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Assault wins the 1946 Kentucky Derby...

Item # 696084
May 05, 1946
SPORT'S SECTION ONLY of the New York Times, May 5, 1946

* Assault - thoroughbred horse racing
* Kentucky Derby win (1st of 3 wins)
* Eventual triple crown winner


The front page of this section has a nice banner headline: "ASSAULT, 8 TO 1, BEATS SPY SONG IN KENTUCKY DERBY" with subheads, two related photos and result chart. two more related photo son page 4. This was the 1st of 3 historic wins for the famed horse in the run for the triple crown.
Complete sport's section only with 6 pages, light toning at the margins, generally nice.