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WORLDS FAMOUS EPSOM DERBY TO BE RUN TODAY . t Field of Seventeen Probable for Englands Greatest Horse Race . Aga Khan Holds Strongest Hand With Three Choices His Undefeated Bahram Rules Favorite and Is Hope of All Great Britain to Capture Event . r - 1 LONDON, England, June 4. The prospective starters in the Epsom Derby are j as follows, together with owners, riders and probable odds: ! Horse. Owner. Jockey. Odds. ! Bahram Aga Khan Freddy Fox. ..... . 10 to 11 j Hairan Aga Khan Gordon Richards.. 100 to 12 j Theft Aga Khan... Harry Wragg .100 to 9. Field Trial .Lord Astor Richard Dick 100 to 8 j Sea Bequest C.W.Gordon ..Ernest Smith 13 to 1 j First Son Mrs. C. W. Evans .Richard Jones 25 to 1 j Fair Haven Lord Derby Jtichard Ferryman. 28 to 1 Fair Bairn Lt. Col. Giles Loder Charles Smirke..... .. 28 to 1 Assignation,.. Mrs. Corlette Glorney. . .Steve Donoghue. . . 50 to 1 j Robin Goodfellow. . . . Sir Abe Bailey Thomas Weston. ........... 50 to 1 J Screamer ... .Lord Glanely. Arthur Wragg. 50 to. 1 Pry HI. .......... . ... . .H. W. W. SImms Michael Beary 80 to 1 Plymouth Sound Lord Astor . .. J. Brennan. 100 to 1 j Peaceful Walter A. E. Berry D.Smith.. 250 to 1 ! Barberry.... E. T. Thornton-Smith; .. S. Smith 300 to 1 j Japetus.. Sir Abe Bailey. F. Lane... .:.......-...... .500 to 1 j St. Botolph F. V. Dennis H. Beasley. . . . .... ...... . . .500 to 1 J . 4 Special Cablegram. LONDON, England, June 4. Theyll be sailing around Tattenham corner again tomorrow in the Epsom Derby, most famous horse race in Christendom and one of the greatest sporting spectacles in the world. Tonight a field of seventeen loomed for tomorrows renewal of the historic classic, first run in 1780, in which Bahram, belonging to the fabulously wealthy Indian potentate, Aga Khan, rules an- odds-on choice, at odds of 10 to 11. It was being freely predicted that he might be at even a shorter figure before the field parades to the7 post. This year, for the first time in history, it appears that one stable will send the first three favorites to the post Besides Bahram, the Aga Khan has named Hairan and Theft. Hairan is second: choice, at 100 to 12, and Theft third choice, at 100 to 9. Bahram is the hottest choice for the race in years and if he wins he will be the first odds-on favorite in thirty years to win the Derby crown. In 1905 Lord Roseberrys Cicero won the race at odds of 4 to 11. The Derby, with its tricky turns, its rolling turf course and its packed fields has proved a Waterloo lor many choices. Lord Astor, whose Bobsleigh, one of the early Derby choices, was withdrawn recently, will depend upon Field Trial for the race. Field Trial rules at odds of 100 to 8 in the betting. Lord Astor was non-committal when queried about the chances of his entry. "I hope he wins," he said. Others Continued on thirty-fourth page.
