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, ; j I CROKERS EPSOM DERBY WINNER DIES Word comes from England that Richard Irokers famous Knsoni Derby winner. Orby. died at Crokers stud farm in Ireland last week. It is a heavy loss to his owner. Orby being a young horse so far as stud life goes and but fourteen years old. On this • ide lie has always Ix-eii vested with a tinge of home interest in that his dam. Rlnsla B.. was an American mare and a daughter of Hanover. Orbys racing career was brief. As a two-year-old he startid twice in Irish stake races without winning, but finished third in his second race. As a three-year-old. in 11K»7. he started five times and won four races— the Karl of Seftons Plate at tie-Liverpool spring meeting, tin- Baldoyle Plate at Bal-doyle. Ireland: the Epsom Derby at Epsom. England, and the Irish Derby at The Curragh. Ii- land. His defeat was in tlie Atlantic Stakes at the Liverpool summer meeting, in which he fell lame. There was a disposition for some time iu England to rate Orby among the poorer winners of the Derby, but opinions on that point have changed, and it Is now generally conceded that he was a great three -year-old. In Diadiimenos. Eos and Diadem he sent fine racers to the turf in England.
