The Sun.
London, England, 1836-05-20 00:00:00

EPSOM RACES—YEST.F;RD'Ar.
The length at which we have noticed the race for the all-
absorbing Derby, and the utter impossibility of coternimicating
anything like novelty or interest to the description of a scene
whien has been so repeatedly acted, and in which the dramatis
personas are always the same, renders it at once inconvenient
and unnecessary for us to occupy our own space or the time of
our readers in dwelling on the various incidents of the road.
Those who participated in the enjoyments of the day must
have seen, and those who did not liave read, all that ire tumid
write. It must suffice to state, that the attractions of yester-
day have seldom or ever been equalled, certainly never sur-
passed—that the weather was glorious, the. company brilliant
in fashion and number, and the amusements marked with all
that joyous and boisterous excitement for which " Ensein and
the English" are proverbial. Accidents were less numerous
than we have been accustomed to witness; but whether to at-
tribute this desirable change to any increase of accommodation
or politeness on the part of the toll-keepers, to a growing im-
provement in the professed and extemporaneous riders and
drivers, or to the salutary influence of " Temperance Socie-
ties," we have neither the means nor the inclination to ascer-
tain ; certain it is, however, that, in despite of an occasional
outbrcaking of the " spirit," there was less of drunkenness and
blackguardism than was " germane" to the scene. Sir An .
drew himself would not have felt scandalized in such a well
ordered company. The race ground was fitted up much in the
old way, the Grand Stand being, as it ought to be, the focus
of attraction to all who preferred " good society ;" it was lite-
rally full, and that the higher classes patronized it the follow-
ing list will prove :
His beyal Highness the Prince of Orange and sons, his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland; the Duke of Rut-
land, Duke and Duchess of Cleveland, Duke of Beaufort,
Duke of Richmond; Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter,
Marquis of Graham, Marquis of Granby, Marquis and Mar-
chioness Conyngham, Marchioness of -Aylesbury ; Earl and
Countess of Verulam, Earl and Countess of Wilton, Earl of
Lichfield, Earl of Jersey, Earl of March, Earl and Countess
of Uxbridge, Earl of Lincoln, Earl of Erroll, Earl Mulgrave ;
Lords G. Bentinek, Digby, Glendinning, A. Conyngham,
Fcrestcr, Cantelupe, Sstffield,W. Lennox, Bruce, A. Lennox,
Strafford, C. Fitzroy, Hamilton, Re Grosvenor, Macdonald,
Villiers, Stanley, Cranstoun, John Manners, John Fitzroy, F.
Fitzclarence, Alvanley, De Roos, Ebrington, William Pow-
lett, Portarlington, Foley, Elphinstone, Exmouth, Sidney,
Andover, Craven, Burghersh, &c.; Ladies A. Conyngham,
A: Peel, A. K. Erskine, A. Millbank, Suffield, Mary Grim-
stun, Joliffe ; Hons. G. Byng, G. Anson, General Gros-
venor, B. Craven, A. Villiers, Captain Rous, C. Forester,
A. Berkeley, Grimston, S. Wortley, Dundas ; Sirs C.
Coote, D. Baird, G. Heathcote, L. Glyn, F. H. Goodricke,
M. Wood, J. Shelly, J. Hanbury, J. Gerard, W. Joliffe, C.
Coote, Mr. Parker, J. Boswell ; General Buller ; Colonels
Peel, Hawker, Lyster, O'Meara, Standen, Stanhope, Mon-
tague, Clive, Angerstein ; Captains Gage, Powlett, Dixon,
Gardner, Ricardo, Mackey, Williamson, Ellice, Fairlie, Rus-
sel, Nicholson, Hetherington, Spender, Parker; Messrs.
