RECORD DERBY

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16373, 22 June 1927, Page 4

RECORD DERBY

CALL BOY'S VICTORY. LED ALL THE WAY. LONDON, June 2. The 148th Derby Stakes, of £IOO each, with £3OOO added, was run at F.psom to-day, and resulted: — CALL BOY (F. Curzon's), eh c, by Hurry On —Comedienne, 9.0 (L. C. Elliottj 1 HOT NIGHT (Sir V. Sasoou's), b c. by Gay Crusader —Tubbercurry, 9.0 (H. Wragg) ' 2 SHIAN MOR (J. S. Courauld's) b c, by Buchan—Oriass, 9.0 (F. Lane) 3 There were 23 starters. Damon, Moneymaker, and Dark Antony were late scratehings. Call Boy started favorite at 4 to 1, but was closelv pressed by Hot Night at 9 to 2, Sliian Mox went out at 23 to 1* A good start was effected, except that Stampede, Birthright, aud Jack's Son dwelt at the post. Call Boy led all the way. The order as the field rounded Tattenham Corner was Call Boy, Sliian Mor, Sickle, and Hot night. Tho favorite easily responded to every challenge, and defeated Hot Night comfortably by two lengths. Sliian Mor was eight lengths away third. Buckfast was fourth. Sickle fifth, and Lone Knight nowhere. The time, 2.34 2-5, established a record for the race, beating that of Captain Cuttle, another Hurry On colt, by one-fifth of a second. This is the third Derby won by a sou of Hurry On. The race was i*uu in fine weather; in fact, it was the first dry Derby since 1923. SICK OWNER OVER-EXCITED.

Mr. Frank Curzon, the owner of Call Boy, has been ill for some time, and though still indisposed watched the race throughout. He was overcome with excitement all the time. After the race he went to the course, pale and trembling to lead in the winner. As he did so he said, emotionally: "It's too good to be true." Friends, supporting him, assisted him to return. Mr. Curzon was given a chair in tho steward's room to enable him to recover before going to receive the King's felicitations. MARCHIONESS' FILLY FAILS.

The filly Stampede, who was purchased by the Dowager Marchioness of Queensberry four days before the race, started at 1000 to 1, which is a record long price for a Derby candidate. She toiled along behind the rest of the field and finished a quarter of a mile last. The Marchior.ess, who had not seen the fillv before the race, said afterwards, "1 never want to see tho animal again." Elliott, who rode the •winner, is at the head of the list of successful jockeys this season. This is his first Derby winner.

The race was witnessed by the greatest crowd on record at a Derby, and it was the largest known attendance of women, who far outnumbered the men. Tho early morning crowd was bigger than ever, consisting of sleepers-out and early pedestrians. There was a record number of motor buses and motors. Hundreds of buses conveyed passengei* to Epsom during the night, and they slept in tho vehicles. The day provided the most sovere test the betting tax officials have had since the new act came into force. They easily received a record payment of tax. Among the spectators was Captain Lindbergh, who flew from the United States to France. He was tho guest or Lord Lonsdale. The plucky flying man was mobbed by his admirers, until mounted police rescued him. William Jones, 60, a tubemakcr's traveller, won the Stock Exchange sweep of £75,000; a elerk, A. Latham, gained second prize of £3500. James Strang, of Glasgow, won a treble bet, Lincolnshire, Grand National, and Derby, netting £7200 for £5. FORTUNATE BREEDER.

What a bargain Mi-. Frank Curzon made when he gave Sir Henry Greer 130gns for the Bachelor's Doub'le yearling filly Comedienne- Few men have the luck to breed a Derby winner from a mare bought so cheaply,' and Call Boy is not the only good performer that Comedienne has given Mr. Curzon. Her third foal was Comedy King, who won £6OOO in England last season, and Call Boy is her fourth produce. When Call Boy had won the Xinton Stakes as a two-year-old a rumor was circulated that his owner was thinking of selling the colt at a big price. The Bloodstock Breeders' Review states that Mr. Curzon, when asked if the reporc was true, replied: "Absolutely no. Tlie money isn't coined that would purchase Call Boy. lam in the racing game for §port, and after this I shall regard a repetition of the offers I have received as an insult. I know all the risks attendant on the possession of a high-class two-year-old, and I: am prepared to accept them myself."