The sun., 1909-05-27
KINGS MINORU WINS DERBY
FIRST VICTORY SCORED IN
rue ROYA COLORS.

Sir Martin, the American Candidate.
starts Fayorite but Falls ut Tattcn-
ham Cort,er-Great Reception for the
W,nner-Two Races for whitney.
sptcia caat Ds,paieh % TIE Sun.
EPSON Downs, England. May 2o.--For
tbe first time the great English turf
clsssic, the Derby. was won by a reign
ing English monarch to-day when King
awards horse. Minorl. came home in
front OF a field Of fifteen. winning the
ss2 2so prize. w. Raphael's Louviers was
aacond. only q head away. and there was
hut three-quarters OF a length between
Iouyies and Lord Miohaelham's Will
lam w., which finished third. Lord
Carnarvon's valens was fourth and
T,irie's Bayardo was fifth. The time was
al2 rs.
The American horse Sir Martin fell at
TauenLam Corner.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra
were present to see Minoru win what was
one OF the most sensational Derbies ever
rn. A great crowd OF Americans was
also present, and nearly all OF them had
pinned their faith to Sir Martin. which
was ridden by Martin. the American
Jockey. The post betting was 7 to
against Minoru: 0 to / against Louviers
and 20 to against William w.
Sir Martins price at post time was
stoI. He had been at 0 to in the betting
the nj ght before. but the heavy rain Of the
morning was considered as being against
his chances. and 30 he receded in the bet
ting. his price going to . to /. Later Il
shortened. until he went to the post
favorite.
Despite the heavy rain all through the
morning. the enthusiasm OF the Derby
crowd was undampened. The King and the
Queen arrived at the course at lis clock.
Before then the usual stream Of vehicles.
from the ooeters donkey car to thebiO
automobile. had poured in from London,
Thoss who rode In open conveyanoes
we're in q sad plight, and rugs and even
newspapers were rsquisltoned by them
o protection against the downpour.
Women who had started out in summer
fnery and without waterproofs soon pre-
seuted . sorry and bedraggled appear.
anos. A feature OF TIN road processi on
was The vast number OF taxicabs that
had bssn chartered TO take parties to the
rac>s.
Tbe I,ooSon hot.,s vrre a,most denuded
of Amedoans. Among tboss who cam.
to the track was party headed by Clar.
enoe q. Mackay. who had the coach Ven
ture for the day, A. G. Vanderbilt driving
There was the usual soene Of great ex-
element at the course. The big five
So"r e.suu "aD oaoaou "o,oie
ii O'CLOCK. betung was tur1ous- Jus'
before post time there was rush to back
Bsyardo on the reports OF his owner tina,
he was especialiy rood in soft going The
,,i - -hi<. ~ La.L,,.L... IA Ma,
pi''s as "ou w.. e'e ooeHas - =. 20 "o'u 80. a, =,
oru was ouc. " was saio' 10 tne spirit o'
loyalty As much rs to the money that was
waeered on him
IN the Sra ~ sor o,,s;t,,,. M;ror,, .ac,,,ar
.N'
NO. ! Sno gov .he most aavah'a geous
oerfh. next tho inside rail. Sir Martin
drew II. and 80 vas doomed to take a
III. ,n..d sho,,ld s,,a t,a hin, to c,,t across
- T,r .,
me nesd soon sIter the star.
The start was exceptionally good. w
RaphseI's Brooklands made the running
fer Louyiers. with Minou running fifth,
ThSr ran thus unit, the mile nost was
..s;, Ta..a. g
reacneo' APptoaehins '"''elnhih Nor'
ner, Minoru improved his position. re-
kisting, when close home. a strong chal-
lenge by Louviers and winning a great
race BY head.
Sir Martin finished riderless He was
apparently unhurt. He was fourth and
going extremely well when the accident
occurred. the cause OF which is not quite
clear One account says the horse crossed
his legs. while another states it was due
to collision. with Strickland. Martin
had a narrow escape. Electric Boy
jumped over him while he was PROSTATE
A physician who happened to be watch
ing the race from point close by has
tened to him and found that he had great
lump on ms forehead, nus nose was aoraceo
and he had sustained other inJu ries, ap-
parently not serious
representative OF the Sportsndn who
interviewed him later at the hotel where
he was taken; found nm slnering from q
splitting neadacne and with an iced gioth
AROUND his temples. He saId emphati-
caily that NOBODY was 70 blame and that
IT was pure accident. Slr Martin did
not iali; ne came upon MA head ana
knees IL ne han iahen ne wouiu nave
thrown others down. he was up imme-
oisteiy:
Martin remembers iaiiing: put knows
nothing OF being carried OIL in An an am am
ouiance Tor three-quarters OF a mule. sur
room Where ,s ne first resained conscious,
nee ness. Martin to1s eS ms. nus fate phiiosopn,,-
cally; ne sald the morse was going weIl,