Emily Davison, the proud suffragette, wearing her Holloway broach and Medal of Valour. © Mary Evans Picture Library
The battleaxe she became by 1913 thanks to years of hunger-striking and forcible feeding. © Getty Images
They might have been brothers: ‘Lucky’ Loder and ‘The Spare’. RIGHT © National Portrait Gallery, London
But their differences are evident in portraits by Vanity Fair and Mayfair. LEFT © Getty Images, RIGHT © Michael Manser
Craganour at the end of his juvenile career with Billy Saxby up and Jack Robinson at his head. © Michael Manser
Saxby reduced to playing golf instead of riding winners. © Getty Images
Johnny Reiff, champion of France: victim of the American Disease? © Press Association
The parade: Anmer and Craganour preen for photographers. © Press Association
Tattenham Corner: Davison is pole-axed. © Getty Images
The injured Jones is carted away. © Press Association
The finish: from left to right the five leaders are Nimbus, Great Sport, Craganour, Aboyeur and Louvois; Day Comet’s run up the rail is completely missed. One can deduce from Reiff’s upright body position how Craganour is suffering from Aboyeur’s drift to the right under Piper’s left-hand whipping. © Getty Images
Four heads in line: Craganour, Aboyeur, Louvois and lastly, against the rail, Day Comet. © Press Association
Winner’s enclosure: Bower Ismay leads in his short-lived Derby winner. © Getty Images
Davison’s canonisation. © Getty Images
Davison’s cortège brings central London to a standstill. © Press Association
The final resting place of ‘Faire Emelye’. © Author collection