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JOCKEY DONOGHUE ARRIVES Englands Leading Rider Here to Pilot Papyrus in the International Race. NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 17. Stephen Donoghue, the foremost of English jockeys, was an arrival on the Olympic, which docked late Tuesday evening. Donoghue, who celebrated his 39th birthday aboard ship Monday, declared his confidence in Papyrus and in his ability to pilot the Derby winner home in front of Zev. Donoghue was accompanied by Isaac Wit-sed, personal representative of Mr. Irish, owner of Papyrus, and several other British sportsmen who arrived for the race. Witsed was somewhat pessimistic over tho prospects of the English horse, pointing out that it would go-to the post under the disadvantage arising from its long ocean voyage and the necessity of training for the first time on dirt tracks. Steve traveled to America in regal style, with a secretary in his accompanying party. He was met at the pier by a committee representing the Westchester Racing Association and the Jockey Club and was quartered at the Hotel Biitmore. Donoghue, a quiet, unassuming little man, reticent to speak too much of his laurels, which include the winning of five Epsom Derbys, three of them in successive years, reluctantly submitted to a "bombardment" of newspaper camera men who "shot" him from all angles in one of the grand salons of the Olympic. "This race," Donoghue said, "will mean the attainment or nonattainment of the greatest ambition of my life. I do not underestimate the ability of Earl Sande, who will be in the saddle on Zev, your great American horse. I feel that this international sporting event is the greatest in which I. will have figured, and the interest taken in it, both in America and in England, will go far, I think, in strengthening the existing good will between the countries."
