The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-06-18
| From the London Times. I

70 statistical nquirers. return easily ohtainablnn
rom .ne heads of city firms, of the number of as
piihg ciefks, who on this day are ALWAYS confined
70 their beds with violent colds. wouId ue tbinT
oe an interesting document. A tabular statement
also VI Tue per centage of 'fsick relatives, and
ie suuaem spralns would not be without its value
especially II with it an approxima+ +;on oo,,IJ ~
given to the number of Derby DAYS in rbio onL oo
young gentleman has been overtaken bv simiiar
calamities. t 'niliai
There is much to be done also in tbe sr,,ioo. = 8
horses and vehicles. Who could be on the road 70
the Downs yesterday without asking himself n doz y
en- times where all the horses came from and what
was the charm which brought about such an enuine
resurrection, and one so widespread and so smul-
taneous! We dent speak of the horses that had
never been in harness before, or the still larger
number which it was perfectly evident would never
be In harness again, but the broken-wipded and
spawned the Jibbers and roarers, where do these
come from, and above all, where are the people
found each year to put their faith in them on such
a day! Look at the bony quadrupeds one sees in
lndulglng In imperfect "reminiscences of a canter
lhe feeble performance watched all the while with
VNld interest by party Of four, who exhibit hui
man credulity in its most agorayated form h,, he
leylng that the animal will take them to the Derby
90, 100, with the rather dashing turnout which
Wnlrls past with its occupants, white-hatted blue
Velled, and little dolfd, and with all the other fool
cries OF the day thick upon them but who in their
happy ignorance of horsehesh. are all unaware
that the otf-wheeer, a Roman-nosed Aat-eared
brute will lie down with such determination at the
loot OF the nrst mil he comes to that a whole dvi-
sion OF pohce, with Mr.. Rarey at their head will
fail to take him up again. Such amusing eontre-
temps, however, form, we suspect the maior nor
ton OF the pleasure ofthe day Who can keen hi.
gravity when he beholds party of small "swells''
encamped under hedge about half wav on the
road, looking with dismay upon the malirnant
brute which has brought them to such PASS, and
reduced them to the unpleasant necessity of getting
ito the snatS themselves, or staying where they are
to lronica offers from the passersby of warm
wraps 'to make them comfortable for the nipht, y
Yesterday offered constant, if not pleasing vari
ETY. OF such scenes, for never was the road more
.I""ueu; anu the endless chain of carriages swept
IN a settled stream through Capham Cheam and
sutton, through fields purple with rich clover. or
gilstenlng with butUercups. The weather we need
scarcely say, was glorious, and all that conId hn
wisheo: lhere was just sufficient doubt about the
look OF the morning to make it decided relief
when one or two Ominous clouds moved off and
every ones exhiliratiOn rose in proportion as the
day settled down for ''fair" We NAV be bvner
erltcal, but Cnce or twice upon the road we could
scarcely help imagining that lower temperature
would have been more pleasant The same thouobt
or something very similar, again occurred when
packed beyond the possibility of moving in the
Grand Stand
If there is one weak point in pentlemap's tenn
per-and most of our fair readers will be inclined
TO admit that there is one at least-the turnpike
gate at Sutton Derby Dav is pretty sure TO
md 1t out. Roadside jokes, accordions played out
OF tune, Niger melodists, and German bands may
thelr united eXertons, rule, have not that ten
dency, and it is, therefore, with a sensation an
preaching to relief that the bands and slang are at
last left behind and the road to the Downs fairly
open to all. One remarkable Circumstance abont
the Sutton-gate is the equanimty with which all
the horses reconcile themselves to standing STILL
The gate is not their place for display of temper
The hill leading up to the Downs affords a better
field and it is there that the least blemish in a
horses temper comes out in the darkest colours.
At this stage of the journey many horses, espc-
cclaly single ones, which have dragged down a
heavy family chaise with family party appear
smltten with profound conviction that thew have
done enough. 1t is seldom, however. that the
driver is of precisely the mind and the differ
ence OF opinion has to be settled on the spot. Yes-
terday wicked beast of such kind after n pre-
tatory kick two cOollv backed down the hill into
the stream of carriages, aghting against one with
soft crushing noise and subdued tinkling which
told the dsmayed family that the well stocked
hamper behind had been suddenly called upon to
do duty as a "buifer" for them all Others took to
settled kicking, when the drivers were of course
overwhelmed with thousand infallible receipts
lor such contingencies, amid the multiplicity of
which they con tented themselves with the best and
simplest, that of holding the brute fast and getting
nm out OF harness as soon possible.
