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WORLDS FAMOUS EPSOM DERBY TODAY , w One Hundred and Fifty-Second Running of Englands Greatest Classic Americas Hope to Carry Off Coveted Blue Ribband of Turf Rests in William Woodwards Boswell Taj Akbar Still the Favorite Special Cablegram. LONDON, England, May 26. The Epsom Derby, the worlds most famous race, will be run for the one hundred and fifty-second time over the Epsom Downs course tomorrow. This record of runnings does not include the World War period, 1915 to 1918, inclusive, when a substitute event, the New Derby, was run at Newmarket. No race has such a worldwide appeal as the premier English classic, which has grown in such popularity that it is the most copied and famed of all turf events. It is a sporting magnet beyond all comparison and, apart from the hundred of Wl.l i , ... ... cnousanas wno win view its running from every vantage point on the historic Surrey Downs, millions of racing enthusiasts will follow the description of the race in a radio hookup that will penetrate to the four corners of the earth. The race itself will be robbed of some of its pageantry as the usual royal procession to the course and the presence of the king and other members of the royal family will be tabooed, owing to court mourning for his late Majesty, King George V., who, in his day, gloried in the thrills the Epsom classic provided. No eleventh hour surprises or withdrawals of the favored horses have occurred or appear likely, and it is expected that at least twenty of the twenty-two still listed will go postward. The Derby field will be made up entirely of colts. The best, or at least those rated the best, in the three-year-old division will strain muscle and heart over the exacting one mile and a half course for a prize that will gross close to 5,000. American interests in tomorrows Derby will center in the candidate that will carry the silks of William Woodward. He will be represented by Boswell, a highly-regarded son of Bosworth and Flying Gal II. Boswell is the best-looking colt of his age in England with one fair performance this season. He now is the fourth choice at odds of 21 to 2, and may be a shorter price before post time. Boswell will be ridden by the capable Irish jockey, Pat Beasley, who will also be astride the American invader, Omaha, in all his races this year. The Aga Kahns Taj Akbar remains the choice in the betting at odds of 13 to 2. His stablemates, Bala Hissar and Mahmound, also the property of the Indian potentate, are held at odds of 100 to 8 and 100 to 6, respectively. Thus, for the second consecutive year, the Aga Khan owns the Derby choice and has great hopes of his green and chocolate silks being carried to their third victory in the classic. Blenheim 1930 and Bahram 1935 won for him. Taj Akbar, Continued on thirty-first page. WORLDS FAMOUS EPSOM DERBY TODAY Continued from first page. which showed a partiality for the Epsom course when racing second to Rhodes Scholar in the one mile Nonsuch Stakes last month and since then the facile winner of the Chester Vase, run over the exact Derby distance, will be ridden by jockey Gordon Richards. It would be Richards first Derby winner. Stable and public opinion favor the bay son of Fairway and Taj Shirlin over his stablemates, despite the fact that the grey j Mahmound was beaten but a nose in the first of the classics, the Two Thousand Guineas. Mahmound, rated by most critics as not favoring the Derby distance, though a son of Blenheim, will be ridden by the veteran Steve Donoghue, who has four real Derby victories and two sub-Derby successes to his credit. Bala Hissar, rated the best two-year-old last season but a disappointment to date this year, will be the mount of the Aga Khans contract rider, C. Smirke, who won the 1934 renewal of the Epsom classic astride Windsor Lad, which, like Bala Hissar, is a son of the super sire Blanford. Besides sending out the Aga Khans representatives from his Fitzroy house stable, trainer Frank Butters will also saddle Sir Alfred Butts Noble King, a runaway winner of the Dee Stakes, run over the Derby route at Chester early this month. Noble King, a son of the good distance performer Noble Star, held in the betting third choice at 15 to 2, will be piloted by Freddie Fox. Fox won the Epsom classic on Cameronian 1931 and Bahram 1935. Manton Stables Derby luck, which has been unfortunate in recent years, may turn. Trainer Joe Lawson will place his chief reliance on the Two Thousand Guineas victor, Pay Up, a well-named son -of Fairway and Book Debt, which will sport the popular silks of Lord Astor. To date Lord Astor has had the exasperating luck of owning the Derby runner-up in no less than five renewals, while last year his hope, Field Trial, a prominent contender, dropped into third place at the finish. In Pay Up, a winner of both his starts this season, the prospects are bright that the Astor blue and pink silks may be home successfully. Pay Up, second choice, at 100 to 15, will be ridden by R. Dick, who for many years has been retained as first jockey by Lord Astor. Of the other Derby eligibles the Maharaja of Rappiplas Carioca, the mount of R. Jones; Marcel Boussacs Abjer, which will be ridden by Charlie Elliott, who won the 1927 Derby on Call Boy, and F. W. Shen-stones Barrystone, with J. Marshall, the rider of the 1929 Derby hero Trigo aboard, are the best regarded in the betting. Of these, Carioca rates the best outsider and the colt has already shown a real liking for racing over extended distances. The French-bred Bel Aethel, a good winner over a route in his native land this spring, is another that might cause a surprise, and upsets are not uncommon even in such classic events as the Derby stakes, which have been won from time to time by 100 to 1 shots. Probable starters in the English Derby, with jockeys, follow: Mrs. W. P. Aherns Squadron Castle, Dines; Lord Astors Pay Up, Dick; Sir Abe Baileys Mendicant Friar, Weston; F. W. Shenstones Barrystar, Marshall; E. G. Blagraves Couvert, Beary; M. M. Boussacs Abjer, Elliott; Sir Alfred Butts Noble King, Perryman; Lord Carnarvons His Grace, Harry Wragg; Major J. S. Court-aulds Walvis Bay, Lowrey; Lord Hirsts Magnet, Carslake; G. D. Hollingsworths Raeburn; Sirett; The Aga Khans Taj Akbar, Gordon Richards: His Bala Hissar, Jones; His Mahmoud, Smirke; F. C. Minoprios Haulfryri, Lane; The Maharaja of Rajpiplas Carioca, Arthur Wragg; J. Ramsdens Spina-lot, K. Robertson; Anthony De Rothschilds Midstream, Fred Fox; Mrs. J. Sands Thank-erton, T. Burns; A. Gordon Smiths Fearless Fox, E. Smith; The Duke of Norfolks Bel Aethel, Steve Donoghue; William Woodr wards Boswell, Pat Beasley.
