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Sr 'fele greatest Horse -nice in the world
was run this week. It is, of course,
known and appreciated throughout the
world as the ancestor of all Derbies every-
where. ft is the English Derby, the 174th
running of which took place Wed-
nesday at Epsom Downs race track, in
Surrey County, England.
Crowds estimated in the hundreds of thousands have
Viewed this colorful race annually, and as many probably
will witness the 1953 revival of this event, inaugurated in 1780.
The Derby, weak imitations of which are raced all over
the world, was a famous race when Canada was a tiny colony,
and the United States government was in its infancy. And
American thoroughbred racing owes practically all that it is
to British racing stock, of which two of the most famous
winners of the Epsom Derby are now on breeding harms in
this continent—Blenheim II and Mahmoud. Whirlaway, win-
ner of the Kentucky Derby of 1941, was sired by the former.
As far back as the very first Derby, American eyes were
cast on the winner, Diomed, and he was brought to a Virginia
farm, proving a foundation sire of American breeding. Rock
Sand, winner of the Derby of 1903, came to America and left
his mark on the equine blood -lines of this continent.
Two world Wars failed to halt the Derby. In World War
f. the ancient race was renewed at Newmarket as the New
Derby Stakes and this process was repeated in the second
world war.
Contrary to prevailing belief, the English Derby con•
tenders run as in America with their left sides to the rail,
throughout the mile and 881 yards distance—and on the turf.
The Epsom course starts up grade, then slopes the other
way slightly and finally the field finishes on a gentle uphill
grade. That takes real stamina, after a mile and one-half
heart -breaker.
The race usually is open and three 1.00 -to -1 shots have
scored in the Epsom classic and plenty of -other long shots,
one at 1000 to 15. On the other hand in all the long history
of the event only nine horses quoted at less than even money
have won.
One winner was Iroquois, 2 to 1, the only American -bred
and owned horse ever to win the British event. Iroquois was
raced by Pierre Lorillard, onetime American tobacco magnate.
Probably everything that could happen on a race course
has occurred during the life of the Epsom Derby, extending
into three centuries.
But the last one you'd think to happen would be for a
"ringer" to finish first!
In 1843 Running Rein, a four-year-old, was slipped in as
a three-year-old and he finished first! The deceit was discov-
ered, however, and the winner disqualified. Orlando, 20 to J.,
was winner of the $21,750 purse.
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"Don't believe all you hear
and only half of what you see"
would seem to be a pretty fair
motto for those millions who are
laking their box -fighting over the
TV route. Within a couple of
hours after the Marciano-Walcott
fiasco, we heard several TView-
ers who were prepared to take
their paralyzed oaths that Wal-
cott had not only been the vic-
tim of a short count, but that
they had distinctly heard the
referee and knockdown - time-
keeper chanting the seconds, and
that the two had been a couple
of seconds apart in their timing,
Now that all the hullabaloo has
died down, the pictures—the most
.complete ever taken—have been
scanned by experts. And what
is the verdict? It was a full, fair
count, right on the button, and
not even a teeny trace of skull-
duggery or even poor officiating.
So what it all really amounted
to was this; poor old Joe .forgot
two things—first, to duck, and—
second, to get up in time, How-
ever, we needn't feel too sorry
for Mr. Walcott. It took him a
long time to get into the big
money—but when he did, he
landed there with both feet. He
wasn't the greatest heavyweight
who ever lived; but he was far
from being the worst. What he
lacked, mostly, was color— ex-
cept in the pigmentation of his
skin. e*
Thirty or more years ago there
was another heavyweight who
lacked nothing of color either in
or out of the ring. Remember
Louis Phal? Well, maybe not by
that name; but when we give •
him his none -du -resin of Bat-
tling Siki you'll surely recall him.
