were unbenev.bl, fast In lIIe Novice rank·. . . n. . but flce record for 5 I.ps lUt • .., of the Am.teur bl, bike times••nd .Iso better then one Expert but tbe lb. Expert 5. . 1. too! WlS quicker" & co Q. '"

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