RACING IN ENGLAND.

Otago Witness, Issue 3613, 12 June 1923, Page 53

RACING IN ENGLAND.

THE ENGLISH DERBY. . LONDON, June 6. Following is the result of the DERBY STAKES, Of 50sovs each, with 3000sovs added. For three-year-olds. About one mile and a-half. Mr B. Irish’s Papyrus, by Tracery—Miss Matty p Lord Derby’s Pharos, by Phalaiis—Scapa Flow .. 2 Mr M. Goeuldas’s Porth 3 Over 250,000 people witnessed the Derby. The Prince of Wales received a great ovation. The weather was showery. For the first time in the history of the race it was won by a tenant farmer (Mr Irish), who purchased Papyrus as a yearling in 1921 for 3300 guineas. Steve Donoghue accomplished the unparalleled feat of winning three consecutive Derbies, making five to his credit since 1916. Walker, the Australian jockey, rode Porth, and Gardner rode Pharos. Town Guard finished thirteenth, and was never prominent. There were 19 starters. From the entrance to the straight the race resolved itself into a desperate and prolonged duel between Papyrus and Pharos. The latter headed Papyrus below the distance, but the effort exhausted him, and Papyrus slowly forged ahead and won by a length. The third horse was a length and a-half away Time, 2min Sftsec. ENGLISH OAKS STAKES. LONDON, June 8. Following is the result of the OAKS STAKES, of 50sovs each, with 2000sovs added. For three-year-old fillies. one mile and a-half. Brown Hylda 1 Shrove 2 Teresina 3 There was a great finish, the race being won by a neck, while a head divided the other placed horses.June 9. Although the flocking at the Oaks Ladies’ Dav was mostly concealed beneath warm wraps, the coate worn showed remarkable ingenuity. The smartest were quite short and were made of dark materials closely embroidered in Russian, Persian, and Chinese designs with exquite colourings and interlaced with gold and silver threads. A striking feature was the length of the skirts, these being mostly below the ankle.—A. and N.Z. Cable." AUSTRALIAN JOCKEY INTERVIEWED. LONDON, June 7. Sporting Life interviewed Walker, who said: “My firsr- ride, in the Derby was not quite, as enjoyable as I could have wishedPorth was moving well forward, hut for some unexplained reason, probably due to the rising of the tapes, he stuck his toes into the ground and seemed disinclined to move. Leafer must have been 20 lengths ahead before Porth set off. He failed to overtake much of the lost ground until well into the home line. Here he began to gain rapidly, and he moved so freely that I had just a remote hope he would get up, though the winning post seemed too near. But for the lest ground at the start I fee’ pretty sure he would have won the prize.”