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WILLIAM WOODWARD The eastern easternsportsman sportsman will be represented by Black BlackTarquin Tarquin and The Senator II in todays todaysEpsom Epsom Derby ThirtyThree Clash in Epsom Derby United States Has Two Good Entrants EntrantsBlack Black Tarquin Main Hope of William Woodward Favor My Babu and The Cobbler CobblerEPSOM EPSOM England June 4 Reuters Intermitten showers are forecasted for to ¬ morrows Derby the race of the year for which one of the largest fields in history of this great classic will fight for victory Thirtythree are slated to start which is the largest field in 86 years and only one short of the record The rain has been fall ¬ ing every day this week and the going has now become quite soft giving the outsiders a fine chance of beating the betterbacked candidates The race which at one time looked like it would become a twohorse race between the Gaekwar of Barodas My Babu and Col Giles Loders The Cobbler has turned into one of the most open races ever everThe The United States will be trying for its second conquest in the famed blue ribbon stake when William Woodwards Black Tarquin and the Senator n go postward Both of these were bred in the United States and if either of them turn the trick he will be the first Americanbred horse to win since Iroquois in 1881 and only the second on record recordBlack Black Tarquin by Rhodes Scholar Vagrancy will be ridden by jockey W Carl and is quoted at 100 to 8 in the books The Woodward colt won the Gimcrack Stakes last year and was rated third on the Free Handicap lists This year he won the Derby Trial after failing at oddson in a previous race Capt Cecil BoydRochfort has high hopes for the chairman of The Jockey Clubs racer and fancies his chances chancesThe The Senator n by Isolator Maraschino was a winner this year but is regarded as the less formidable of the Yankee entry He will be ridden by T Gosling GoslingShy Shy Away From My Babu BabuNearly Nearly all the experts fancy something different in the race My Babu after hav ¬ ing been all the rage is now almost friend ¬ less despite the fact that the Gaekwar says he will win and trainer Fred Armstrong is equally confident Charlie Smirke who will ride the favorite has been booting in irre ¬ sistible form during the meeting At New ¬ market where he is trained not one of the leading horse watchers picks My Babu A month ago they were for him to a man but now they will have none of him himThe The oldest tout on the heath says Valognes with Noor is as good a win and place bet while one of the best judges of all goes for the American raider Black Tar ¬ quin Others seem to agree that Noor and Tormie are the best of the Newmarket trained horses horsesThe The Cobbler followers are not too happy for his jockey Gordon Richards has not yet ridden a winner in three days at the meeting Epsom has never been his luc y course lie has yet to ride a Derby winner and it seems as if he is out of luck How ¬ ever there are hopes that the turning point may come in the Derby itself and make up for all the other disappointments disappointmentsThere There were rumors here this afternoon that all was not well with Col Loders horse but his trainer Noel Murless scotched them saying The Cobbler was quite well and that he would be out tomorrow for a final workout on the course courseThe The French contingent is feeling very happy with itself because Goyama a stable companion of Djeddah won the Cor ¬ onation Cup here this afternoon beating Britains Migoli
