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Thirty Seek Epsom Derby Honors Today With Aureole and Pinza Most Favored Former Colt Carries Hopes Of Queen Elizabeth Latter Is Mount of Gordon Richards RichardsEPSOM EPSOM DOWNS Epsom England June 5 Reuters The Derby to be run tomor ¬ row promises to set up one of the most memorable milestones in the 173 year his ¬ tory of the famous race At the electrify ¬ ing cry Theyre off thousands packing the famed Epsom Downs course will all be looking for the purple scarlet and gold the Royal racing silks worn by jockey Harry Carr For this year only four days after her Coronation Queen Elizabeth will be at Epsom to see her colt Aureole chal ¬ lenge for the Blue Riband of the British turf No Derby candidate is better bred for the task than this golden chestnut colored thoroughbred with three dainty white socks who bears the major weight of the sentimental money wagered on the race and he may well start the favorite The name Aureole means glorifying halo It would surely be the most illustrous day in British turf history should he win to ¬ morrow hp nprhv is tVip greatest and most popu ¬ lar betting medium on the racing calendar and schillings and half crowns have flooded in millions on the Royal colt whom every ¬ one wants to see win the coveted prize Only once has the reighning monarch won the race in 1909 when Minoru triumphed for King Edward VH To Queen Elizabeth who like her great grandfather is a great lover of horses and racing there could be beContinued Continued on Page ThirtyNine Thirty Seek Epsom Derby Aureole Pmza Favored FavoredFormer Former Colt Will Carry Hopes Of Queen Elizabeth II Today TodayContinued Continued from Page One Oneno no Coronation present to compare with the turfs most elusive honor If the Royal colors flash first past the post Epsom will again witness wildly enthusiastic scenes which greeted the success of Minoru Rac ¬ ing people have been angered by rumors that Aureole will be allowed to win the Derby There is no truth whatsoever in this malicious whisper Every horse in the race will be going all out for the rich prize and if Aureole wins it will be thanks to his own ability and the skill of trainer Cap ¬ tain BoydRochfort and jockey Carr CarrThe The recently knighted Gordon Rich ¬ ards for 25 times the champion jockey of Britain has ridden in 27 Derbys with ¬ out success The Epsom classic is about the only major honor of the turf which has escaped him This year he appears to have an outstanding chance with Sir Vic ¬ tor Sassons Pinza an honest son of the French sure Chanteur The favorable form of Pinza has led to the Richards mount being the prerace favorite If the Queen cannot win victory for the popular Sir Gordon would be the nearest to the hearts of the huge crowd crowdThe The cerise and gray stripes quartered cap and blue sash silks of owner Robert Sterling Clark will be the only American colors in the race These will be carried by the hardy chestnut colt Good Brandy who has the essential speed and stamina for success Good Brandy has received steady support and is fourth favorite favoriteNearula Nearula the Yorkshiretrained colt was made a warm favorite for the race after his impressive win in the Two Thousand Guineas but his Derby preparation has been interrupted because of lameness However he is expected to take his chance Experts believe Nearula would have spread eagled his field had he been in full racing trim As things stand now in the words of his trainer Captain Elsy Confidence is gone only hope remains remainsFrance France who provided three of last six Derby winners will have three representa ¬ tives tomorrow in Shikampur Pink Horse and Pharel If the betting is a true guide Frances best runner is Shikampur owned by the Aga Khan whose colorbearers have won five previous Derbys DerbysOf Of the many outsiders in the probable field of 30 the best may be Feller Me Lad to be ridden by the Australian Scobie Breasley Supporters of this big Scottish Union colt became more than hopeful af t r the success of Ambiguity in the Oaks yes Jerday The victress in the Oaks only beat Feller Me Lad by the narrowest of mar ¬ gins in her previous race raceAmid Amid the gay scene of Derby Day with sideshows coconut shies fortune tellers and all the fun of a fair in full swing on the Downs glory and heartbreak are in ¬ extricably mixed in the race itself In the two vand onehalf minutes it takes to run the race fortunes are won and lost Plans and hopes of years are realized or de ¬ stroyed Owner trainer or jockey may spend his life trying in vain to win this great race another may succeed at the first attempt It will soon be all over for another year but not forgotten No Derby is ever forgotten by the racing folk But if Aureole wins for Queen Elizabeth his name will stand out clear and distinct above all other Derby memories for many years to come comeThe The 30 probable starters and jockeys for this Coronation Derby at Epsom Downs are as follows Horse HorseAureole Jockey Aureole H Carr CarrA City Scandal A P Taylor Pharel J Doyasbere Barrowby Court T Carter Prince Canarina CElliott Good Brandy D Smith Kithyra W Snaith Durham Castle A Roberts Timberland G Littlewood Jaffa H J Egan Mountain King T Gosling Chatsworth S Clayton Nearula E Britt Shikampur 1 C Smirke Oakley Lad T Fordyce Gala Performance H Weston Fe Shaing S Wragg Prince Charlemagne CharlemagneScipio L Piggott Scipio J Lindley Novarullah C Spares Empire Honey B Rickaby Victory Roll Michael Beary Criticism Frank Dtirr Feller Me Lad r v vPeterSoGay S Breasley BreasleyI PeterSoGay I P Evans Pinza G Richards Pink Horse R Johnstone Windy F Barlow Star of the Forest K Gethin Premonition E Smith ZUCCHERO Took the measure of the Washington D C International winner Wilwyn in the Coronation Cup at Epsom Downs yesterday
