Should they encounter the British captain James Cook ... In the ensuing melee, Cook was beaten and stabbed to death, along with four of his marines; Hawaiian losses were far greater.

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Captain Cook, who hopped on the classic trail by virtue of a victory in the $250,000 Withers S. at Aqueduct on Saturday, already has a number of connections to the Kentucky Derby (G1).

His memorials have been the focus of Australia Day protests in recent years but Captain James Cook's life and death show he was no xenophobe, writes DAVID ELLERY.