Poyntz, M. P., C. Greville, Stonehewer, Payne, M. Stanley,
Worrell, Codrington, M. P., D. Codrington, Irby, De Cres-
pigny, Waddington, Lyric Stephens, Singleton, Houldsworth,
M. P., Crosby, Batson, Cookes, M. P., Bowes, M.P., &c.
As the time fixed for starting (half-past two) drew near,
the anxiety of the spectators increased, and immense numbers
flocked to the warren to see the horses stript ; as usual, many,
trusting to their knowledge of " points" and " condition,"
entered it to their cost. " The favourite looks too light to
stay the distance—l must get my money off;" or " John Day's
nag goes well—l must put on a little," &c. ; and thus, nine
times out of ten, a man loses his money after seeing the horses
" go," when he might have " pulled through" had he remained
in the Stand, and trusted to public running or his book.—
Vide Plenipo, who was " as fat as a pig ;" and Queen of
Trumps, who was "as lame as a cat ' At the hour fixed for
starting the ring was broken up, and the horses at the post;
of course, no one imegined that such an absurdity as that the
race would be run without false starts—a dinner without a .
goose, or an opera without an overture, would be quite as
much out of character—to omit them would amount almost to
a forfeiture of the right by which the meeting is held; it is
only at such an old-fashioned place as Doncaster that they
take the trouble to get off a field of twenty or thirty horses
without trying their tempers with a few preliminary roulades.
In order, therefore, that the spectators should have their quan-
tum of sport, more than half a dozen attempts to start were
made without success, and it was not till half-past three that
the race came off. We subjoin a list of the " running horses,"
conditions, betting, and other particulars.
Second Year of a Renewal of the Derby Stakes of 50 sovs. each,
h. it., for three vrs old; colts, Bst. 71b. ; fillies, Bst. 21b.
Mile and a half. The second to receive 100 sovs. out of the
Stakes ; and the winner to pay 100 sovs. towards the expenses of
the Police. 128 Subs.
Lord Jersey's Bay Middleton Robinson 1
Lord Wilton's Gladiator
The following also started, but were not placed :
Mr. J. Day's Venison J. Day
Colonel Peel's Slane .Pavis
Mr Chifney's The Athenian F. Butler
Duke of Richmond's Sepoy Boyce
Colonel Peel's b. c. Mr. Wags, by Langer Nat
Mr. Osbaldeston's Ebberston Wheatley
Lord Chesterfield's Alfred Rogers
Mr. Batson's Taishteer Wakefield
Lord Exeter's Muezzin
Sir S. Glyn's Recruit S. Day, jun.
Mr. Robinson's Whaley
Lord Lichfield's c. by Velocipede Cartwright
Mr. Allen's Master of the Rolls Lye
Mr. E. Peel's Morison Macdonald
Captain Gardnor's Idiot ...
Sir G. Heathcote's Willesden Buckle
Duke of Beaufort's Hatfield Wright
Lord Chesterfield's Weighton E. Edwards
Lord Egremont's Emmelina colt G. Edwards
The odds at starting were 7 to 4 agst Bay Middleton, 7 to
2 agst Venison, 1 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's two, 10 to 1 agst
Sepoy, 12 to 8 agst Gladiator (taken), 25 to 1 agst the Athe-
nian, 25 to 1 agst Alfred, 30 to 1 agst Emmeline, 30 to 1 agst
Muezzin, and 50 to 1 agst Recruit. We have before alluded
to the great loss of time in starting. The failures were occa-
sioned by the restiveness of The Athenian, with whom force
and persuasion were alike unavailing. In the last attempt he
was in the same unlucky mood, and the start, a most unsatis-
factory one, was made without him. Recruit, who was cow.-
sinned to cut out the work for Venison, took the lead at a ca-
pital pace, followed by Venison, Bay Middleton lying at the
heels of the latter, on the inside, and Slane on the upper side,
the Emmeline colt and Idiot being well laid up with them.
This lot got off favourably ; but the jockies of Gladiator, Sepoy,
Taishteer, Muezzin, Willesden, and one or two others, stopped
their h6rses after running a few yards, under an impression as
The Athenian was left behind, it was no start, by this they had
a good deal of leeway to make up, and, without going so far
as to agree with the assertion that Gladiator would have won
had he not lost so much start, it is very clear that his, and the
chance of every other horse compromised, was materially af-
fected. Recruit carried on the running till near the top of the
hill, where he tired and fell back into the ruck, the Master of
the Rolls having already succumbed to the pace. Slane Ve-
nison, the Emmeliana colt, Bay Middleton, and Gladiator (who
had by this time reached the front rank), now composed tho
first division, Slane leading it round the turn, where he was
repassed by
,Venison. At this point it did not require a pair
of spectacles to see how the race would finish. Bay Middleton
was pulling double, and his rider looking round with a trium-
phant stare. At the road, Slane and the Emmeliana colt were
beaten off; Venison, however, supported the lead to the dis-
tance, where Bay Middleton and Gladiator went up to him.
