London, June 2.
Among those who had backed Bois Roussel in the Derby was a programme girl working in a London theatre, who had dreamt he would win. She put. £3 on him at odds of 100 to 1, and consequently received £300.
On the recommendation'of the Aga Khan, the Hon. Peter Beatty. brother and heir of Earl Beatty, had bought Bois Roussel for £8,000 from a Frenchman, M. Leon Volterra. after the horse had won a race at Long-champs in April, Tt was the only ruce he had run previous to the Derby.
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