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BLUE RIBAND TO SP10N KOP Son of Spearmint Triumphs in the Famous Epsom Derby Lord Derbys Archaic Buns Sec ¬ ond Favorite Tetratema Finishes Unplaced LONDON June 2 Before an uncountable ns scmbhge the world renowned Epsom Derby was decided over the Epsom track today AH condi ¬ tions were favorable and Engunds picked three yearolds contested the race To the last Tetra ¬ tema and Allenby were the public favorites but neither had anything to do with the finish At the end oC a great contest Major Giles Loders bay colt Spuin Kop by Spearmint Hammerkop was first with Lord Derbys chestnut colt Archaic by Polymelus Keystone II second and Sir H Cunliffe Owens bay colt Orpheus by Orby Electra third At the post the betting against the three placed horses was 11 to 1 against Splon Kop 10 to 1 against Archaic and 50 to 1 against Orpheus OrpheusThe The horses which ran unplaced were Alilxitts Trace Allenliy All Prince Attillus Daylight Pa ¬ trol Dynamo Firework lie Goes Kareses Mar ¬ shal Neil Poltava Polymetis Sarchedon Silvern Telratcnia and Torelore ToreloreSpion Spion Kop started in six races when a twoyear old and was beaten in all of them But he was always found battling out the finishes of his races nobly The fact that he was five times second and once third suggests he may have been sonif what unlucky in failing to secure a winners bracket That he improved through the winter is obvious He belongs to u hardy line that char ¬ acteristically does this Last year Orbys Von Grand Parade won the Derby and was the first son of a Derby winner to win the big race in many years Now comes Spion Kop and repeats the sumo feat in honor of his daddy the famous Derby and Grand Prize winner of 190i Spiou Kops dam Hummerkop was herself a noted stayer and weight carrier winner of the Alexandra Plate Cesurcwitch and other long distance races so on both sides of his pedigree his inherited right to stay the Derby distance or any other long dis ¬ tance is amply established His pedigree for five generations reads readsf f Musket Toxophilite = I J J Dof WAustrn I rbme 1 1 K Hley HleyJH JH J Clemence Clemencesi si I2111 l iZflwa = f f Sterling T 2 ft rGim J Isonomy Ifnll BeIa BeIafn fn mile I ft Hermit I L Moorhen i g D of skirmisner r ijeverheri f Thunderbolt 1 J j I The Gold Horn l Astwith fWenlock I Sisto Uysliwh The tabled history of the Epsom Derby for the lest twentyfive years of its running it was first contested in 17SO todays race being the one hun ¬ dred and fortyfirst for the stake is given below Year Winner Jockey Time Value Value1S93 1S93 SirVisto S Loates 243 27230 27230lMfi lMfi Persimmon J Watts 242 27230 272301M7 1M7 Gul lee Moore C Wood 244 27230 27230IMS IMS Jeddah 0 Madden 247 27230 27230lt99 lt99 Flying Fox M Cannon 242 27230 1900 Diud Jubilee H Jones 242 27230 1001 Volodyovski L Ueiff 240 28350 283501I02 1I02 Ard Patrick J II Martin 242 27230 1903 Bock Sand D Maher 242 32300 104 St Amaiit K Caution 243 32230 1903 Cicero D Maher 239T 32230 32230lIOi lIOi Sjiearmint D Maher 23i 33230 1907 Orby J lieif f 244 32230 322301UOS 1UOS SignorinettaW Bullock 239 32J230 1900 Minora H Jones 242 322riO 1910 Lemberg P Dillon 23of 32250 1911 Sunstar G Stern 23 32230 1912 Tagalie J Heiff 238 3220 1013 JAboyeur K Piper 2371f 32230 1914 Durbar II M McGee 238 3223O 3223OlJ15 lJ15 Pommern S Donoghue 132 12000 1200019K 19K Fifinella J Childs 23 14500 1917 Gay Crusader S Donoghue 240 10230 1918 Gainsborough J Childs 233 20000 20000191J 191J Grand Parade F Teinpleiuau 235 32250 32250JCraganour JCraganour finished first but was disqualified for fouling Kaco was run at Newmarket in 1915 191G 1917 and 1918 and called the New Derby
