Evening star., 1929-06-05
TR|GO WINS DERBY
AS FAVOR|TES FAIL
Outsider, at SO to |, Comes
Home Far Ahead-WaIter
Gay Is Second.

By the Associated Press.
EPSON DOWNS, England, June s.
W. Barnett's Trigo, an outsider at 33 TO
/, ran away from picked field Of IS
rivals to win the 149th running Of the
English Derby here. today.
Before an immense crowd estimated
by one official at nearly million, ="
this comparatively obscure son OF
Blandford and Athasi romped home a
winner by one and ono-half lengths.
Bets Total 100000, 900.
As the game colt tore down the slope
of the straighway 70 register one of the
many upsets recorded in the long history
of this famous classic. literally millions
of dollars changed hands throughout
the world, where wagering and particl-
patton in the mammoth sweepstakes Is
believed to have totaled nearly
10000 900.
In that final rush for the finish
which is accertuated in the derby by a
doVnhill sweep in the famous track.
thousands of eyes searched in VAN
favorites as Cragadour, Mr.. Jinks and
Hunters Moon
Kopi Falls at Corner.
OF the three show horses, Walter
Cav which finished second, was the
Brienz. which came home third, two
lengths farther back, was held at the
extremely lorg odds of so to l.
Walter Gay was owned by Lord
Woolavington. and Brienz by Soner-
vile Tattersall
walter Gay had been one Of the
heaviest tipped horses in the event for
the last few days and his fine showing
was we'll received. There had been
some doubt before the race as to
whether he would start as his popular
owner had served warning that the
hard ground might keep him out of the
field
Hunters Moon Is Fourth.
Kopi, which was one of the most
heavily backed entries, fell near the
hazardous "Tattenham corner" His
Jockey, F. N. Winter. escaped injury
The Judge placed Lord Derby's Hun
ter's Moon fourth and w. NJ. G. Sing
ers Engrade fifth.
American Horses Slow.
The ,American-owned horses, Mrs.
Glorney's Posterity and Gordon Self
ridges PDQ, we're slow in getting into
their stride after the start.
Posterity pounded away strongly, but
was not sufficiently fast to catch the
leaders and finished sixth, while PDQ
was not in the first is.
Barnett. Trigo's owner, is an Irish
breeder who bred the Newbury Cup VIM
ner, Athford brother of Trtgo.
Trigo's trainer is R. c. Dawson, also
an Irishman, who never before trained
an EPSON Derby winner. He trained
Fifnella. which won the wartime
Derby at New Market and also the Oaks
Stakes. Trigos jockey was J. Marshall
a young EPSON lad who is a pupil Of
Trainer Stanley Wooton. He rode a
gallant race.
None of the forecasters thought much
of Brienz, but this horse shone bril-
liantly enough in the gruelling test over
the nile-and- half course. He COM
pletely outshone Lord Astor's Craga-
dour, the favorite, his stablemate in
training.
Time Is 2:36:2-5
Partly because of the fact that the
winner was an outsider, it may be days
before the holders of the lucky tickets
will be known.
When the big field of 26 at last was
sent away, Trtgo's jockey btded, his
time and it was not until the turn into
the long straightaway that the irish
colt gained the lead, hotly pursued by
Hunters Moon, Caragadour, Rattlin'
Trigos time for the II mile course
was minutes, 36 2-5 seconds.
Hundreds of Gypsies in their pic
turesque garments were congregated on
the Downs, lust as though ban on
their encampment had not been issued
recently by the EPSON Grandstand
Association, which controls the race
course.
The basement of the great grand
stand was a picture OF fever1sh actiV-
itv as scores of cooks and their assist
ants prepared enough dishes to feed an
army corps.
Two who, in previous years, have
meant much to the Derby we're missing
from the crowd King George, who has
attended for years was confined to his
sick bed at Windsor Castle, unable to
be present Lord Rosebery, whose
horses have written Derby history, died
recently. Members, of his stable won
the blue ribbon three times, a feat
duplicated by the late King Edward VII,
Hunters Moon shins Sore.
Hunters Moon suffered sore shins a
week ago, but was heavily backed just
the same.
The Derby course is in the shape Of
a horseshoe The start is made at the
shank Of the shoe farthest from the
grandstsrd and the finish in front OF
the royal box. The first half mile is
run uphill, the second four furlongs or
an approximate level and the final hall
mile doTnhill
The first Derby was run in 1880 un-
der the sponsorship of the Earl oi
Derby. Only twice, however, has ar
Earl of Derby colt won the classic fol
the 3-year -olds-Sir Peter Teazle II
1887 and Sansoyino in 1924.