Show JL ious Ra racing man ot enter his famous lie ie newmarket bien dien mer ot of the Dien biennial nial winning the derby in has grown up that tor for derby aspirants encee by this super to eay say but at any 1 iund und are a practical superstitions but p at large have beliefs courses fred archer for instance preferred epsom to any othel and certainly it was the scene of his greatest tri on the other hand he disliked manches ter and he was not alone in his averof aversion on to it the late tom loates always alays said that he felt something c would happen to him at manchester and eventually he did have a fearful smash there and lay in hospital for many weeks wells who rode the derby winner twice run ning would never ride without a potato in his pocket the potato had been given to him as a child by an old woman who was supposed to be a witch it was hardly larger than a big pea and as hard as a stone he believed that it brought him luck |