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WOODWARDS PERIFOX ENG ¬ LISH DERBY SECOND CHOICE Special Cablegram CablegramLONDON LONDON England May 12 At a call over of the Derby card at the Victoria Club here last night M E De St Alarys Le Ksar facile winner of the Two Thousand Guineas remained a firm favorite in the Derby future betting at 11 to 2 The Epsom classic will be run June 2 2William William Woodwards Americanbred colt Perifox which impressed in this seasons debut when finishing second and running a good Derby trial in the Hastings Stakes at Newmarket last month was second choice at 15 to 2 The Aga Khans Le Grand Due which failed to run to expectations in the Two Thousand Guineas was backed at 100 to 8 Mariel Boussacs Goya II runnerup to Le Ksar in the first of the English classics was bracketed with Maj S Courtalds Solfo and William Murrays Fairford at 13 to 1 1Sir Sir Laurence Philipps The Hour which did not start in the Guineas arid Lord Astors Cash Book were quoted and sup ¬ ported at 18 to 1 Mrs G B Millers Mid Day Sun which finished third in the Two Thousand Guineas had supporters at 28 to 1 Marshall Fields Santayana was 33 to 1 with Lord Roseberys Full Sail and Sir Vic ¬ tor Bassoons Renardo conqueror of Peri fox at the last Newmarket meeting having players at 40 to 1 Lord Glanelys Inglefield was 50 to 1 A few wagers were booked on Lord Derbys Craven Stakes winner Snow ¬ fall and H E Morris Pascal at 66 to 1