But the Downs, in spite Of all, reached at
last, and here all the streams by road and rail con-
verge, every minute adding thousands to the thou
sands already there Most of our readers have
seen Derby Day, and doubtless fair percentage
have attempted to describe it, though it is as in
descroable as space-a scene which no pen pen
Gil has ever truly realized 1t is London without
its houses; London with all its strange neIonae of
rich and poor, squalor and luxury, mirth vice and
testivity; London in the broad open day, with all
It's pleasure seekers, profit hunters, tradcsmen,
knaves and fools; the army and navy: the west
end drawing and east-end dens all find their
representatives here, and for once and away stand
lace to face upon the course. The population is
indeed, motley enough. Here are the regular
stock gipsies meets at every race the posessors
in prophecy of untold wealth, vet always dranrling
through dust and dirt for the sXpences of the cred
lous. Look at that little group between two booths
where red haired man, with an indescrjbabe ap-
pearance ot slang in the buttons of his waist
coat, sits upon the grass and manipulates three
cards, inviting in the blandest terms the bvstand-
ers to name any when they fall. Two or three un-
eXceptonabe "gents" are eager in the matter, and
can scarcely be withheld from stalking 1O1-notes
till a scarcely perceptible voice saws "Hedpe"
when all rise in earnest conversation, minglc to-
gether, and are gone none know why or where till
the innocent spectators find themselves objects of
grave suspicion to the police who have str0ed to
a group of EthiOpians grinninr with the dental
"abandon" peculiar to their race, a man with n
coil machine and battery (such is the march of
sc1ence!) gives small shocks for penny and finds
more customers for torture at this low cbarpe than
he can well accommodate. Acrobats, minstrels
organ grinders, infant bands, performing MONKEYS
and precocious children abound in all directions
Dogs initiating their betters, walk about on their
fore-pawS for hatpence; tumblers are doing every
thing but stand like human beings; weighing
machines cover the course chow is it that the
stoutest gentlemen are always particular about
being weighed y and children that can scarcely
walk upon their feet made to strut about on
stills or balance on their heads in wooden patters
But greatest among the amusements of the dav is
AUNT Sally" which all young gentlemen now
affect to such an extent that we meet her battered
and short clay pipe at every step, and
none too high to do her honor. The exercise is not
Interesting but is not the less fashionable for that
and the old lady seems getting much in vogue
that we quite expect, when next Mrs. Brown an
nounces to the beau monde her cat home" that Z
corner of the card will be devoted to .'Aunt Sally
at TO-" The booths, too, in their wav are quite as
curious as the heterogeneous assemblage, from the
vile dens where Jones and Angel announce to the
nobility and gentry that ''they are there" up to
the quiet, unobtrusive places where privately ''on
fat le jeu." Here booths set apart for the sal
ow votaries of the prize ring, whose battered
fill the spectator, if he is anything of
physiognomist, with unpeasing forebodings to
the means when will cut short their untmely fates
Outside lounge the smaller luminares-the men
who constantly challenge all the world (including
The Clerkenwell Chicken and Bermondsev Bruser)
md who always discover that their fighting weight
IS just nine ounces below that Of the individual who
accepts their offer, and therefore "busness is out
Of the question.
Yet even these small vagabonds have their admi-
rers, and among a certain circle yesterday were in
ferior in interest only to the grooms and stable
boys who of possessed the secret of the win
ming horse There is a whole population of timer
ant venders of everything from sun dried buns hot
oranges, impracticable looking pies and repulsive
with fair sprinkling of smart eques-
trians from town, and rather clumsy ones from the
country. Detachments of the swell mob appear
keenlv alive to the merits of the scene, and even
degn to notice such small ware as the gaping coun-
trymen who gathered around little model of
an hydraulic machine, submitting their fingers to
its pressure, though without the slightest faith in
water being its motive power The day draws on,
the hill in front of the stand is covered with houS
ands upon thousands, the stand itself is full literally
to suocation, and the is hidden by the dense
mass which swarms up and down it in all directions
There is mistake about it, in spite of all that has
been said and written to the contrary, the Derby
Day increases in interest and importance each year.
Nor does the influx of railway passengers seem at
all to influence the attendance of the elite of the
course.
Every place, however, is equally crowded, the
day is hot, and all are getting impatient, the bell
rings, and the police at last set to work to clear the
course, work apparently of superhuman diihcai-
ty but which is at last accomplished, and the Aunt
and booths are successvely elected Then comes
TIL first race, about which no one cares straw,
which people only look at because they are tired OF
looking at one another, just as they do now and
then at Jane Shore on boxing night before the
nantomine little interval and again the course
i cleared and the excitement begins to rise. By
and bv amid a hum of expectation and anxiety
s'the" horses came out in twos and threes Prom
ised Land is watched with brea HESS interest by
as he skins over the ground looking, as
he is of the most perfect racehorses that ever
strobe upon the Downs. He is followed at a little
distance by Musjid, who, with his immense stride
seems going faster than is prudent before q graat