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TRUE STORY OF DURBARS ESCAPE. London, Kng October 22. While a dramatic Morv of the escape of Durbar II.. winner of this years Derby, from German hands. h:is already been circulated by the press, its circumstances do not at all agree with those vouched for by Edward Johnson, the foreman of II. IS. Duryeas stable at Chantilly. near Paris. Instead of Durbar being spared because he won; an American tlag with the words: "Shoot me not" across his breast, the trainer, who is now in London,, says the Germans never saw Durbar, nor did they see his companion. Shannon, and the two American colored men in charge The reason of their escape, lie explains, was that during the German raid the two horses were hidden in a shed on a peasants farm, while the two negroes lay in a protecting haystack. FoV ten -da vp and ten nights the negroes lay in car nf tni Germans. P.y a mistake in the road. r they had led the animals into territory occupied bv the" invaders. There they obtained the protection of the peasant, who told the hostlers that if captured bv the Germans they would be mistaken for the hated Tnrcos of Algeria, who had been distinguishing themselves with the bayonet work. Hence the pair would 1k tried by a drumhead court and fhot dead. The peasant promised to look after the horses and to bring food to the hlders. During the ten days Uhlans rode by frequently, but they did not discover the racers or their guardians.
