GREAT HAUL FOR BOOKMAKERS.
(Press Assn.— By Telegraph— Copyright.)
LONDON, May 28.
The Derby was spectacularly disappointing. There was a tedious delay of 21 minutes at the post and a false start. The .only untoward event was that a.' suffragette named Ada Rice fired a pistol containing blank cartridge at a policeman who was clearing the course. The .shot burned the pohcemanW clothes and injured 1 His leg. The .woman was arrested. V ' Mr Duryea. the owrifer of Durbar, is a wealthy Amqrf can. ' He . weht toFrance' and established a stud farm when the ( betting restrictions were enforced m New York State.' He won the Two Thousand Guineas' m 1912 and twelve races worth £15,000 sterling ir* 1913: y y ■:■..' y. ■■■:■• The result of the Derby, wast a surprise andi ai tremendous win for the . (bookmakers, y ''. Tlie crowd was stunned and silent. :•
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13393, 29 May 1914, Page 3
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