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EPSOM DERBY TO BE RUN TODAY Decision of Most Famous Race in the World at Hand Tetratema Still Favorite The Epsom Derby will be run today and all the English that can get there will be on hand to see the classic decided on Epsom Downs It lias been a moot question whether more persons see the Derby than the Grand Prix de Paris The transjiortation conditions are not the same as the Fiench event is virtually run in the city of Paris while Epsom is not so close to the English metropo ¬ lis lisWhen When it comes to a question of worldwide racing interest the Derby ranks first Englishmen in every part of the globe eagerly await the cabled announcement of the event and pools or sweeps as they are termed beguile the tedium of many an exile To win the Epsom Derby is the am ¬ bition of every man who races thoroughbreds It is the most coveted of the worlds turf prizes and liat most orderly and sedate institution the Eng ¬ lish house of commons has adjourned on the day it was rim The most cosmopolitan crowd in the world probably turns out for it Those who BO by road leave London in the early morning At the course king and commoner touch elbows No out ¬ door gathering in the world carries with it as varied interest and it is an ideal place to study liirmau nature The Derby was first run for in 17SO when it was won by Sir C Itunburys Diomcd a horse that was afterward imported to this country and whose name appears in pedigrees of many of our best thoroughbred families familiesWhen When the late King Edward won it witli Minoru in 1909 he established a record as he was the first sovereign of England to win the honor which however as Prince of Wales he had experienced in 1891 with Persimmon and four years later with that horses brother Diamond Jubilee Many peers of England have boon successful in annexiii it ilid American citizens have scored the first in 1881 when Pierre Lorillards Iroquois was first home William C Whitney won in 1JI01 with Volodyovski which he had leased and Kichard Croker took the honor in 1107 with Orby a colt bred in Ireland from a daughter rthe Ameri can sire Hanover The late Herman 15 Duryea was the last American to win the Derby He accom ¬ plished it with Durbar II in 1014 and Durbar II like Orby had a heritage of American blood through his dam damFor For this years Derby Tetratema winner of the Two Thousaiid Guineas is favorite but he will not brve matters his own way as Allenby Paragon Spiou Kop Golden Guinea Tonlore Prince Gala ¬ had Archaic Silvern Sarchedon Polumetis Day ¬ light Patrol find other eligibles are reported well Spion Kop in particular has been the medium of heavy support within the last two weeks weeksArchaic Archaic has recently been well backed in the London clubs and the report is that Frank ONeill is to ride him in the race This is accounted as being to his advantage advantageMay May 1 the betting figures in London on the Derby were quoted in the Sportsman as follows Horse Tetratema 100 to 30 Sarchedon 100 to S Allenby 0 to 1 Polumetis IS to 1 Archaic 10 to 1 Wimasu 20 to 1 Spion Kop 100 to S Prince Galahad 25 to 1
