The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-31
WINS CLASSIC DERBY
 AND FORTUNE
Especial from United Press. )

Especial from United Press.1
 Epson, Eng, May s1.-Sunstar. piloted by Rexstorn, won the Derby here, this afternoon. He was tns favorfte in the betting.
 Lord Derby's Stea dfast was second and Captain Forester's Royal Tender, third. There were 2s starters.
 As winner of the two thousand guineas at Newmarket. six weeks ago. Sunstar displayed his real form and this was responsible for him starting one of the heaviest betting favorftes that ever captured the big race. Ths Joel party, after years of trying. had finally won Derby and they took nearly half a million dollars away from the bookmakers as a result. Ths race was worth s32.000 to the win ner, s2,000 to the second, and s1.000 to the third horse.
 With King George and Queen Mary. nearly every other member of ths Royal family and representatives of the Peerage and nobility of the Unit ed Kingdom on hand long before tf1s post bugle sounded for the first race today. it was plain that the Corona tion Derby was to have setting rivaling any previous running of the blue ribbon event of the turf world, Early in the morning the sky was overcast but the rain held off. Tbs various members stands and the pie turesque amphitheatre of the DoTnE were kaleidoscopic mass of color.
 The Royal party proceeded to the race course in the ancient Royal car riage and with outriders and strong cavalry guard. Stalwart, leather lunged individuals. who had been prop erly coached, held points of vantage along the route and led the applause with all the enthusiasm of music hall c1aque.
 The exodus from London to Epson5 started yesterday afternoon. and kept up throughout the night. Pedestrians chafed their more lucky fellows who made the trip by auto or in the big carriages, while the little coster cart and dinky of the East End held it's aristocratic West End.
 Alfred c. Vanderbilt brought a crowd of Americans to the track in his Brighton coach. Richard Croker. former boss of Tammany Hall. also had a big party of guests, despite the fact that. he had been compelled to scratch his entry. Cleonberg.
 When the starters were posted. it developed that America had only two starters Harry Payne Whitney's All Gold, on whom J. H. "Skeets" Martin was to have the leg up, and Louis siders in the betting 66 to 1 being offered against the Whitney entrant. while Adam Bede, who had been well backed in the future books, receded to 40 to !
 Tons of money were sent into the ring on J. B. Joel's Sunstar and he went to the post at even money. the most heavily backed Derby entrant in recent years. It was estimated that if he won the bookmakers would lose at least S5,O0O, ,0OO while a similar amount would be taken out of the future books where he had been back ed at prices ranging from 20 to l against to ' to 1. yesterdays quota tions. Will Rexstorn, one of the most careful horsemen in England. had the mount. The Earl of Derby's King William, ridden by the noted Austral- ian, Frank Wootten, the best light weight jockey in the country. was second choice with and to 1 freely offered against him. Against the rest of the entries it was q case. mostly, of write your own ticket"