The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-23
GLOOM REIGNS AS ENGLAND'S FALLEN IDOL CROSSES PLANK
Many Sporting Dignitaries See Zev's Conquered 0ppo- nent Start 3,000-MiIe Trip Back Home
By wESTBROOIx PEGLER tLeased Wire to The Age-Herald.

(Lcased Wire to The Age-Herald.)
 NEW YORK, Oct. 22.--The tiny voice of a bosuns pea-whistle was all the music that piped fallen champion up the side of the steam ship Aquitania Monday afternoon when the horse van backed up to the gang plank and Papyrus made his solitary way to his padded cell on E deck, aft.
 The same British sailors who manned the rail and showered their haitches over the North river dock side as he made pompous progress ashore less than three weeks ago, were going moodily about their duties on the floating commonwealth, giving no heed to the arrival of their pas senger. One photographer made a few exclusive studies of the late celebrity as Tommy Saw, the little English groom who broke in Papy- rus as colt, led him back on board. Tommy was still faithful. but de- feated, dejected and shrunken.
 As Papyrus trod the runway with the same smooth cleats which shared the ample blame for his defeat by zev in the fluid going at Belmont park he heard himself referred to as goat. camel and a COW. Tommy Saw spoke to the-horse, telling him it was all in the game, that you were a hero today and a bum tomorrow. Tommy quoted the philosophy of Hank Gowdy then of the Boston Braves. uttered at the time when he had just knock ed his homers in the world series of 1914 and was riding on 8 wave.
 Papyrus is one of the few visitors from Great Britain who, on return ing home. will not write a book of his American impressions He can't write, but that is q minor difficulty which has been overcome in the cases of many other eminent travellers be- fore him. But the fact is that Papy- rus has only one permanent impress sion of America, and. that is the vision of brown colt named Zev, viewed from astern for two and one- half minutes of agony and disap- pointment on Saturday afternoon Prominent Men At DOcksfde
 August Belmont and other sporting dignitaries of New York were promi- nent among those absent from the they had been there to greet him so short a time ago.
 And even Bar Gold, the friendly. lighthearted work pony. who had been his friend since they were foals together, had cut away from him now. Bar Gold had no choice in tho matter, else he might have elected to sail back home with Papyrus In the air-cushioned box and. in the dark ness at night, console him through the grating between their compart- ments. But Bar Gold is to remain in America for career on the turf, then to retire to the life of country gentleman and a family man. Ben Irish. who owned them both, sold Bar Gold by cable to John Hastings. who Will race him in steeple chases in America, and eventually send him to stock farm.
 For Papyrus it must be said that this unconcern attending his de- parture was entirely mutual. He took no more interest in the proceed ings than he had taken in the race where he gave perfect portrayal of detachment.
 Lunch was going forward when he entered his stall and he soon had his nose In the trough among 10 pounds of oats from his waning imported supply.
 Papyrus saved something by knowing when to quit. He goes back to Great Britain still the Derby win ner and still the champion of his own land.
 But Steve Donoghue, who lost the race with him Saturday. set out to achieve a record as the Joe Beckett of jockeys, for he accepted two mounts at Empire City Monday aft ernoon and finished third In a four horse race each time. Steve rode Ladkin in the fourth race, finishing just behind Bracadale, ridden by Earl Sande. the lad who beat him home at Belmont Park in the big contest. II. T. Waters, ridden by Cottilett, won the pace, a sprint of five and one-half furlongs.
 Donoghue again finished behind Sande in the sixth race when he brought Dominique home trailing Amor Patriae. with Sande aboard. Hullabaloo nosed out Amor Patriae by sprint in the stretch.
 Donoghpue unintentionally snubbed Sande when they met face to face after the race. It was explained. however. that he didn't recognize the American boy until he stepped be- hind him to have a lool: at his back.