The Sun.
London, England, 1857-05-28 00:00:00

L0N007,..., THURSDAY EVF.NING, MAY 1857.

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SHIPWRECKED FISHERMEN and MA-
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SPOETING INTELLIGEPCE.

EPSON" RACES;—WzbatEsnala
THE DERBY DAY.
London's only Carnival, the Derby day, came off
yesterday on a grand scale of magnitude and suc-
cess. Everything was favourable, even the weather
was as brilliant as if no•pubiic holiday was mutt,
and the whole day will bear comparison with the
most auspicious' that ever assembled the metropolis
upon the Downs of Epsom. For one day, both by
right and fashion, is London privileged to take
leave of its sen es and abandon itself without re-
serve to the dusty-pleasures of the Derby. For 24
hours trade and business are as Milks of no ac-
count. The " oddS" and turf " shaves" succeed in-
voices and }sink accounts, and all give themselves
up to the enjayment of the great holiday with a
relish and excitekivnt that inseires the 'most blasé'
and rouses the most pkesmatic. It is very Well
to say that it is our nalonal taste for horse.
sac .ng which blackens the Downs on these occasions,
but we have our doubts of the correctness Of the-
assertion. .What would the race be without tile
road to it, the people, the little pleasure parties,
and the not little hampers ? The Derby day is, in
fact, the metropolitan pit Lie. It is looked forward
to as such, and the dust, hurry, confusion, tepid
champagne, and gritty fowls are so marry necessary
adjuncts to the great day oak Take away any of
these accessories, and the llfaiby day would be as
tedi.(;us as a debate on Maynooth.
The roads yesterday were as the roads can only
be on these occasions.
There was, of course, no lack of equipages of all
kinds—splendid, moderate, decent, and used up,—
and tbe usual per tentage of animals that would not
go with others that couldn't, and never should have
been tried at all. What a marvellous resurrection
of horseflesh always takes place on the Derby day.
Like the bony villains that can, only be assembled
by a public execution, so also are the ricketty quad-
rupeds on the road to Epsom to be seen at no other
time or place. Where are they kept. till the great
day calls upon them to exhib t a fe-dsle motion and
make believe as if they were going to run ? Woat
becomes of themnil when the day is past ? Every
yarieiy of these unfortunate quadrupeds was out
yesterday. Some had about as much chance of
reaching the Downs as Stonehenge, and human
credulity was exhibited in its most aggravated form
among the pasties who sat behind such beasts, evi-
dently under the notion that they would take them
to Epsom. Other horses there were of a more de-
ceitful character, whose performances it was evi-
dent would terminate at the Downs and re lute
the youthful clerks in blue veils to the unpleasant
necessity of passing the Light -in the carriage or
dragging it back to town themselves. But these
were by no means the worst among the various
specimens of horseflesh. There were many "gay"
animals. The celebrated predicsmeut of Mr. Briggs
in a bathing-machine behind a jibbing horse, and
the tide coming in, was quite outdone by the vaga-
bond eccentricities of some animals, which, without
warning, backed full into the stream of vehicles
with awful havoc. The steep hill leading up to the
course afforded peculiar opportunities for such dis-
plays ; on arriving at this the general opinion
among the bosses seemed to be that they had done
aiaite enough, and those that had been lively en
route "let out" as if they meant to kick the driver
from his seat. Much-amusement was created here
by a panic which ensued among the occupants of a
first-class drag, who all, even to the driver, sprang
into the road on a slight hostile demonstration of
one of their leaders. The consequences. might have
been but that a bystander, with much cou-
rage, clung to the head of the refractory brute,
and, amid the din of a thousand infallible remedies
for a vicious horse, contented himself with the best
and simplest—that of holding him fast.
There were the usual number of breaks-down on
the road, some of vi h;oh seemed quite inexplicable.,
Carta that looked as if they could not be relied upon
to go a mile jogged on securely with six or seven
inside and a small party on the shafts, while appa-
rently s lund vehicles came to grief with such asto-
nishing facility as to lead to a general suspicion that
they must have be-n manufac, tired at some Govern-
m PTA eAtabli,:hplent. innient) I,timber of
visitors came down per rail—witless than between
16,000 and 17,000. The arrangements at the Lon
don-bridge st ttion on this occasion were very good.
No stoppages took place. Extra ticket clerks were
provided, and as fast as the people stre aned in they
took their places in the train, anewere despatched
in batches of 500 and 600 at a time. As far as
could be judged by a brief visit to the station, there
was no cause of complaint, and we doubt if ever so
large a number ,of passengerawere conveyed with
less trouble in as short a space of time. After
passing Cheam the visitor by rail caught glimpses
of the road, marked by a dense ridge of dust of
such consistency that it seemed. bard to believe
that it would ever disperse again, but remain ever-
more a permanent feature of the landscape. In
fact, each cortege, high or low, seemed attended by
a small simoom which hung upon all its move-
ments wish suffocating pertinacity, and coated fea-
tures and dresses in a way that made recognition
difficult in the extreme. It would be a nice cal-
culation if it . were possible to ascertain the pre-
cise number of luncheons lost through friends
being thus disguised in gritty particles. From the
town of Epsom the stream of foot passengers was
incessant, pouring up towards the course in dense
black lines till they merged into the great sea
of human beings which seemed to fret and surge
in heavy masses between the stand and starting-
post.
Epsom Racecourse on a Derby day, as our rea-
ders are aware is a phew ,menon quite indescribable.
It is a medlsy—a world on a small scale, such as the
Derby only exhib.ts, for only London could fur-
nish it. No other festival in the world approaches
near to it. It is in fact a houseless London—Lon-
don with all its pomp, wealth, and squalor, wants,
vices, luxuries, gentlemen, knaves, and fools, at
once transported as if by magic to the open fields.
Like all great sights, it leaves a strong though in-
distinct impression on tbe mind, whimsical and
bizarre, like the aspect of the course itself, where
much is seen and little recolleCted. Who that saw
a Derby once can ever forget it ; yet who that has
seen it 50 times can tell more than that it is an lin
mense assemblage, as undefinable as the ocean ?
Yesterday it differed little from its usual cosmo-
politan aspect. There were tents and booths of
all kinds, from the palatial canvass of Alger
down to the miserable tarpaulin shanties on twigs
from out of which the sallow daughters of Egypt
dispensed unheard-of wealth in sixpenny fortunes.
There were organ grinders, mountebanks, dancers,
fiddlers, and beggars, performing monkeys, and
precocious children. Tender infants that could
scarcely stand upon their feet were made to stand
upon their heads in wooden platters, and urchins,
scarcely weaned, crept up long ladders carefully ada
justed on the parental nose, which bore evident
tokens of having cuff red somewhat in she unusual
duties it was called upon to fulfil. Sallow vagabonds
in much-used " fleshings" contorted themselves
after a manner that quite upset ail theories as to
the use of the back-bone. Punches, girls on stilts,
ballad singers, negro melodists grinning from ear to
ear, csrdesharpers, arid the never-to-be-sufficiently
anathematised " kerrekt cards" abounded as usual.
Pickpockets, of course, mustered strong, and must
have reaped a bounteous harvest, for until it was.
time to clear the course but feW policemen were to
be seen. In this part of the =augment an altera-
tion is decidedly needed. The Grand Stand was
very full, and visitors continued to arrive up to the
very moment of the horses starting. As usual, there
were some 20 or 30 belated parties that missed the
whole affair, coming only iu time to share the dust
and general panic and disappointment that ensued
on the winner's number going up at the post. The
first race generally commands as much attention as
the first piece of a boxing night. Yesterday there
was not even a misgiving as to the state of the turf
to give it interest, and all the varied noises of a
race-course continued with almost unabated vigour.
Not so, however, as the time for the event ap-
proached. The uproar gradually nipped down into a
busy hum, and silence deepened as excitement and
expectation increased. Just before the first false
start a fixed, solemn attention reigned over the
whole multitude, that, compared with the former
impressive.
The uproar, seemed bodeful and
The excitement rose to an intense pitch, odds were
against almost anything.
given and taken for or
Only in subdued exclamatons or long-drawn
breaths was the disappointment of the false starts
acknowledged.. Suddenly there was a hoarse mur
mur, gradually swelling into an uproar—a confused
dull trampling, and a.rush like a whirlwind as the
horses swept by—the colours .mixed, changed, and
vanishing in the distance ; and ere you could col-
lect a thought or hazard a guess the Darby was
run and Won.
Tire result of the race was scarcely unexpected;
for Blink Bonny, the winner, had throughout the
winter bedu the leading favourite, and had only lost
her position in the betting by her defeat at New-
market for the One Thousand Guineas Stakes—
a defeat which is now inexplicable, and which,
porhaps, can only be attributed, to the glorious

