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CARRIES OFF EPSOM OAKS Lord Durhams Beam Victress in inOne One of Englands Most MostNotable Notable Races SPECIAL CABLEGRAM CABLEGRAMLOXDON LOXDON England June 3 Lord Dur ¬ hams Beam the threeyearold daughter of Galloper Light Mistrella won the Oaks at Epsom Downs today The purple racing jacket with strawcolored sleeves was worn by TV Westorrand the colors finished in ad ¬ vance of Lord Astors Book Law ridden by H Jellish in an exciting duel at the end The margin of victory was only a head Six lengths back of Beam and Book Law Sir George Bulloughs Grande Vitesse with S Donoghue up defeated Lord Lonsdaes En ¬ dowment for third Endowment was piloted by J Childs La Solfatara ridden by G Richards was fourth fourthBook Book Law was the favorite at 5 to 2 Beam 4 to 1 and Grande Vitesse 25 to 1 Cresta Run the 3tol second choice of which much was expected failed dismally She was on her bad behavior and sulked all through the running after breaking away three times at the start She finished last in the sixtecnhorsp field fieldThe The winner ran the mile and a half in 234 This was onefifth of a second slower than Call Boys time for the Derby and as in that famous classic it established a new record for the feature The best pre ¬ vious time for the Oaks was 2356 made by Lord Astors Pogrom in the 1922 running runningUnder Under restraint in the first halfmile Wes ton sent Beam to the front to lead for the last mile In the final eighth Book Law chal ¬ lenged suddenly and Beam barely lasted long enough to earn the decision decisionWeather Weather conditions were ideal for the race but the going was a bit too hard The crowd was pf average size sizeThe The Acorn Plate fiveeighths sprint for twoyearold filies which was the com ¬ panion feature to the Oaks was won by Love Dream a daughter of Pommcrn Gesture She scored easily by three lengths
