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...none of these. The horse that swept under the barrier as smoothly as a cob out for its morning canter, five lengths ahead of Lancegay, which ran second, was a horse owned by James Buchanan† (now Lord Woolavington), who sat alone with his cigar at Berkeley Square. It was a horse upon which Robert Bishop,** insurance clerk, held the winning ticket in the Calcutta Sweepstakes worth $600,000.‡ It was a horse for which King George of England politely rose to cheer. It was Coronach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Derby | 6/14/1926 | See Source »

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