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...Suzy Volterra, 38, a pert, blonde Parisian widow, was not exactly a plunger. When her bay colt Phil Drake went to the post for the 176th running of the English Derby at Epsom Downs last week, it had the bright red and white of the Volterra stables on its back and only $56 of Suzy's money on its nose. With fine French caution, Suzy also bet $14 insurance money on the Aga Khan's Hafiz...
...Suzy figured it, she was not at Epsom to clean out the bookies. Her husband, the late Leon Volterra, French theater tycoon (Folies-Bergeres and Casino de Paris), had left her well fixed. She wanted to win to wipe out a white lie: Leon had died in 1949 still believing his wife's report that he owned a Derby winner. That year, the Volterra stables were running Amour Drake, the Derby favorite, and Amour Drake was beaten in a photo finish. Léon Volterra, on his deathbed, was told his horse...
...Panaslipper (100 to 1) charged into the lead on the outside. "I thought I was home and dried," said Panaslipper's Jockey Jim Eddery. Then Phil Drake came on. The big-hearted son of Admiral Drake slid past as if the field had slowed to a trot. Suzy Volterra's red and white silks crossed under the wire a length and a half ahead of Panaslipper. Running doggedly in third position: Acropolis...
...prize money meant as little to Suzy Volterra as the loss of her bet on Hafiz II. She had a winner for her husband's stables, and that was enough. Back in the saddling area, Alice Lady Derby congratulated her jockey on his fine ride and made brave plans for one more Derby...
Fabio and his grandfather had to hitch up the old oxcart to carry all the mail home. By last week, as the total climbed to more than 50,000 postcards, letters and packages, the nearest post office, 40 miles away in Volterra, had taken on an extra man just to handle Fabio's mail...