It all started one night when
the captain of a short-handed
British freighter sent some of
his crew ashore at a French West
African port to try and pick up
some extra help. Three of the
toughest of these sailors spied a
barefooted Senegalese native who
looked husky enough to make a
good sailor and tried to put the
snatch on him. The limeys got
the surprise of their lives, how-
ever, for in a short but bloody
battle the young Senegalese stiff-
ened all three of the prospective
kidnapper a. At least that's the
way 1311) Stern tells it and we
have no reason to doubt his word.
* *
The young Negro, only recently
out of the African jungle, was a
fifteen -year-old boy named Louis
Phan.
Hiding in a doorway near by,
Potable Volt Jolter—Resembling an artillery piece from outer
space, this 340,000 -pound transformer is the largest portable
transformer in the United States. The transformer "steps down"
electricity from 230,000 volts to 115,000 volts. Shown here it is
mounted on to 175 -ton railroad flat car.
It's A Big Rocket To Them—Loud noises and shoving crowds at
the coronation in London didn't bother these horses after they've
completed their special "racket rehear,sais." The horses got their
"soundproofing" at Woolwich, England, by being driven past
men who shout and clang garbage can lids together. One horse
can't take it, but he'll learn.
and watching the fight, was a
Frenchman who happened to be
a small-time manager of prize
fighters. lV.ith an eye for an easy
d&.lar, he lost no time in trying
to convince young Louis Phal
that his future and fortune lay
in the ring. Easily persuaded the
Senegalese, unschooled and near-
ly savage, deserted the African
jungle to become a member of
the civilized world as a prize
fighter. Eto took the ring name
of Battling Siki.
Siki received his baptism of
fire on a night in 1913, in the
French city of Toulouse. No big-
ger than a middleweight, he
fought an experienced and veter-
an French heavyweight. The
youngster, barely sixteen years
of age, won by a knockout after a
brutal struggle.
Battling Siki fought again and
again, always matched with big-
ger, stronger men who knew all
the cruel tricks of their trade.
Always he won. When hurt or
stung, the young Senegalese was
like a black, jungle cat savagely
striking out until his opponent
lay unconscious at his feet.
* *
The fame of the wild boy from
the African jungle was growing
rapidly when the first World War
engulfed Europe. Battling Siki
enlisted in the French Colonial
Forces. After the war, a hero in
the eyes of the civilized world,
he returned to Paris, on his broad
chest the Croix de Guerre and
the Medaille llfilitaire.
,
Battling Siki went back to the
ring, for he loved the savagery
of the .port. Fie also loved
pleasure. He never trained.
Champagne, women, parties, all
these filled Battling Siki's crowd-
ed days and nights. When he
fought in the ring, this -mag-
nificently gifted fighter won con-
sistently. Finally, Battling Siki
battled his way to a shot at the
light - heavyweight championship
of the world, a title held at ethe
time by France's idol, Georges
Carpentier.
The match set all France afire.
Fifty thousand Frenchmen came
to see the battle, the largest
fight crowd in Paris records.
;,
'1'1'ie bout itself was memor-
able. It was not only one of the
wildest, bloodiest, and most sav-
age combats in the long history
of fistiana, but also one of the
foulest, Gorgeous Georges Car-
pentier, realizing that he had
met his match in the former Af-
rican jungle boy, tried every con-
ceivable trick to win. On his side,
Battling Siki was so enraged at
the cruel tactics of his adversary
that he reverted to to the jungle
too. Carpentier was in ghastly
shape when the referee ,to save
the glamorous Frenchman from
the ignominy of defeat by a
knockout, stopped the fight in the
4ixth round and awarded the vic-
tory to him on a foul.
For a moment, the great audi-
ence sat stunned. Carpentier lay
an the ring floor, his face beaten
into a bloody pulp. Then pan-
demonium broke loose at the de-
cision given by the biased referee..
Seats were torn from their
moorings and tossed into the
ring. Angry thousands tried to
storm forward from all parts of
the arena as gendarmes rushed
to the rescue.
4 �
During the commotion, the
judges held a hasty consultation.
