the Derby London, June 5.
Lord Derby won the Derby yesterday with Sansovino, whose victory means that, for the first time in 187 years, 2 member of the House of Derby has won the race named after the Lord Derby of long ago.
Lord Derby will not now need to change his nationality. He said at the Press Club on Monday that, having read that a Rumanian had won the Rumanian Derby 28 ti he thought of going to-that "p dise for race horse owners." The present Lord Derby has been trying' to win this race for 31 years.
He has won every other classic race—the St. Leger is an especially lucky race for him—but up till today his efforts to win the Derby. have been in vain, Three times he has run second—
In 1911 with Stedfast In 1020 with Arehaly Last year with Pharos.
During the whole of his racing career Lord Derby, who, to use his own words, "started racing in order to spur his father on to greater efforts" has only had one trainer:—the Hon. George Lambton.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.