WOMAN OWNER'S SUCCESS
Fittingly in the year when a woman owner won tlie Derby, Lady Zia Wernher, a daughter of the : Russian Grand Duko Michael, cousin of the late Tsar, won the Ascot Gold Cup. This is the first time a woman owner has been successful since 1900, when Mist Lily Langtry's Merman won,
Miss Lily Langtry, who waa th* last woman owner to win the Aacot Gold Cup, was one of the most popular stage favourites of latter Victorian times, and rather .'.locked tha Mrs. Grundys of her time by racing, fairly extensively, under the assumed nam* of "Mr. Jersey." Her winning representative, Merman, was an Aui-tralian-bred horse with whom sha had earlier won large sums, including £40,000 over a victory in the Ceaarewitch three yearg previously.—"The Barb."
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 143, 18 June 1937, Page 15
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129WOMAN OWNER'S SUCCESS Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 143, 18 June 1937, Page 15
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