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RODOSTO OUT OF EPSOM DERBY Son of Epinard Pulls Up Lame After Workout and Is Scratched Manitoba Choice. Special Cablegram. . LONDON, England, May 29. The field for the Derby, to be run Wednesday over the historic Epsom course, lost a prominent member with the scratching of Princess Defaucegny Lucinges Rodosto, son of the mighty Epinard. Rodosto was the first horse ever to win the English and French Two Thousand Guineas, and he was one of the favorites for the Epsom classic. Rodosto pulled up sore and stiff after his usual workout Saturday at Epsom, and this has caused his withdrawal, leaving the Derby field twenty-five strong. The field may be further reduced as John A. Dewars Lochiel, half brother to the 1931 Derby winner, Cameronian, is reported to have pulled up lame at Bechampton, after a gallop. He was rated today a very doubtful starter. The probable withdrawal of Lochiel will leave the veteran horseman, Steve Donoghue, who has already six Derby winners to his credit, without a mount. Lord Woolavingtons Manitoba continued to rule a lukewarm choice at 15 to 2, with Lord Derbys Hyperion 8 to 1. Young Lover is now 100 to 8, while 100 to 6 is the price against the Two Thousand Guineas and Newmarket Stakes runner-up, King Salmon. Bracketed .on the 20 to 1 mark are Hari-nero, Happy Call, Scarlet Tiger and Light Sussex, while 22 to 1 is tendered against Felicitation and the American-owned Statesman. Gino, the Aga Khans second string, is 28 to 1, while 35 to 1 is offered against Lochiel. Interlace is quoted at 40 to 1, with 45 to 1 tendered against Melfort, the Irish invader; also Frans Hals and Caymanas. At 50 to 1 are Lovers Walk, Myosotis and Raymond. Blue Grass, Coroads, Madagascar and Solar Boy are 100 to 1, and the oddly named Tuppence, the rank outsider, is 250 to 1.
