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...wagered $10,000,000 that he would win. Of the 20 other horses that went to the post, twelve were at odds of 50 or 100 to 1 and only five had any substantial backing. They were Lord Rosebery's Miracle, the Aga Khan's Dastur, Cockpen, Hesperus, and April the Fifth, owned by an actor-manager named Tom Walls. Tom Walls had bought April the Fifth-named for its birthday, which was also Actor Walls's-as a yearling for 200 guineas. Last week he told all his friends to bet on April the Fifth, promised...
...well-pleased by the parade to the post. Orwell walked in an efficient fashion, sleek and dignified, while the other horses pranced and sidled. When the race started, Orwell, still sleek and dignified, was less efficient. He stayed in the bunch behind the leaders while first Cockpen, then Lord Derby's Portofino. then Dastur took the lead. With a furlong and a half to go, Dastur was still ahead with Miracle running second and April the Fifth third. In black & pink, Jockey Fred Lane on the Walls horse and Jockey Wragg, riding Miracle, challenged at the same time...
...Laird o' Cockpen...
...Scottish Melodies--(Arranged by Arthur Whiting). "Scots, wha hae wi' Wallace bled," "Allister MacAllister," "Lewie Gordon," "Ca' the ewes to the knowes," "A hundred pipers," "Cam'ye by Athol," "O whistle and I'll come to you, my lad," "The Laird o'Cockpen," "Here's to the year that's awa'," "Willie brewed a peck o' maut," "Tullochgorum...
SCOTCH. Unknown--The Laird of Cockpen, Cam' ye by Athol, Ca' the yowes to the knowes...
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