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CRAGANOUR FIRST BUT DISQUALIFIED Aboyeur Becomes the Winner of the Most Sen ¬ sational Derby of Recent Years London Kng June 1 The running of the Derby at Kpsom today was marked by incidents of the most unexpected and sensational order The 0 to 4 favorite Craganour finished lirst but was disquali ¬ fied for fouling A woman supposed to be a mili ¬ tant suffragette darted out as the horses were rounding Tatlcnham Corner grasped Anmers bridle was thrown trampled on and fatally hurt The dis ¬ qualification of Craganour gave the race to A P CunlinVs 100 to 1 outsider Aboyeur a bay colt by Desmond Pawky which liar unexpectedly finished second W Itaphaels bay colt IAHIVOIS by Isn glass Lou value was placed second and W Hall Walkers bay colt Great SK rt by Gallinule Gou dolette was placed third Fifteen horses ran Lou vois started at 10 to 1 and Great Sport at 20 to 1 Time 27 27The The fifteen runners got away to a good start The outsider Alioyeur showed the way up the hill Six furlongs from home Alwyeur was still leading followed by Craganonr Aldcgond Nimbus and Lou vois Kounding Tattenham corner Aboyenr still held the command in front of Shoguh and Cragalumr Close home Craganunr challenged and In ai exciting finish passed the post leading i y only a head with a neck separating second and third thirdConsiderable Considerable crowding altendei the running of the race and imimiliately after its finish a com ¬ plaint against J Keiff who rode Craganour was lodged with the stewards who 01 investigation adjudged him guilty o foul rhllag and the dis ¬ qualification followed As Craganour was a highly IKjpular favorite and had been persistently backed for a mouth past the decision brought gtcat loss to his followers and great gain to the hiMkmikcrs hiMkmikcrsAnother Another serious accident occurred in the race following the 1erby This was the Stewards Han ¬ dicap of 1000 sovereigns for Ilireeycarnlds at a mile and fortyfour yaids which was won by A F Basse Its St Meioliae IIS pounds with Si C Meyers Innaiitaut Go rro 1C5 pounds si con 1 and Maj 1C Loders Augur 00 pounds third In the course of the race Leopold do Kolliscliilds colt Fclizardo slipped and fell Hfs jockey A WhaIey was knocked senseless and injured internally iad the colt had to be shot There was practically nothing in the previous racing of Alioyeur to suggest the enrollment of his name in the classic list of Ferby winners Last year he was unplaced at his iirst start to Phrosint Cock of the Kock and Ignoramus in the Kenilet Plate at Newlmry In his next essay lie won his only race of the year This was the Champagne Stakes ot the Ilibury Clubs meeting in which he was lirsj with Saiitaline second the Kock aiHl Yimjiy Waiting filly third and ten more ordiuaVAJWffyciU1 olds unplaced Then he ran third to Harniotiicou and Crossbrook in the Great Kingston Plute at H u down Park second to the Peter Pan Dazzling filly now named Fly by Night at Sandown Park un ¬ placed to the Kadium Concertina lilly Meeting House and Flippant in the International Plate at Kempton Park and unplaced to Jest Light Brigade and Karcnza in a handicap for twoyearolds at the Newmarket Houghton meeting Unless having been started in some race quite recently he had only gone to the post once this year prior to the Derby This was In the Kaster Stakes at Kemptou Park March 1 in which he finished fourth to Hippo astruui Koseworthv and Foxglove
