1882 Derby -- black jockeys gang up on favorite -- sandbagging trainer cashes big bet

[Calzone Lord]

Fast forward to the part where Babe Hurd suggests black riders teamed up on Runnymede.








Interesting facts about the race...Babe Hurd got paid $25 for winning. Runnymede beat Apollo easily a week later.






This piece appeared in a DRF several decades after everything above. Runnymede was called a great horse 50 years later.