Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-27

cess by winning the DERBY winch VIII
be remembered always in the annals
of EPSON as one of the finest ever run
on that historic track. w. Raphaers
Louviers, with Frances crack jockey,
Stern on his back, came under the
wire so close an attendant upon Mi
noru that the spectators were unde-
cided which led the Kings number was
displayed on the blackboard
Lord Michelham's William the
Fourth was a good third and half a
dozen of the Is starters were we'll
punched behind. But one horse was
seen following the field riderless 1t
was the American bred colt Sir Mar
tin. which everyone had reckoned upon
as MinCru's foremost rival. He had
been crowded out of his stride just be-
yond the Tattenham corner, about the
middle of the course. Jockey j. H.
Martin shot over his mounts head to
the ground, as Sir Martin stumbled,
and with him fell the hopes of hun
dredS Of American onlooKers, and
many thousand American dollars were
lost.
To Englishmen, even those which
had staked their money on some other
horse, the Kings success was inspir-
ing as victory in a great interna-
tlonal contest and compensated for the
rain which drove across the field, MAX
ing Wallow of mud underfoot On
every side it had been asked whether
if he won, His Mapesty would consider
it compatible with his exalted position
to lead his horse from the track, as
the winning owners have done for
more than a century. There was no
precedent for this. because no King
before had ever won the Derby King
Edward, however, with the Prince of
Wales following him, lived up to the
custom and in the minds of English
men clinched his claim to the title of
a thoroughbred sportsman.
Only the accident to Sir Martin and
the rain spoiled the day. Electric Boy
apparently was the horse which crowd
ed the American colt, which at the
time was well up to the fore and run
ming strongly. Louis Winans, his own
er, said tonight that it was a regret
table accident, but nothing more To
many Americans at the track and on
both Sides of the Atlantic, it will seem
calamity, judging from the amount
OF money, which some estimate at $780,
900, that was put upon the Kentucky
bred colt. This large amount placed
on Sir Martin sent his price to 8 to 1,
and made him a nominal favOrite for
a time.
AT the time of the accident, Brock
lands was leading. with Louviers close
up and Sir Martin, Minoru, Bayardo
and Valens forming the second flight,
Jockey RI
the fall and his forehead was bleeding
from a cut where the hoof of one Of
the other horses grazed him, but the
physicians who examined him said he
would be all right in a day or two.
The French contingent, which came
over to sec Stern win on Louviers
showed almost as much disappoint-
ment as the Americans. H. p Whit
ney made his temperance on an
English course, and his two victories,
the winning of the Stewards handicap
by Perseus III, and the Epson Town
plate by Bobbin II We're we'll received.
Richard Croker, who wandered about
the paddock line, with his hands in his
pockets and Bowler cap drawn over
his eyes, must have contrasted the tu-
mutt today with the silence that fell
over the stands when he led in Orbv
II the winner in 1907. The King en-
tertained 60 members of the Jockey
Club at the annual dinner at Buck
lnsham palace tonight. Reports from
all sections tell of enthusiastic scenes
when the news of His Majesty good
luck was received.
Epson, May 26.-The Epson Derby,
the classic event OF the English turf
and the blue ribbon feature of the rae
ing season, was run here today and
won by King Edwards Minoru. In
this victory the famous bay colt has
made history, today being the first oc-
casion on which the greatest of all
flat races on the turf has been won by
an animal belonging to reigning
monarch. w. Raphaers Louviers was
second and Lord Michelham's William
the Fourth, was third. The American
crack, Sir Martin, owned by Louis
Winans, an American resident of Lon
don, and bred in Kentucky by John E.
Madden, of whom so much was expect
ed, was nowhere in the race, and fell
down.
Minoru scored his victory by a head
oHiy, Willie Hall d leHSLH separated the
second and third horses. The victory
Of the Kings horse was greeted with
an outburst of enthusiasm the equal
of which never has been witnessed at
EPSON
The crowd was wild with excitement
and broke through the police Gordon
and almost mobbed King Edward as.
following the time honored custom,
His Majesty, as owner Of Minoru, led
the champion into the paddock.
The field of Is was sent away to an
exceptionally good start. Brooklands
made the running for the first mile
with the Kings colt we'll placed in
fifth position. Approaching Tattenham
Corner Minoru improved his position,
and stalling off close to the home
stretch a strong challenge by Louyiers
he won by the shortest of snort heads.
AS soon as the horses entered the
stretch and the crowd recognized that
the Kings colors were in front, the
cheering began. Gradually the en-
thusiasm spread over the Downs and
the cheers grew in volume as Mfnoru