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H. B. DURYEA WINS EPSOM DERBY WITH HIS GOOD COLT DURBAR London, Eni,., May 27. — The runuiu;; of lie Br ray at Baaaai today was witnessed by an eaonaoaa assemblage. King George and Queen Mary wile among those who distinguished the occasion ami Lines colt, Hrakesp. :ir was imnni the horses starting. 11 had been 1* ported that tin- militant suffragettes had res- ,i d to shoot Brakespear while the i:n-i was in pragreaa, hut such extraordiaary measuris to keep spectators from encroaching on tin- track had been adopted, that nothing out ol the ordinal occarred. Has race was contested by the unexpected number of thirty-one starters. Kenny more was the post favorite at it to 4. with Brake ...11 ami I. lack Jester second choices al 11 P. 1 each, hut neither or them had aaythlag to do with iln linish. Ili . race was won l.y II. 15. Iniryeas Durbar, by Rabelais ft 1 minis, ridden by tin Asteri-i-an Jockey M i; - . tin coil winning by three lengths, with 11. choiinoml.-lvs coll Hapsbarg, by Desmond- Altesae, second, and II. .1. kings colt C t -r iln Hermit, by Si. Petersburg Carlia, third. All wen- outsiders in tbe betting, Durbar being al 30 lo I. Hapaburg 33 lo I ami Peter the Hermit 100 to 1. Kennymore was extremely fractious at lh, pod and. besides delaying tin- tart, contributed ... hi own defeat by his frantic reariaa and plnaa tag. Hiiihar. while American-owned, is a Preach-bred borae. His sire, Uahilais, is a son 01 the 1 famous St. Simon lad was himself a capital race horse. Armenia, the dam of Durbar, is one of the American mares taken to Prance by Mr. Daryea ami is a daughter of Meddler ami tip. Hanover mare l raaia, so. ou his dams side. Durbar is of American descent. Durbar attracted but little attention as a two-year-old last seaaoa. He started in sevea races ami was only placed in one, running second to Maltre et Seigneur in the Prix PaiUaaa ai Le Trcinblay. mar Paris. July lb, 1*13. However, in the transition from bis two-year-old to his three-year-old form be Improved vastly and. by signal successes Ihi- year, hail already won tor himself H. reputation of being about the best three-year-old in France. To this reputation In- has now added the greater distinction ol being tin- first Preach bred colt to win tin- Epsom Derby since Gladiatear ear tied it oil in 1MB. Unluckily tor Mr. Daryea, be is not engaged in tip- Doacaster St. Leger, els. to li i 111 might have talb-n the honor of hoiim lie lir-t American owner p. win tin- Two Thousand Guineas, Derby and Si. Leger. It will he rememb ered thai Broomsticks son. Sweeper II.. won the two Thousand of 1!H2 for him. I. Lorillard won the Derby ami St. Leger of 11 with Iroquois ami August Belmont won the Two Thousand of 1908 with .Norman III. and the SI. Leger of last year with Tracery, but no Americas oaaei ha an yet captured all three of the great -.-nis. Por one Hung il is more than probable that today Mr. Daryea is shoal the most popular man in France.
