Show t t t ic t k H ALMOST MiLLION MILLION FANS FANS EXPECTED T TO WiTNESS WITNESS ENGLISH v DERRY 27 21 HORSES VIE 3 IN WEDNESDAY j TURF CLASSIC Rain cRain in Threatens to tov Keep King George f v at Home EPSOM Eng June 2 From P From t to Mayfair from front countryside coun coun- v side and village England's countless countless count- count less thousands began be- be 2 gan their annual S 4 trek to this birth birth- place of ot English w racIng today for forthe the renewal S' S S of the darby toS to'S to- to S 'S morrow i 1 While stablemen stablemen I nd d id trainers bent tto Ito to their tasks of off S f bringing the 27 i S 'S p u 4 t remaining eligible t candidates around t l' l to Ito top form torm railI railroad railroad rail- rail I road trains auto- auto ancient ancientS S S Y horse drawn carriages carriages' car- car 4 aristocratic q A x four our in hands SS' S A airplanes a and n d dd r s ss i s MX sj d dumped u u um m in p e d their passengers Donoghue Into this quaint little village Camped over the downs were were the gypsies without without which the derby would lose IOSe much of its color The tipsters typical typical of English racing racing- greeted the first comers corners with the sure winner written on a small slip sUp I of p paper per and sealed in an envelope S Grey skies and sodden turf greeted greet greet- ed eel derby candidates going through their workouts today LInkboy Steve Donoghue's mount 1 in In the thc derby was scratched today leaving the famous English Jockey without a horse and reducing the field to 27 If the rain continues itS it itIs S js Is probable others will be scratched S KING GEORGE l MAY lY Y NOT OT ATTEND RACE Tie The weather even ma may keep King George from attending the derby although al although al- al though it was said today that 1 if It it was at all ll possible he and the Prince o of Wales Vales would be in the royal box at post time While thousands wended their way toward the historic course the turf turfS S world at large anxiously awaited the flashing of the winner The division of the Irish sweepstakes this year I Ir r provides for distribution of nearly i 10 Accurate estimates of derby attendances at attendances attendances at- at arc mostly guesswork but conservative calculators say that between be be tween and persons will fight tight ride Jam and wedge their respective ways way's to a spot where they may mar see the race again this year unless the weather is too able Probably not that many ac actually actually actually ac- ac witness the running of ot the therace therace race but nobody ever takes the trouble to count them Worth pounds added depending de depending depending de- de pending upon the amounts of money accruing from owners who post ad additional ad- ad fees prec preceding the race the event representing millions of dollars dollars dollars dol dol- lars in expenditure is generally run under three minutes over the one and one mile horseshoe shaped course It is not the distance of the race which breaks the heart hears of many a highly bred year three but the rolling of the Downs IlS country that takes its toll toil Part Pat of the course is uphill some of it level some of it downhill while the last 70 yards ards of the stretch are slightly upgrade Because Because Be Be- cause of the unsheltered condition of ot the Downs the horses and riders are impeded by the wind regardless of the direction from froni which it blows Two Americans will seek to take the coveted honors back home and according t to the betting odds stand standa a good chance Marshall Fields Field's colors colors colors col col- col- col ors will be s seen n on Jacopo which was quoted at 22 to 1 in the call over yesterday William Woodward will wUl depend on his American bred colt Sir Andrew a 25 to 1 shot J. J A. A Dewars Dewar's favorite favor favor- ite lie since winning vinning the two thousand guineas probably will go to the post the public choice as he was being quoted at 9 to 2 toda today |