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Straight Deal Annexes Derby Stakes Renewal Paget Colorbearer Downs Umidad Neck in Race Run at Newmarket 1 NEWMARKET, England, June 19.— Dorothy Pagets Straight Deal, an outsider at 17 to 1, captured Englands fourth wartime version of the historic Epsom Derby here today in a hair-raising finish that thrilled 15,000 fans who jammed the Newmarket stands to near capacity. Driving to the finish in a bitter neck-and-neck struggle, jockey Tommy Carey urged his mount over the line slightly more than a head in front of the Aga Khans Umidad, piloted by Charley Elliot. Nas-rullah, also racing for the Indian potentate and ridden by Englands champion jockey, Gordon Richards, was third. Persian Gulf was* fourth, while Kingsway, the favorite, was fifth at the end of the mile and 885 yards. Herald, owned by William Woodward of New York, was the only American repre sentative and finished eighth in the field of 23. However, the owner of the successful Straight Deal, is the British-born granddaughter of the late American sportsman, William C. Whitney and a niece of the late Harry Payne Whitney. The "transplanted" historic classic lacked much of the glamour that surrounded it at Epsom Downs, its home grounds, but Newmarkets modest course was filled almost to capacity by fans who had made reservations weeks in advance. Straight Deal was Miss Pagets first Derby winner, although she has spent lavishly in recent years in an effort to capture the coveted prize. Although regarded as Englands foremost sportswoman she has not enjoyed great success among the classic turf fixtures in the last few years, although her jumper Golden Miller won the Grand National Steeplechase at Ain-tree in 1934. Todays victory also was the first for jockey Carey. It was a gala day for the popular British sportswoman, as her colt, Orestes, also ridden by Carey, triumphed In the Coventry Stakes for two-year-olds, the secondary feature of the day.
