SPORTING.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 32, 29 May 1914, Page 2

SPORTING.

THE RACE FOR THE DERBY.

[By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] Press Association.} ' ■ •'•. London, May. 28.

The Derby, from a spectacular point of view, was a disappointing race;'A tedious delay of 21 minutes took place at the post, and there was'; a. false start. The only untoward ■vent was when a suffragette, named Ada Rice, fired a pistol charged with 'dank cartridge at a policeman who was clearing the course, burning the policeman's clothes and injuring him : .n the leg. The, woman was arrested.

Mr Duryea, owner of Durbar, is a wealthy American, who went to France arid established a stud farm when the betting restrictions were en. forced in. New York State. He won the Two Thousand Guineas in 1912, and twelve races worth £15,000 in 1913.

The result of the Derby was a'surprise, and a tremendous, win for the bookmakers, the crowd being stunned and silent, i , . ~'.... BrioivtiO an, execrable start, Kcnnymoie, be,hay,c>(| like a sayage, lashed out, and kjeked, everything within reach, and set The whole field at loggerheads. The scene eclipsed anything witnessed for a long; time. The crowd round the post treated the pandemonium as a joke, cheering and laughing, and further upset the horses delaying the start for .twenty minutes. .' ' ~,. ~ ,

The., , New Zealand ;.,..Metropolitan Trotting Club has decided to increase the value of this year's Now Zealand Trotting Cup from 2000 sovs. to 2500 sovs. The. stakes for the November meeting will;total 10,040 sovs, an increase of/ 2000 sovs.