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EPSOM DERBY TO BLENHEIM Aga Khans Colors Carried to Victory in Famous FamousEnglish English Race Favorite Diolite Finishes FinishesThird Third American Horses Unplaced EPSOM DOWNS England June 4 Before a record crowd of more thaii half a million the Aga Khans Blenheim an outsider today woa the 150th running of the great English Derby over Epsom Downs Iliad owned by Somersville Tatter sail finished second and the ruling favorite Diolite was third Two American entries The Scout II owned by William Woodward and A K Macombers Parthenon failed to show Also Rustum Pasha another from the Aga Khans stables which was rated second only to Diolite in the betting failed to place placeBlenheim Blenheim ridden by H Wagg one of Britains premier jockeys paid IS to 1 Iliad paid 25 to 1 and Diolite 11 to 4 Silver Flare finished fourth and Trews owned by Lord Astor fifth The time was 238 238Seventeen Seventeen starters a comparatively small field got away from the barrier at 3 04 p m 9 04 a m Central daylight saving time timeThere There were no false starts but considerable difficulty was encountered in getting the thoroughbreds away particularly because of the high spirits of Silver Flare another well regarded starter starterIn In the time it took to run the race around historic Epsom Downs approximately 30000000 was won and lost in wagers and lotteries Diolite owned by Sir Hugh Hirst and purchased for about 2500 when a year ¬ ling carried most of the money As a con ¬ sequence it was a day of days for the bookmakers bookmakersKing King George making his first Derby ap ¬ pearance since 1928 witnessed the great spectacle from the royal box Queen Mary was with him while in an adjoining box the Duke of York and the Prince of Wales entertained a party of friends friendsTodays Todays Derby was a gala occasion in every sense of the word Although previous reports had indicated public apathy the rec ¬ ordbreaking crowd combed from every strata of life from the highest to the lowest belied these reports reportsUntil Until almost the last moment it appeared the experts were to be borne out in their Continued on twentysecond page EPSOM DERBY TO BiEfflEIM Continued from first page contentions for Diolite got away to a good start and pulled away from the others as soon as the tape was broken Ballyferis was close behind and stayed there but the others soon drew close together Half way around the two favorites Diolite and Rustum Pasha were leading and when the field came into the stretch the stands shrieked with approval as it looked like Diolites race raceIn In a sudden spurt however Blenheim surged to the front followed closely by Iliad and Diolite for all his millions of dollars in backing was eclipsed at the finish finishThe The start was delayed exactly seven min ¬ utes chiefly because of Silver Flare The Scout II the favored American entry nar ¬ rowly escaped injury by the British thorough ¬ breds slashing hoofs but when Silver Flare finally was quieted down the field got away to a good even start startBlenheims Blenheims victory although surprising was complete He won by a length There were two lengths between Iliad and Diolite DioliteComing Coming down the hill Rustom Pasha still held command but Diolite was right with him and Ballyferis and Silver Flare also were hanging on gamely Tetragem had quit to a walk and with Grand Salute was last In Tattenham corner Rustom Pasha and Diolite were neck and neck the Aga Khans colt being next to the rail Iliad had moved into contention at this point and was running third Blenheim too began making his move and overhauled Ballyferis and Trews TrewsRustom Rustom Pasha surrendered after making the corner and Iliad then drew away from Blenheim and challenged Diolite Then be ¬ gan a terrific battle with a quarter of a mile to go Iliad Diolite and Blenheim each were in the van at various times It looked as if Diolite would win and back ¬ ers of the favorite were in a frenzy frenzyWith With another furlong to go Diolite began to tire Iliad on the outside wore him down but only to be challenged in turn by Blenheim which came fast In the last six ¬ teenth Blenheim drew away to win by one length Iliad beat Diolite by two lengths Silver Flare was fourth Trews fifth Seer sixth Noble Star seventh and Parthenon was last lastThe The race was cleanly run and won It proved that Rustom Pasha is an excellent miler and that Diolite can carry on but lit ¬ tle farther The Aga Khan was overjoyed with the result He had achieved his great ¬ est ambition although he had previously won two English classics when Diophon scored in the Two Thousand Guineas in 1924 and Salmon Trout was victor in the St Leger the same year He was smiling broadly as ha appeared on the course to lead in the winner and he shook hands with friends ana strangers When interviewed he said that he had nothing on which to com ¬ pare the merits of his two derby colts ex ¬ cept the result of the race He instructed his trainer not to run them together or tried with the same group of workmates while they were being prepared
