RACING.

Hokitika Guardian, 29 May 1925, Page 2

RACING.

■CBTtULIAN and n.z. oabl* abbooiation THE DERBY RESULT. SYDNEY, -May 28. Tho Eastern Extension Company on a clear line transmitted the Derby result from London in ninety seconds. HOW THE COMMONS WAS INFORMED. LONDON, May 27. The Commons plan to hear the Derby result was successfully carried out when Mr Ashley finished answering questions relating to electricity, Mr Dawson rushed in and said: “Arising out of that, question, may 1 ask it the Ministry of Transport is aware that Alanua won the Derby.” THE DERBY. -MANNA’S HISTORY. LONDON, May 28. Manna, the winner of the Derby, cost GGOO guineas at the Doncaster yearling sales, where lie was picked by Trainer Darling, whom the owner, Mr Morris, annually commissions to buy what ho thinks the best yearling. Mr Morris is reputed to be a millionaire. He is a big merchant at Shanghai.

Mr Maeombe, the owner of Sirdar, is an American millionaire, and is believed to own the largest number of racehorses in the world. He trains ill Frame, and lie i.-, a frequent competitor on the French,' British ami American courses. LONDON, May 27. .Mr Carew, the winner of the first prize m the Calcutta Sweep on the Derby, began life in a Liverpool draper’s shop. He went to sea as an ordinary seamen, and was next employed at boiler-scraping. He then took’over his employer's business. He sold onequarter share in his ticket for £2OOO, after drawing Manna, and he sold another quarter share this morning for £SOOO. He wins altogether £-15,000. Carew says: “1 left work this morning in order to avoid excitement, and J went home and said a few prayers. 1 went to bed, and smoked my pipe peacefully until tho time of the race. 1 drew Manna in another small sweep at Hull. This made me more certain 1 was in luck’s way. I saw the race in my mind’s eye, and I knew the result as soon as the horse flashed past the post. Whatever else I. might do . with money, I intend to give £IOOO to the Roman Catholic Orphanage at Crosby. Why should 1 buy a motor-car, when 1 have the motor-ear that Bottomlev used before he was sentenced.” The winning ticket was obtained from a Liverpool firm, which, for thirty years, has distributed a thousand tickets a year. Half a d«:cn tickets were given to Sam Mac-Queen, the Rugby International, who sold two, including that which Carew held.