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= 6 FAVORITE FOR EPSOM DERBY SPECIAL CABLEGRAM. LONDON, England, May 25.— Fairway, the son of Phalaris — Scapa Flow, which races under the black sliks of Lord Derby, and winner of the Newmarket Stakes in his lost start, remains the favorite for the Epsom Derby, to be run next Wednesday. The bay colt is now held at 11 to 4. Flamingo, winner of the Two Thousand Guineas, which will represent his owner, Laurence Phillips, barring accident, is the second choice at 5 to 1. Lord Dewars Sunny Trace has been heavily backed from 20. to 1 down to 11 to 1. It is generally held that his performance in the Two Thousand Quineas was too bad to be true. Sunny Trace ran unplaced, beaten off in the seventeen horse field. The latest prices on other Derby eligibles follow: Ranjit Singh, 11 to 1; Royal Minstrel, 100 to 8 ; Camel Ford and OOurry. 20 to 1. Each and Black Watch and Buland, 33 to 1 each.
