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Worlds Famous Race Today Epsom Derby to Be Run for One Hundred and Forty Seventh Time at Epsom Downs England Radio Radioto to Bring Running of Great Contest to America SPECIAL CABLEGRAM CABLEGRAMLONDON LONDON England June 3 This is the eve of the Epsom Derby the worlds greatest turf classic As post time approaches two questions are agitating all England In addition to speculating on the outcome everybody it seems is greatly concerned about the weather As this dispatch is filed conditions are unsettled and it is impossible to forecast with any degree of certainty what they will be when the field files upon the course at Epsom Downs tomorrow afternoon Everybody it seems is hoping for sunshine and good footing for rain in the interim will mean a revision of calculations The probable starters still number nineteen but there may be some scratches Diolite remains the favorite at 5 to 2 but Field for Epsom Derby LONDON England June 3 The field for the Epsom Derby will come from the nineteen named below two of which are doubtful starters The Americanowned entries are A K Macombers Parthenon and William Woodwards The Scout II the latter being bred in America The prospective starters owners trainers riders and odds follows followsHorse Horse Owner Trainer Jockey Trice TriceAdelon Adelon 3Irs E Wallace J Deary F Winter 200 to 1 Ball yf eris Ufa j D Dixon S H Darling J Canty 100 to 6 Dnrgany Lord If Ie Walden WaldenBlenheim 31 D Wangh J Dines 33 to 1 1It Blenheim Aga Khan It C Daivson H Wragg 100 to 6 Dick Swireller Lord IVoolavington F Darling F Fox 28 to 1 Diolite Sir Hugo Hirst F Teinplenian C Hay 5 to 2 Grand Salute SaluteIliad Lord Glanely Capt T Hogg C Richards 100 to 1 Iliad S Tattersall J Lawson R Jones 20 to 1 1Capt Lansdowne Lord Glanely Capt T Hogg G Richards 100 to 1 Noble Star If P jNlclcalls L A Cumlcll If Deosley 18 to 1 1F Parthenon A K jJfacoinber F Leach Jr J Leach 100 tol Enstom Pasha PashaSea Aga Khan R C Dnwson JJf Deary 7 to 1 Sea Hover A H Cox J Lawson S Donoghue 50 to 1 Seer G G H Peek J H S Cannon H Jelliss 33 to 1 Silver Flare FlareTetragem MajJ S Courtauld B E Jarvis E C Elliott 100 to 9 Tetragem T Richards W Xightingalf A Wragg 200 to 1 The Scout II William Woodward C BRochfort J Clillds 22 to 1 The Sponger J M Clayton J II S Cannon R Ferryman 50 to 1 Trews Lord Astor J Lawson R Dick 100 to 9 support is developing for several other candidates The Derby horses began ar ¬ riving at Epsom Downs yesterday They came withdetectives policemen firemen stable hands Alsatian wolf hounds anjl other dogs and the day and night patrol of the stables began at once The crown jewels in the Tower are guarded no more carefully than these Derby colts coltsThere There have been o late developments of a sensational nature Possibly the item of greatest interest in connection with the event is the demand for Lord Astors representa ¬ tive Trews He has dominated the betting market for the last twentyfour hours al ¬ though his price remains unchanged at 100 to 9 This is Lord Astors tenth attempt to win the blue riband of the racing world Five times his light blue jacket with pink sash was carried by the second horse horseBETTIXG BETTIXG CHANGES CHANGESOther Other betting changes posted today show Maj J S Courtaulds Silver Flare 100 to 9 the equal third choice with Trews the Aga Kahns Blenheim 100 to 6 the Scout II 22 to 1 and Dick Swiveller 28 to 1 1With With the possibility of heavy going the physique of the various candidates is being closely studied Another downpour will jeop ¬ ardize the chances of any horse whose stamina is not of the stoutest although the biggest horses are not always the best The height of some of the Derby candidates fol ¬ lows Adlon 16 hands Ballyferis 16 Bar gany 162 Blenheim 153 Diolite 1G2 Lansdowne 161 Noble Star 151 Hustom Pasha 153 Seer 17 The Sponger 1G3M Silver Flare 16 and The Scout II 16 16Douglas Douglas Stuart who operates one of the biggest commission houses in England states that there is not the betting among the masses this year that characterized previous Derbys This is due to the industrial depres ¬ sion Stuart says that many horses held at long prices are apparently not fancied but that he has laid enormous wagers against these long shots without disturbing the mar ¬ ket He has purchased interest in horses drawn in the Calcutta and Mutual Sweep ¬ stakes stakesBIAirr BIAirr AMERICAN INQUIRIES The offices of The Sporting Life have been flooded by inquiries by cable and trans Atlantic phone for The Scout II which is owned by William Woodward master of the Belair Stud in Maryland and owner of Gal ¬ lant Fox which won the Preakness Stakes and Kentucky Derby for him this year If The Scout II runs as well as Bobby Jones plays golf in England he would be a cer ¬ tainty but despite the many American dol ¬ lars wagered on him he is not considered more than a mild threat threatThe The Scout II is one of two American owned colts in the Derby The other is Parthenoh which races under the re4 and white stripes of A 1C Macomber The lat ¬ ter however rarely shows his silks in com ¬ petition at home The Scout II was foaled at Belair Stud being by Sir Gallahad III La Rabelle while Parthenon is by Parth Meddlesome Maid
