The 149th Renewal of THE DERBY STAKES
A Running Commentary by R. C. LYLE
Relayed from Epsom RACE COURSE
MR. LYLE'S running commentary on the Derby will be relayed from the Grand Stand on the course on Epsom Downs. The course, as tho plan on this page shows, follows a rough horseshoe formation, inclining downhill at tho start and uphill at the finish. Since the shortening of Tattenham Corner, the sharp, critical last bend before the final straight, the course measures exactly one mile, four furlongs. The record for the new course is held by Call Boy , who covered it in two minutes, thirty-four and two-fifth seconds in the 1927 race, a fifth of a second faster than Captain Cuttle in 1922. The Derby Stakes were first contested in 1780. and are now worth about £6,000.