Minutes after the fight Ended,
a newdecision was rendered. It
was "Winner by a knockout.--
Battl.ing Siki:"
i< a
The cries of the snob changed
to cheers, Battling Siki was lifted
to willing shoulders and swept
ant of the arena, to be paraded
up and: down the streets of Paris.
Now the former barefoot native
became the idol of all France.
Ile played the role to the hilt, with
his wild Antics, in and out of the
boulevards. He had only fo ap-
pear in the streets or at the table
of a favorite cafe .to bring flocks
of women to his side seeking
his favor. And what pleased him
most was to promenade the
Grands Boulevards of Paris with
a lion cm s. leash!
The pride and arrogance of the
new' light -heavyweight champion,
the confidence he had in his skill
and ability as a fighter are indi-
cated by his agreement to meet
one of America's hest fighters,
Mike McTigue. Not only did Siki
agree to meet the Irishman in
Ireland but he also agreed to the
date proposed by Mike—St. Pat-
rick's Day!
Siki defended his crown against
McTi.gue in a Dublin arena jam-
med with frenzied Irishmen
howling for his blood. Soldiers
stood guard at ringside with fix-
ed bayonets. Ireland, at the time,
was in the throes of the black
and tan "troubles."
,k *
As Battling Siki entered the
ring, a giant explosion rocked
the arena. A bomb had been set
off near by. Despite the tense-
ness of the situation, Siki fought
Mike McTigue twenty rounds to
a decision. And, as everyone ex-
pected with an Irishman meeting
a Negro in Dublin on St. Pat-
rick's Day, the decision went to
1VfcTigue.
e *
Shortly afterwards, Battling
Siki carne to America with the
heavyweight title as his goal.
But high living had taken its fate-
ful toll of that magnificent black
body. Siki won a few fights, lost
a few fights. Before making his
bid for the heavyweight crown,
he tried to reclaim his lost light -
heavyweight title, Paul Berlen-
bach, eone of the hardest hitters
in the ring, blasted Siki's :fond
hopes by knocking him cold. It
was the beginning of the end.
Battling Siki began to lose more
and more often, and to live high-
er and higher,
*
Close to midnight., 4on Decem-
ber 15, 1925, some two years after
Siki had arrived in the United
States, a policeman walking his
beat in New York's Hell's Kit-
chen stumbled over a body
sprawled face down in a rain -
soaked gutter. It was Battling
Siki, two bullets lodged in his
back. The revolver which had
fired the shots was on the side-
walk nearby.
The crime was perfectly ex-
ecuted. To this day, the murderer
of Battling Siki has not been
found. So far as everyone was
concerned it was the end of the
story for Battling Siki, age 28,
the man from the African jungle
who had sought fame and pleas-
ure in a civilized world only to
find death in a wet gutter far
from his Senegal hone.
New York Streets
In Bygone Days
All during the eighteen -fifties,
summer and winter, New Yorkers
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found pleasure in driving out of
town to the upper reaches of Man-
hattan. On warns, sunny days the
Croton Reservoir, on the west
side of Fifth Avenue oetween
Fortieth and Forty-second Streets,
was a favorite destination. Its
high walls gave it the look of a
mast Egyptian temple, and their
top formed a broad promenade
from which you had fine views
of the city to the south, the Hud-
son and East Rivers, and the rol-
ling country that stretched north-
ward...
In summer and in winter, New
Yorkers who kept fast racers and
trotters exercised them on Third
Avenue, The Center of this wide
boulevard was paved for one mile
north of Astor Place, but there
were dirt toads left at the sides,
and beyond the pavement it was
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swarm of sleighs of all sorts and
sizes, their bells jangling as they
sped along. .There were gaily
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son velvet. There were large,
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lynx robes bound in red ribbon
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Conversation was likely to turn,
also on the gold rush to California.
The shipyards that lined. the East
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north could not build enough clip-
pers to embark the crowds of ad-
venturers who hoped to find for-
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Horn—ninety-sit days was con-
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