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I EPSON DERBY FINISH t g : $ Following are the official placings in the English Derby run at Epsom Downs June 1, last: Official PP. Horse. Finish. Jockey. Odds. II April the Fifth , li F. Lano 16 20 Dastur 2" M. Beary 18 8 Miracle 31 H. Wragg 11 14 Royal Dancer 44 S. Wragg 33 5 Firdaussi 51 S. Donoghue 22 15 Cclebrator 6" T. Burns 66 1 Corey 71 E. Quirke 100 12 Portofino 8i W. Nevett 20 16 Orwell 9 R. Jones 5 17 Spenser 10 ,R. Dick 50 10 Buckle 11 T. Weston 100 19 Hesperus 12 E. Elliott 12 21 Wyvern 13 H. Telliss 33 3 Jack Daw t. Second 14 J. Childs 100 4 Bacchus 15 T. Marshall 100 9 Totaig 16 B. Carslake 100 13 Andrea 17 F. Fo:: 40 7 Cockpen 18 G. Richards 9 16 Jiweh .19 J. Canty 50 6 Summer Planet 20 F. Rickaby 100 7 Peter Planet 21 F. Herbert 100 Time, 2:43. Track good. Weight all colts, 126 pounds. Value to winner, 7,995 pounds 9,583; second, 1,156 pounds ,279; third, 578 pounds ,139. Breeder of winner received 500 pounds ,850. April the Fifths victory was loudly acclaimed by the "hoi polloi." After owner-trainer Tom Walls, the ex-policeman, now a film star, had led his horse back to the unsaddling enclosure, he was summoned to the royal box to receive the congratulations of King George and Queen Mary on achieving the greatest honor the turf offers. No horse in the Derby field was better trained for the gruelling test than April the Fifth, the first Epsom-trained horse in almost one hundred years to win the Derby. Walls and his friends, mostly theatrical people, profited handsomely by betting on the horse he owns in partnership with Sidney McGregor, who was also a partner with S. L. Whitelaw in the breeding of April the Fifth. Nor was April the Fifths jockey, F. Lane, who rode a clever race to win his first classic, forgotten. He was loudly cheered and congratulated on riding the best race of his career, his signal success being particularly gratifying to his brother knights of the pigskin, among whom Lane is an idol.
