Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-27
AMERICAN ENTRY I
W|NNER0 Of DERBY
Durbar II, Owned by Herman
B. Duryea, Leads Field of
Thirty Starters.
FAMOUS COURSE HONORS
WITH PURSE OF s32, 500
Heavy Odds Laid Against Victor,
Classed as Rank Outsider-Ameri-
can Contingent Jubilant.

EPSON. May 27.-The Derby. best
known of the English classic horse
races. was won today by an American
horse, Herman B. Duryea's Durbar III.
H. Cholmondeley's Hapsburg was sec
ond and H. J. Kings Peter the Hermit
third.
The last American race horse owner
to win the English Derby was Richard
Croker, who carried off the classic race
with Orby in 1907.
The recent form of Durbar II in
France had been considered so poor
that he was regarded here as a rank
outsider. and odds of twenty-five to
one were freely laid against him in the
clubs last night. Today he had no
trouble in disposing of huge field of
thirty horses. the largest that has
turned out for the race since 1863. He
won in a canter by three lengths from
two other outsiders, Hapsburg and
Peter the Hermit
C1assed as Outsider.
The betting just before the start of the
race was 20 to 1 against Durbar III. 33
to ! against Hapsburg and 100 to l
against Peter the Hermit.
The public favorites never fattered
their supporters at any stage of the
race. kennymore. who led the betting.
behaved SO badly at the post that he
delayed the start. and when the field was
finally sent away he was left in a bad
position. Polycrates made all the run
ming to the half distance, with Black
Jester. Hapsburg, Dan Russell and Dur
bar II close up. Rounding Tattenham
corner, Durbar II jumped In on the rail
and took up the running. He held the
several challengers. Dan Russell was
fourth.
Time, 2 Minutes 80 Seconds.
The time of the race was minutes IS
seconds, fraction of second quicker
than the average.
Mr.. Duryea had great faith in his
horse. which was backed for large
amounts by the American contingent.
The jubilation among the big crowd of
transatlantic visitors was distinctly no.
ticeable as the winner was led into the
paddock.
King George and Queen Mary were
both present, as well as most of the
while distributed about the course
were large numbers of Americans from
the resident colony, as well as from
the other side of the Atlantic.
The past glories of the journey by
road from London to Epson departed
with the advent of automobiles, and
the high spirits usually characterizing
the crowd Derby day were in some de-
gree dampened by the presence of an
army of police encamped about the
ground and forming lines along the
course to prevent any attempt at vio-
lence by militant suffragettes. 1t would
have required an airship to circumvent
the precautions taken by the police.
Stakes of Ancient Origin.
The Derby stakes was established in
1850, but races had taken place on the
same course as early as 1910. The
stakes is valued at $32.500. and is for
entire colts and fillies of three years
old. The course is about one mile and
half in length.
For this years race there were origi-
nally 31o entries.
The great favorite for this years
race. the Tetrarch, was scratched a
few weeks ago.
Durbar II. today's winner. is a bay
colt by Rabelais, out of Armenia. He
was bred in France.
Duryea's String of Victories.
one of the most prominent American turf
men. has already a string of eight vic
tories to his credit. The chief of these
was the race at Newmarket in 1912. where
Sweeper II broke away from the field in
a spectacular finish and won by length.
Mr.. Duryea bred Blgler, Manthorpe,
Banshee and number of other favorites
in English and French races. Duryea and
por- how inin onl
a number of horses. He has stables both
in England and France, and accompanied
by Mrs. Duryea has been familiar fig
ure at most Of the important races Of the
last ten years.
Duryea has never been better than sew
enth in previous Derbys. He took this
place with Sweeper III in 1912.
Formerly Duryea was well known as a
yachtsman. He took leading part in
the Americas cup races. and was identi-
fed with the syndicate that helped to de-
fend the Americas cup some years ago
His interest later turned to horse racing.
When the anti-betting laws were passed
in this state he started his foreign stables.
and since then has spent most of his time
abroad
Supposed sufragette Fires at Officer.
Ada Rice. supposed to be a militant
suffragette. was arrested on Epson
Downs today after she had discharged
a pistol loaded with blank cartrid
at a policeman. The powder burned
through the policeman's trousers and
blistered one of his legs.
The woman asserted that her husband
had handed her the weapon this morning
for use in case she was molested She
Indignantly repudiated the suggestion that
she was a suffragette. The weapon con-
tanned six blank cartridges