New-York tribune., 1908-06-03
DERBY AN OPEN RACE
NORMAN III THE CHOICE.
Aupust Bezn,omt's Horse May nm
Ene1and's Turf Classic.

, .srha most open Derby In thirty
,.ears-tbere at least Ten "' -, :, :.
ohonce. of winning" This was the iepy
.,,n.,t trainer to-day to a request for ms opin .
e.. &c IN the probable outcome or inc DoIp'' -
.Droo ,,areigns TO be tomorrow AT Hp'
Tho bIue ribbon feature of the hnsish ~
opin;on is shared by majority Oh ie
.,d at the clubs and hotels IN hohuoi' :,
NOT less than a dozen probable starters nave '''
coteries OF supporters
This condition makes the race to-morro" iar ho.
,ta.stinp than any Derby in recent years. In ao-
dition to the openness OF the race the p'e =.
King Edwards colt Perrier among tne 0one
is a drawing card. There would be tremendous e,i.
thusiasm should Perrier wln and his VICTORY "ouiu
mako the Derby Of 1908 of the most historical
T., ,b. annals Of the English turf for although King
Edward when he was Prince OF Wales sa" ms
colors victorious, Kings horse never mas won 'he
EPSON classic
With the continuation of the present fine weather
a record attendance at EPSON is looked FOR, ana a
conservative estimate is that close to hair mhon
nersons will be on the famous Downs. In the
crowd will be thousands of Americans The hotels
of London are filled with visitors from across the
water and the usual contingent which comes 10
England regularly at this time of the year has been
augmented by numerous arrivals from the Con-
tjnent
Two American owned horses may prove danger
ous so that the United States will be we'll repre-
sented on the track we'll the stand Nor
man ILL., owned by August Belmont. has many sup
porters, many, indeed. that since he won the
Guineas he has been favorite in the betting and
quoted to-day at 95 to 20.
The other American horse. Seasick II. owned by
w x. Vanderbilt. which dead heat IN the
French Derby, will also carry lot of American
and French money. He is quoted around Z to l.
There is another American owned horse in the
race Azote, the property of James r. Hatmaker,
an American resident of Paris. Azote attract
ing attention chiefly because of his owners at
tempt to prove that colt fed dried milk has an
advantage over horses fed in the ordinary manner
Azote has never tasted either oats corn, but
has been raised and trained dried milk, with
small quantities of hay. He is quoted at 200 to /.
Two American jockeys, Maher and Lyme, will
have mounts in the Maher, who already has
three Derbys to his credit. will ride LangWm. and
ne is confident of victory. He says the only horse
he fears is Sir Archibald. Lucien Lyme is just as
that Mountain Apple, his mount. will come
home first. and his belief is shared by large
number OF bettors. Mountain Apple has been close
Norman III and Perrier in the betting for several
days. and it is freely predicted that he will be
favorite before the start.
Mr.. and Mrs. ". X. Vanderbilt have over
from France the race. and they Joined
here to-day ny Mr. and Mrs. August Belmont, who
arrived the IIstania. Richard Crocker also
will be al EPSON. and he doubtless regrets that he
did not enter Rhodora for the Derby. She is
sdered the best horse of the year and is strong
favorite for the Oaks. to be June
King Edward and other members of the royal
family will be present.
The latest betting, with Mr.. Bemcnt's Norman
tain apple, 100 to Il: Sir Archibald, % 10; Sea
sick II. 300 to II: Perrier and Langwm. 100 TO s.
White Eagle. 1O to Z: Vamose. 100 to S; Orphan.
Primer and Mercutio. 100 to ): Azote, 200 to l.