Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-05-27
KING EDWARDS
COLT WINS
DERBY
AMERICANS LOSE HALF
A MILLION ON RESULT
Sir Martin Relied Upon by
Yankee Contingent, Stun
bIeS and Thows His RIDER
French Entry Second,


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EPSON, May 26.-King Edwards
brown colt Miuoru today justified his
name which is japanese for success"
by winning the Derby. which will be
remembered always in the annals OF
EPSON as one of the finest ever run
on that historic track.
w. Raphael's Louvars, the great
French jockey Stcern riding him,
came under the wire SO close after
Minoru that the spectators were UNI
decided which won until the kings
number was displayed on the black
board.
Lord Michelham's William the
Fourth was a good third and half n
dozen OF the fifteen starters were we'll
punched behind, but n horse was
seen following the field riderless. II
was the American bred colt, Sir Mar
tin. reckoned as Minoru's foremost
rival. He had been crowded out or
his stride just by the Tattenham cor
ner about tho middle of the course.
Jockey j. II Martin shot over his
mounts head to the ground as Sir
Martin stumbled ana with him fell
the hopes of hundreds of confident
American onlookcrs, Many thousands
of American dollars were lost.
TO Englishmen. even those who
had stakcd their money on some 9TH
err horse. the kings success was in
spring as a victory in q great inter-
national contest. ON every side It had
been asked whether, il he won. the
king would consider il compatible
with his position to lead his horse
from the track as the winning own
crs have done for more than a CEN
fury. There was no precedent rcr
this, because no king before had ever
won the Derby. King Edward, how
ever, lived up to the custom and in
the minds Of Engllshmen, clinched his
l claims to the title Of q thoroughbred
, sportsman.
only the accident To Sir Martin aud
the rain married the day. Electric Boy
apparently was The high horse which
crowded the American colt, which at
the time was up TO the front ana
running strongly. Louis Winans, his
owner, said tonight that II was a re-
grctablc accident but nothing more.
TO many Americans at the race track
and on both sides of the Atlantic I
will seem a calamity. judging fror1
the amount Of money, estimated al
100000 which was put up on the
Kentucky bred colt.
Jockey Martin was badly daze7
from the fan and his forehead wa
bleeding from a cut where the HOB
of one of the other horses grazed nm
The French contigent, which cant
over. to see Stcern win on Louvars
showed almost as much disappoint'
ment as the Americans. II. I. WHIT
ney made his temperance on ar
English course and his two VICTORIES
the winning of Stewards handicap h'
Perseus III ana the EPSON town plats
by Bobbin IL were well received.
Richard Croker, who wandered
about the paddock alone with hi
hands in his pockets and bowler cur
drawn over his eye must AVE con
trasted the tumult today with the sil
encc that fell over the stand whei
he led Ormsby II, the winner IN 1917
The king entertained sixty member
Of the Jockey club at the annual din
ner at buckingham palace tonight
Minuro's victory was the first Derb'
won by an animal belonging to
reigning monarch. The crowd wen
wild with excitement, broke through
the Gordon Of police and almos
mobbed King Edward, as, following
the time-honored custom, his majesty
as the owner Of Minuro, led the cham
pion into the paddock.
sir Martin, the American horse, wa
going strong in the running, and wa
Wen UP among the leaders when h
came to grief. In rounding Tatten
ham corner he was crowded by tn
other horses, crossed his legs and fel
Jockey Martin was thrown heavil
and was somewhat bruised. lie wa
picked up and brought in by two trac
officials. Sir Martin was n%nInjnred.