An Upside Down Derby Dream, Daily Racing Form, 1919-07-09

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AN UPSIDE DOWN DERBY DREAM Tliis anecdote of the Victory Derby writes Eyesrite in Golf Illustrated Is sponsored by a member of the House of Lords so of course it must be true An acquaintance in sleeping off a crab salad washed down with Bellinger dreamed the result of the Epsom Derby to be as follows Paper Money 1 Buchan 2 Grand Parade 3 Nothing remarkable in that perhaps but listen listenYears Years ago this man had a soporific vision of his own death a most vivid and realistic affsiir leav ¬ ing him in sheeted readiness for the last sade rites He woke up in terrible fright crying out loudly that it wasnt true that he was alive and when lie had convinced himself by the spirits test of his continued fleshly existence he swore an oath to upsidedown all his future dreams dreamsApplying Applying this eccentric principle to his Derby vision he inverted the three horses and took 5000 to 350 about Grand Parade Splendid Grand Parade won all right But listen to the tragedy of it That cracked heel and the bad reports about Lord Glanelys black colt so terrified the dreamer that he hedged the bet at a loss and put 250 on Buchan If this little story has a moral it is that crab salads are a treacherous foundation for dreams


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