A Humorist racing plate, chromium plated and mounted on a velvet backboard with a photographic portrait of the racehorse and a name plaque, in an ebonised frame, 19 by 20cm., 7 1/2 by 8in. square The 1921 Derby winner Humorist was a chestnut colt foaled in 1918 by Polymelus out of Jest. He won three other career races. Humorist Mr J B Joel, trained by C Morton and ridden by Steve Donoghue in The Derby.