uncertainty of the turf. After her perform-
ance at Newmarket she went quite out 'of the
betting, but a few days ago she was again brought
into favour, and at starting was in much request at
20 to 1. Still many_ people believed that Strath-
naver, her stable companion, and winner of the Dee
Stakes at Chester, would be the more trusted of
the two. The ring is somewhat Severely hit by the
success of Blink Bonny fnr many people who had
backed her prior to her Newmarket running had
no opportunity of hedging, and were compelled to
stand their money out, while others, believing she
had no chance, betted heavily against. her-without
a thought of saving any part of their investments.
Had Black Tommywon tue.fielders would have'harl
a rare turn • for this b'en4-1, except 'l.y•his owner,
who stood -Co win 27,0001. on him, was not backed
for sixpence. Adamas ran a good horse, and the
exiiectations which his owner and friends enter-
tained of hiS supctss were not the r&•sul;-, of an over-
weening confidence. As will be seen from our de-
scription of the-race M.D. broke down bacily while
nulling forward and well, and Saunterer, Skir-
misher, and Tournament never showed. prominently
in the race. •

Soon after the race of the day was over the whole
mass of vi-itoi s began moving from the ground, and
the most unpleasant part of the, proceedings—the
return home—commenced. The stream of vehicles
seemed hopelessly complitmkted gird unmauageable,
and dire was the crashing of panels and a orm of
expletives in all directions. At the railway station,
when every one wanted to return home at once, the
crush was excessive, but good precautions had been
taken in the morning, so that as far as, we were able
to ascertain all passed off well. It would have been
still better if people could only liave seen that
through a narrow aperture it was impossible for
some thousands to pass at once, or for everybody to
be the first in town. However, as these obvious
truths seemed quite overlooked by all, each
pushed and struggled, and, while impeding others,
delayed themselves, Until the public learn that
it is impossible for two bodies to occupy the same
space in the same time they may implicitly depend
on making each other, mutually uncomfortable on
all such trips as yesterdays. All the southern roads
between Clapham and the mettopolis were crowded
by thousands in the evening, and of its kind there
has seldom been such a sight witnessed as last
night's return from the Derby.