The Archive · 1938

Huge Crowd

London, June 1.

The King and Queen, the Clu) Duchess of Kent, Queen Mary, Princess Royal and the Earl of Ha wood were among the huge crowd, timated to number over §00,000, who the race, The Hon, Peter Beatty i brother and the heir of Earl Beatty, Fred Darling trained the first and third horses. "He has now trained five Derby winners, Others to win the classic were Captain Cuttle, Manna, Coronach and Cameronian, The winning jockey was E, 'C. Elliott, He now rides mostly in France. He won the Derby in 1927, and was the Teading jockey, in 1024.

"The belting today was: 20-1 Bois Roussel; 8-1 Scottish Union; and 0-4 Pasch, "The race was worth £8,628 to the winning owner, while the owners of the second and third received £1,007 ahd £548 respectively, 'Last-minute tips were Bland Star, 'Manotite and Bois Roussel, but' very few people seriously thought that Pasch would be beaten.

After two or three attempts, the eld was sent off to an excellent start. The slow starters were Bois Roussel. Troon and Slip On.

Thicenee was about a length in front of Halcyon Gift, Pasch, Chatsworth ud Manorite in the fest two furlongs.

Halcyon Gift led uphill from Troon, Caerloptic, Scottish Union. Pasch, Cave Man, Licence, Pound Foolish and Chatsworth.

Rounding the bend to Tottenham Corner, Halcyon Gift kept his lead. He was two-thirds of a length clear a closely bunched group, and entered the straight still well ahead of Scottish Union, Pasch, Portmar-Rock, Tahir, Bois Roussel. Valerian, Golden Sovereign, Cave Man and Teoon.

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