THE ENGLISH DERBY

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17802, 10 June 1932, Page 3

THE ENGLISH DERBY

WINNING JOCKEY’S DINNER A LUCKY DECISION Cables lo Australian papers about tho Derby last week arc amplified compared with those that reached Now Zealand. The race was a triumph for the bookmakers, as Orwell was the hottest favorite since Lord Rosebery won the race with Cicero in 1895. Orwell was revealed as a. non-slayer, and was l>eaton a quarter of a mile from home. The long-striding April the Fifth caught Dustin' and Miracle in the last furlong, Lane riding a. perfectly-judged race. At least 10.000 winners and losers later celebrated tho Derby in West End hotels and restaurants. Lane, tho winning jockey, gave a dinner to 25 jockeys at the Piccadilly Hotel. Tho tables were decorated with pink carnations and black ribbon, Mr. Walls’ colors. The. King gave tho usual dinner to Iho Jockey Club at Buckingham Palace.

The result of the race was known in Australia within four seconds, a record time for transmission; in Bombay, Gapetown, and Montreal within two seconds, and in Hongkong within three seconds. Mr. Tom Walls, owner of April the Fifth, winner of the Derby in England, was considering the closing of his racing establishment about a year ago, when he. was recuperating from a serious illness. At the timo he could not have known that in April the Fifth he. had a champion in the making, so that in tho circumstances a decision lo continue was extremely fortunate. Prior to the running of * the Two Thousand Guineas, April the Fifth had dono little to warrant his inclusion in the list of Derby acceptors. After his finishing effort in that race, however, ho appeared in a different light, and it was not surprising to see his name figuring in the pre-post betting on tho race. .