THE DERBY SURPRISE.
A DISAPPOINTING RACE. i I CROWD STTOITED AJTD SILENT. (Times and Sydney Sun SerHeer)
J LOXDOX. May 28. j The race for the Derby, won by the trench oolt Durbar TI.. wa.s spectacularly disappointing. TJktr wa.s a tedious delay of 21 minutes at the post and a false start. j Prior to tlw start. Kennymore behaved like a savap\ and lushed out and kicked everything within roach. This set the a-hole field at loggrrhcad.-'. and the «-.» no ivlipsed anything witnessed for a. lon<;' time on a rarvroiirsr-. The crowd round the post troaW tho pandf-Dioniiun a_s a Ijoko. and thoir chffrinß and langhinß furthrr upsni tho l»r?M. and ddaTfd tho I sUrt for l'O minutw. j Only one untoward pwnt. took place, a. suffrapotte. named Ada Rire. firing a pistol -with blank cartridge at a policoman clearing the ooursc. The flame burned the polieeman'i oloth-es. Tlie. woman, who injured her lea. was arrpstod. .\L Ouryea.. the owner of the winning I <-nlt. is a wealthy Ameri.-an. who went to Franop and established a stud farm ! tiip.re when the ixTlinj; restrictions were j enforced in Xew York State. He won j the Two Thousand (iuinciie in 1912. and 12 raws, worth £l."i.O0O. in 1»1.">. Till! result of tin- IViby was a surprise, and a tremeniions ' win for the I bookmakers. The crowd was stunned | and silent. Messrs Wilson and Morris, cotton merchants, Manchester, share the Uapfhurs ticket in the Calcutta sweep, winning ' fij.OOO. "J
WIN FOR ROYAL COLOURS.
(Received 10.10 a.m. > LONDON, May 28. His Majesty thp King, at Epsom, wit- j Tx\K«*d his liorse l-'riar Marcus win tin'] (..'rcat Surrov Toal Stakes. i
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Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 127, 29 May 1914, Page 5
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