Here " honest John" tried his strength, found that it would
not do, and instead of cutting up his Venison, very prudently
kept him for another meal. The two immediately quitted
him, Gladiator being a trifle in advance for a moment, but it
was only for a moment, as the " crack" came the instant he
was called on, and ran home a gallant winner by two lengths.
Venison was beaten about three lengths from 'Gladiator. Slane
and Alfred were next, the Emeliana colt sixth, and after him
Taishteer, Muezzin, and Willesden, all at long intervals, the
others coming in one by one, at immense distances from the
winner ; in fact, it was one of the most complete tailraces ever
seen. There was a good deal of altercation after the race
with respect to the start, several of the jockeys insisting that it
ought not to have been suffered, inasmuch as The Athenian
never went up to the post; the starter, per contra, declared.
that it was a bona fide start, and so it was decided. Scott as-
serts confidently that his horse would have won but for the loss
of ground at starting. Lord Jersey and his friends are very
large winners, and the betting men, with one or two exceptions,
losers. Some of the balances are so heavy on the debtor side
that an indifferent settling is anticipated. The winner is bred
of 'at running family on both sides, his sire having run Tiresias
to a head for the Derby, and his dam won the Oaks : he is got
by Sultan, out of Cobweb (bred by Lord Jersey), by Phantom
(-a Derby winner), out of Filagree, by Soothsayer, odt of Web
(Middleton's dam), by Waxy (a Derby winner), out of Pete-
lope, by Trumpeter. Value of the Stakes, 3,7251., subject to
he winner's stake, and the deductions specified in the condi-

tions.
Two races followed the Derby, and were closely contested,
but did not lead to any speculation.
The Headley Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 added ; three yrs chi,
7st. ; four, Sst. ; five, Bst. 91b ; six and aged, Bst. I.lb. A win-
ner at any time (matches excepted) to carry, for twice, 31b
thrice, 51b; four times and above, 71b. extra. Mares and geld-
ings allowed 31b., and horses that have started four times
and not won allowed 31b. List half mile. 17 Subs.
Colonel Peel's Arsenic' 3 yrs W. Boyce 1
Mr. Phillimore's b. 1. Lady Anna, by Camel .... 2
Mr. Thornhill's b. c. Ermine, 3 yrs
Mr. Rush's b. f. by Camel, 3 yrs
The winner made running throughout, and won cleverly by
a length. •
'fhu Croydon Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 35 added. One mik.
The winner to be sold for 120 sovs. 5 Subs.
Mr. Cooper's ch. g. Edward, 4 yrs Natt 1
Mr. Houldsworth's b. h. Caliph, 4 vrs
Mr. E. Peel's Whimsical, 5 yrs
Mr. Shelley's Airy, 5 yrc
Edward made play to the Stand, where Caliph Challenged.
A fine race and was won only by a neck. The winner claimed.
THE OAKS--(THIS DAY.)
2 to I cost Mr. Scott's Cyprian—taken
6 to I agst Mr. Walker's Erainch
6 to 1 agst Mr. Datvson's Fair Jane
6 to 1 rgst Mr. Armitage's Vesper •
to 1 agst Lord• Exeter's Togla_tak„,
1. to 1 agst Sir. Allen's Promise—tal,en
1. to 1 agst Mr. Houldsworth's Dete,iny

The attraction of the raeeo.for the Derby was so
great-esterday, that there was sefacely a single equipage to
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be seen
at the west cud'of the town, and the fashionable
streets and squares were. compuatively deserted, until about
six o'clock in the evening, tithea the company ware returning
from Epsom.