At Ascot last week, eyed by Edward of Wales, the Duke & Duchess of York and several thousand other spectators in flowered dresses and grey toppers, Reigh Count, winner of last year's Kentucky Derby, and of this year's Coronation stakes in England, ran eagerly and fast but only came in second in England's great and fashionable Ascot Derby. The winner by two lengths was Invershin, a powerful seven-year-old owned by British Sportsman Reid Walker. Owner Walker, not as surprised as he might have 'been, because Invershin won the same race last year, purred as...
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