The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-27
king EDWARD Wins
THE EPSON DERBY
His Horse. Minoru, Is Given
Hard Race by Rapheal's
LOuyars.
SIR MARTIN. AMERICAN
PRIDE. FALLS IN RACE
Nearly Half Million Dollars
Changes Hands Wagered
ON Event.

EPSON. May 26.-King Edward 4
brown colt, Minoru. 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. Rapheal's Louvars, with France s
star 1ockev. Stern, on his back, came
under the wire so close after Minoru
that the spectators were UNDECIDED
which had won until the kings number
was displayed on the blackboard:
Lord Michelham' IS William tho Fourth
was good third. and half dozen or
the fifteen starters were well buncheo
behind. But one horse was seen follow
ing the field riderless. IT was the
American bred colt. Sir Martin which
every one had reckoned as Mlnoru s
foremost rival He had been crowded
out of his stride Just beyond the Tat
tenham corner about the middle OF the
course Jockey ]. H. Martin shot over
his mount g head to the ground as Sir
Martin stumbled and. with him fell the
hopes OF hundreds Of confident Amer.
can onlookers and many thousands OF
American dollars were lost.
Inspiring Victory.
TO Enolishmen. even those who had
staked their money on some other horse,
the kings success was inspiring as
victory in great international contest.
On every side it had been asked
whether, IL he won, the king would con
slider il compatible with his position to
lead his horse from the track as the
winning owners have done for more
than q century There was no prece-
dent for this, because no king before
had ever won the derby. King Ed
ward, however, lived up to the custom,
and in the minds of Englishmen clinehed
his claims TO the title Of thoroughbred
sportsman.
Only the accident TO Sir Martin and
the rain marred the day, Electric Boy
apparently was the horse that crowded
the American colt. which at the time
was up to the front and running strong
ly, Louis Winans. his owner, SAID to-
light that IT was n regrettable accl~
Hent, but nothing more. To many Amer
jcans at the race track and. on both
sides of the Atlantic it will seem
calamity Judging from the amount of
money, estimated at 100000, which was
put up on the Kentucky bred colt.
Jockey Martin
Jockey Martin was badly dazed from
the fall, and his forehead was bleeding
rom cut WHefe Elle HOOI OI ono Oh
the other horses graZed him.
The French contingent. which came
over 10 sec Stern win on Louvars,
showed almost as much disappointment
as the Americans.
H. P. Whitney made his reappear.
ance on an English course, and his two
vic ctories, the winning of the Steward IS
handicap by Herseus III and The EPSON
Town plate by Bobbin II, were we'll re-
ccired.
Richard Croker. who wandered about
the paddock alone with his hands in his
pockets and cap drawn down over his
eyes. must have contrastcd the tumult
ioday with the silence that fell over the
stand when he led Orby III, the winner
Of 1907.
The king entertained sixty members
of the Jockey club at the annual din.
ner at Buckingham palace tonight.
Martin s Selling Price.
The American crack was going strong
iii the running, and was we'll up among
the leaders when he came to grief
Brooklands was leading Mt the approach
10 Tattcnham corner. with Louvars close