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CALL BOY WINS EPSOM DERBY Before Record Crowd Including Americas Air Hero Captain C A Lindbergh Hurry On Cot Is Triumphant SPECIAL CABLEGRAM CABLEGRAMLONDON LONDON England June 1 Before a record attendance and in record time for the course Call Boy the Hurry On Comedienne colt owned by Frank Curzon the English theatrical magnate won the Epsom Derby the greatest of the worlds turf classics at Epsom Downs today Hot Night owned by Sir Victor Sassoon was second and Major J S Courtaulds colors finished third on Shian Mor These three were followed over the finish line by R D Cohens Buckfast Mrs C Richs Silverstead Lord Derbys Sickle and Sir D Broughtons Knight of the Grail GrailThere There were twentythree starters The winner which had been the favorite in the future books for about ten days went to the post the four to one choice Hot Night was the second choice at nine to two Shian Mor was twentytwo to one It was the first Derby victory for Call Boys owner his trainer J E Watts and his jockey E C Elliott ElliottAn An American in the person of Captain Charles A Lindbergh usurped much of the attention usually bestowed on royalty at the races the Derby crowd being increased by the addition of those anxious to see the Yankee hero of the air Capt Lindbergh was the guest of Lord Lonsdale LonsdaleCall Call Boy ran the mile and a half of the trying Derby course in 234 the fastest time in which the great classic has been won at Epsom Downs The best previous record was onefifth of a second slower and the mark was made when Lord Woolavingtons Captain Cuttle defeated Tamar and Craig angower in the 1922 renewal The war Derbys of 1915 1916 1917 and 1918 were run in much faster time but they were decided on the speedier Newmarket course courseCurzons Curzons black and white silk halves were in front from start to finish and Call Boy won comparatively very easily by two lengths Elliott sent Call Boy to the fore at the outset of the race the entire field leaving in good order Sickle Flashing Star and Adams Apple set after the pacemaker At the halfmile ground Call Boy was still in front and running well under restraint Elliott had him under mild restraint and rode confidently Flashing Star at this point began to drop out of the picture being re ¬ placed by Shian Mor MorCall Call Boy was well clear of the field in the stretch but an eighth out Hot Night under a desperate drive began to close in He reached Call Boy but could not keep pace with him Elliott shook up the Curzon colt and he pulled away again to win by two lengths Shian Mor stopped badly in the last eighth While he saved third place he finished NightThe eight lengths behind Hot Night The owner of the winner witnessed the triumph although a very sick man He has been ill for a considerable time The excite ¬ ment of victory was too much for his strength Trembling and pale he had to be assisted from the stand and when he led in Call Boy he was supported on each side by friends friendsEstimates Estimates on the size of the crowd varied greatly some placing it at half a million It certainly ran over several hundred thousand and even the most conservative judges agreed that it was the largest Derby throng in the history of the stakes
