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FATES OF SOME EPSOM DEPBY WINNERS Like several of his predecessors as winners of the Derby Persimmon has ended his days tragically tragicallyIt It is not long sincu Donovan which won the Blue Riband for the Duke of Portland in 1S9 dashed intoa tree while nmnlng loose in his paddock and so seriously injured his head that he had to be de ¬ stroyed stroyedSilvio Silvio broke his leg and was shot Kingcraft the Winner of 1870 died while crossing the Atlantic a fate which also befell Blue Gown the hero of two years earlier Kisbpr ended his days an exile in Hungary and George Frederick spent his latter days Bightless on a Canadian farm farmHermit Hermit the sensational winner of fortyone years ago lived to a good old age and his skeleton we fancy still survives in the Royal Veterinary Col ¬ lege Camdon Town and the llying Araato lies buried in the beautiful grounds of The Durdans Lord Roscberys Epsom seat Westminster Gazette
