| Show it i 15 5 MILLION PEOPLE PUT UP WAGERS ON CLASSIC EPSOM 6 DERBY Y y f 31 31 TO START IN ENGLISH TURF EVENT f I IL Lords Gypsies Mingle OO Expected to See Race i i 4 7 EPSOM DOWNS Eng Ens June une t 4 The tAP AP The Epsom derby ancient f classic o of the English turf rules all alt alti i Britons tomorrow tt Thirty-one Thirty o of England's choicest J 2 z year ear olds ok'S 7 h have v been selected select select- ed cd to battle for forthe the honor and andl l p F 1 lor o r y awarded winner of the S S most celebrated cole cele race J Five million people peo b pIe h have ve wagered hundreds of thou thou- 1 nd of pounds pound j In the thC gigantic d t j 4 London stock exchange ex- ex K V s V change and Calcutta Cal CaI- cal l t sweepstakes s. s t.- t. f. f f. f 4 and other similar S pools pools' throughout King George the United Kingdom Th The Calcutta and ant stock exchange sweeps alone involve about each holdS holders holders hold hold- S ers of of tickets on the winning horse to tu receive In the neighborhood o of 62 Ft oni city farm and hamlet the multitude began pouring into this 4 A village today little muo English to the For JOl In England everyone goes derby It Is a national pilgrimage pilgrimageS ge S in iii which all aU classes participate S from king to costermonger from S landed lord to wandering wandering- gypsy Londoners turned their backs on S S I I their theIx shops and of offices and joined the early carly arrivals by train tram omnibus automobile taxicab carriage car car- 5 cart bicycle and on foot soot S COURSE MILE AND HALF The influx o of 01 England's populace I Is expected to exceed the quarter million mark this year The huge g built in the bowl like of the Downs Do course an and andy y- y adjacent standing room loon furnishes S some kind o of an accommodation for forS S nearly people 5 Across the rolling grassy windS windblown wind wind- I S blown bown Downs above Epsom the tile f fa famous fa- fa aS a- a S derby course stretches out a aS along S long mile mUe and a half half first first uphill then lawn down again It provides for fori i the this proud and youthful racers a a. most strenuous test o of v stamina S The derby track lies in the shape snape of or f an elongated horseshoe The S start Is made at tile tie shank of the shoe farthest from the grandstand nearly yards from the ture The finish Is In front of the ro royal al box where King ICing George will S S. S s be missing missing- for the first time In reSS recent re- re SS cent years S 1 The first long mile half-mile ot of the course is run uphill while the sect sees sees' see sec s' s ond end four furlongs sweep sweep in a sharp crescent along an approximate A level Going into the final third of the course the derby candidates r turn corner and andr r wing swing into the downhill homewardS homeward 1 S s dash I j 1 S MANY UNABLE TO FINISH CS c teaching the last pha phase o the of-the the exhausting struggle many col col are arec c S too tob far gone to make use of theasy S descent But horses with staying 5 power ver come thundering down the stretch to set the crowd wild with 55 a whirlwind finish Condition o of the track which has S become hard because o of lack of ot rain S m may y further cut the field before post time tinie Because ho he did not desire to tov 5 v risk rik injuring his Horse lorse Lord Dewar DewarS S scratched Macnab yesterday while Lord Walter Valter Gay aay and aid the h D Duke k of rP Portland's d Leo Leonard d ar are are- considered doubtful starters SS Bettin Betting today failed to dislodge dislodgeS S S Viscount Astor's Asters from SS the position of the favorite al although although al- al o. o though Lord Derbys Derby's rby's Hunters Hunter's Moon 5 an and l Major McCalmont's Mr Ir Jinks were strongly played Future betting betting bet- bet ting Ung quotations have made t dour the popular choice at 6 G to 1 I with lih Hunters Hunter's Moon at 7 to 1 and SSi Mr lr Jinks at 17 to 2 Lord Derbys Derby's en entry ry lost some o of his popularity y la last t week when he pulled up after fter a workout with sore shins 5 PD Q CARRIES S s AMERICAN HOPES Hopes of American victory lie in S S 1 r. r D. D Q owned by Gordon Selfridge Sel- Sel fridge the man who successfully 5 S introduced American department etore t re merchandising In England S- S Sand and A. A K Macombers Macomber's The Carth g g- g S P. P D. D Q is quoted at t 40 to 1 r in the future books while Macombers Macomber's Macom- Macom bers bens racer is one o of th th th-e rank outi out- out sl siders rs In the i In speculation our our times limes the derby has been S 'S won won by Americans Pierre Americans Pierre Lorillard's Loril- Loril S SS'S lards lard's Iroquois in 1881 the th late W. W C C. C Whitney's Whitneys in 1901 S S f. f 5 the late Richard mchard Crokers Croker's Orby in i i k 1907 and the late H. H B. B Duryea's J.- J. S Dunbar II a 20 to 1 shot in 1914 The derby received Its Initial TunK rUn Tun- K fling ng in 1780 under the guidance o of tho the Earl Ear of Derby but It was not jr r until 1787 that Lord Derby furnished fur fur- a winner Sir S 5 5 Peter Peter- Teazie S J o on that year and then In 1924 1 another another an- an other of Lord Derby's Derbys rby's colts Sanso- Sanso 1 vino won the the classic For POI the first firstS S ti t J time in several years li King iCing g George 5 V h not have starter a a. his sole sol eny en- en 5 y try rY Glastonbury having been 3 Jv t withdrawn early In inIa May Ia |
