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OWNERS OF EPSOM DERBY WINNERS. Of the 13o Epsom Derby winners, only one. Minoru. was owned by a sovereign. Five have been owned by royal princes, seventeen by dukes, twenty seven by lords, twenty by baronets and knights and fifty-three by plain misters." The remaining owners include a count, a baron, an admiral, throe colonels and a major. The tiisi royal victory w:s in 17ss. when the Prince of Wales, later George IV.. won with Sir lie anas. His brother, "Jetty, cursing, courageous Frederick." Duke of- fork, won the Derby twice and the present king. Whose third Bern* was won this year, scored his two other wins as Prince of Wales in 1896 and 1900. The late Duke of Westminster won the Derby four times.
