DERBY DAY.

Shannon News, 29 July 1924, Page 2

DERBY DAY.

CHELSEA, June 7. Derby week, and the weather in its worst, most appalling, deplorable! wicked mood. Derby Day the rain pattered down persistently the whole day and the atmosphere was damp and depressing. The effect on the Downs was one of macintoshes and umbrellas, slimp mud and sudden grass, a reek .of petrol mingled with a smell of' damp leather, but despite all these trials, a thoroughly cheerful crowd. The day was notable in its win, Lord Derby’s horse Sansovino, the favourite, winning handsomely. For 137 years the Derby family have been trying to add this race to their turf triumphs. For nearly a quarter of that time it has been ambition of the present Lord Derby to win this classic event, which was initiated by bis ancestor in 1780. Yet till this year, in all that time, only one home, the founder’s Sir Peter Teazle, who won in 1787, has carried the Stanley colours first past the post. In; such circumstances, it was not surprising that Sansovino’s viotory was extremely popular. Three times in recent years Lord Derby’s entry has run second in this big event, in 1911 Stedfastj,. in 1920 Archaic and in 1923 Pharos. I am told that despite his interest in Turf matters Lord Derby never bets and when his horses win a largo share of the prize money is always devoted to his favourite charities. The Derby traffic trouble, always an alarming affair in late years was this year even worse although many preparations had been made to facilitate a comparatively easy entrance and exit t,o the Downs. A huge balloon was employed to view the roads frpp 1 above‘and signal the police where the crushes were coming, etc., but even this failed to prevent a veritable phaos of buses v charabancs, private cars and other vehicles; and the bad earner made everything worse. Not everyone who started reached Bpsom Downs and it was painful to think of the many of those who got there _ and might he condemned to stay there. The King and Queen, with the Queen of Roumania and members of the Royal Family, braved the mud and rain and arrived on the Downs to be met with a rousing welcome from the great crowds.

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