THE WORLD’S GREATEST RACING CLASSIC.-Enormous crowds were present on Epsom Downs on 4th june to see the most popular race in the world, the Derby Stakes, won by the Aga Khan's Coll Blenheim. with H. Wragg up. The illustration on the left shows the finish of the race, Blenheim winning by a length from Mr. S. Tattersall's, Iliad with Sir Hugo Hirst's Diolite, the favourite third. On the right, the Aga Khan, looking delighted at his win, leading his horse into he sadding paddock to weigh in, escorted by two mounted constables, while in the distance, looking equally pleased, is a famous Zulu tipster, who frequents the bigger English racecourses.
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Taranaki Daily News, 15 July 1930, Page 7
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110THE WORLD’S GREATEST RACING CLASSIC.-Enormous crowds were present on Epsom Downs on 4th june to see the most popular race in the world, the Derby Stakes, won by the Aga Khan's Coll Blenheim. with H. Wragg up. The illustration on the left shows the finish of the race, Blenheim winning by a length from Mr. S. Tattersall's, Iliad with Sir Hugo Hirst's Diolite, the favourite third. On the right, the Aga Khan, looking delighted at his win, leading his horse into he sadding paddock to weigh in, escorted by two mounted constables, while in the distance, looking equally pleased, is a famous Zulu tipster, who frequents the bigger English racecourses. Taranaki Daily News, 15 July 1930, Page 7
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