The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-06-02


Copyright, 1891, bv TIE New YORK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
London, juno j.
Humor.st won to-days "Railroadless
Derby" It Is thus that Humortsts race
will be known in Derby history, for only
four trains ran all day into EPSON
Downs. The rest OF the nearly 2oo,Vp
people got there by road. including the
King and Queen. the princes and priri-
cesses and their suites. And while every
one thought OF the good old days when
all hands went to the Derby by road
behind everything from spanking Tours
to a donkey chaise, to-day's roads were
excessively modern.
This giant dirigible R-33 lowered over
the approaches to the race course with
wireless antennae dragging. and In re-
Spouse to her signals battalions of police
marshaled the traffic SO that the ava
lanche OF motor buses, Charabancs. pri-
vate cars and horse drawn vehicles ar
rived al the historic Upland without q
serious setback.
There was perfect racing weather.
and from many viewpoints IL was per-
feet race which went TO j. b. Joers
colors for the second time with Stew }
ponaShue riding the winner. Lord
Astor took second place with Crag an
Fran. Lemonora came in third and
Alan Brock, who had been a hot favor
ite up to last night. when he developed
foot trouble, was fourth. Twenty-three
horses ran
The same four finished ahead In the
Two Thousand Guineas event two wseks
ago, but at that time with Crag an Fran
first. It was the toughest day In many
years for the bookies. who have had a
lean season so far. Six to 1. to ! and
s to prices on the first three horses
proved them to be real favorites. It is
true that large sums were wagered by
various outsiders, but the bookles have
TO pay tremendous premiums with these
three all in tho money.
London Americans were severely Bit
ten in backing their countryman, A. K.
Macomber's The Bohemian. frankie
ONefll, the American Jockey, had the
mount and reports from Paris, where the
horse was trained, induced almost every
Yankee in London TO put the family Jew
els where patriotism dictated Tonight
there "ain't no" family Jewels In the
American quarters of London. The Bo-
hemian had the rail In the draw, but
that was his only distinction In the en-
tire race. Alan Breck leaped in front
Of him when the barrier went up after
several false starts, and led until they
rounded the corner. There Crag an Fran,
Humorist and Lemonora challenged and
up the stretch it was a gallant fight
waged by these three. with Humorist
winning by neck and Lemonora two
lengths behind.
But always ii is the surroundings
rather than the race itself which makes
a Derby. The King, arriving by motor,
drove down the course for the first time
In history. and was heartily cheered
Experts say that the lack of train ser
vice reduced the attendance, but that is
hard to believe after seeing the traffic
approaching the downs and a square mile
of parked motor cars about the course.
Certainly all the old figures were pres
ent from peers in gray top hats to the
pearly king and his Tidy" from White
chapel. Gypsies, tipsters and takers of
all sorts thronged the downs In undimin-
ished numbers and tonight 10 " certain
that with three favorites in b. money
more parties than ever ara celebrating
over winning with champagne in West
End restaurants.