The Sun.
London, England, 1868-05-27 00:00:00

OCTOBER.

Bedford 1 I Sudbury and Ealing ... 15
Bromley Autumn
Newmarket 2d October 5 Harrow .. 27
I Lanark 8 Worcester Autumn. .... 27
Chelmsford Autumn
Cheltenham

SEPTEMBER-

Baden
1
Warwick September
Abiugdon
Leicester
Doncaster September 8
Brecon l4
Richmond
Hampton Autumn l5
Kelso lf.•

Hendon l7
Monmouth .. ...
Manchester
Newmarket let October 22
Walsall 23
Edinburgh
West Drayton 29
Royal Caledonian Runt
and Western 31

ROVE
Liverpool 3
*lvo wsbury 9

;MBER.
Leamington

STEEPLECHASES.
OCTOBER.
Bromloy 1 Ealing.

DECEMBER.
1 , Ealing ~... 26
8

St. Albans
Kingsbury

GOING TO THE DERBY.

THIS DAY.

Several years have rolled away since the great
thoroughfares leading out of the metropolis, even
on a Derby-day, presented such an animated and
crowded state as they did this morning. Nothing
could' equal the brilliancy of the scene.
on account of the rich trappings of the fours in
hand, and the gay colours of the " post boys"
riding the horses in the West-end traps. The rich
dresses of the ladies who accompanied their hus-
bands were gorgeous, and reminded the many thou-
sand spectators of what might have been seen at the
Italian Opera House on a great night.
As early as six o'clock in the morning thousands
of pedestrians turned out and took up their posi-
tion on every piece of vantage ground leading
from Hyde - park Corner, along the Vauxhall-
bridge-road, Pimlico, over Vauxhall-bridge to the
Swan at Stockwell. Up to this point an un-
broken line of people of both sexes had
congregated to witness the richly caparisoned
horses and equipages conveying the company to-
wards the Downs at Epsom. The most crowded
spots along the route were at the Elephant and
Castle and Kensington Park. At those places strong
bodies of the L, M, and P divisions of police were
placed on duty, but owing to the removal of the
gates, which for years used to cause such obstruction
and confusion at this particular place having been
removed, enabled the c rriages to pass along with-
out any detention, and none of those unavoidable
accidents which were of frequent occurrence in
former years happened. In the immediate vicinity
of Clapham-common the scene was one of great
bustle, and the common itself presented au im-
mense moving mass of heads. To pro-
vida for the amusement of the company there
were all the appliances of a fair, for there were
games of Aunt Sally, stalls for the sale of ginger-
bread, hot stewed eels, pickled salmon, and other
eatables and drinkables. There were also several
troupes of " Unreal Christy 11IinstreLs " and itine-
rant bands of musicians. Very little inconvenience
was :occasioned along the roads until the vehi-
cles reached Tooting, and here the plot com-
menced to thicken, for some of the horses be-
coming fatigued it was found necessary to halt
for a short time, so as to water the nags, but the
confusion, however, was considerably less than it
used to be on former years on the Derby day.
This may be accounted for in a great measure to the
accommodation provided, as will be seen below, by
the railway companies having their termini in the
heart of the metropolis.

THE JOURNEY FROM WATERLOO RAILWAY STA-
TION. —A special cheap train left this station at a
quarter past nine o'clock, and long before that time
an immense multitude had assembled outside the
station, and long as the train was it was
inadequate to accommodate the number of per-
sons iu attendance, but another train was put
on, and was started fifteen minutes later, and
every carriage was completely crammed. Other
trains were kept running until half past 1 o'clock
this afternoon.

THE LONDON-BRIDGE RAILWAY STLTION.--The
whole of the open spaces leading to the entrances to
the South-Eastern Railway were crowded for hours
before the timeannounced for the first Derby train to
start, and great confusion prevailed amongst the
many thousands congregated together. Beyond
the fact of a few women fainting in the crowd no
accident took place. The trains kept filling as
fast as they could be made ready, and the living
freights were conveyed in safety to the Downs.