Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1860-06-15
rhe DOrby Races-Umpire,. Defeat.


The Derby Raees-Umpire,s Defeat.
Derby Day is the day of days in the
sporting calendar Of England. Parliament
adjourns over for the Derby races, and null
titudes Of all classes Of people attend
them. At the late Derby it is estimated
that 25o,o0o persons assembled, and that
there wero at least 10000 vehicles Of vari-
rious descriptions on the ground. Nearly
all the nobility of England were there and
so were all the piekpockets. The following
particulars are Of interest:
Tho Derby stakes, for which horses are
entered, consist Of money which is raised by
subscribers, each person entering q colt hav-
ing to pay fifty sovereigns-S250. The
present year there were 224 Subscribers
the value of the stakes this year was f6,-
425. Ofcourse this alone isa nice little sum.
But every person entering horse, gener-
ally backs him to large amount. For in
stance, Mr.. Ten Broeck backed Umpire
$1,000 against 100000, one hundred to
one. This was when he was first entered
Nearly every horse is backed in the same
way. If in the races for which he entered
for the same year he proves to possess fine
points, the betting rapidly changes; some
times in the fall of the year coming down
as low as 10 to /. Now is the time that
the owner of horse may hedge his bets,
as Ten Brock did.
The horses who run for tho Derby will
be three years old at the time of the race,
or ono year from the time of their being
entered. The owner Of the second horse
receives 100 sovereigus out of the stakes.
The winner pays 100 sovereigns towards
the police and regulations of the course,
and fifty sovereigns to the judge. The
course is one mile and half During the
course of year great many horses are
withdrawn, their owners perceiving they do
not possess qualities which will enable them
to win the race. The present year the
number decreased to thirty.
The Americans in London, and, in fact,
many of the best English judges of the
turf, placed the fullest confidence in Umpire,
and believed, judging from his performan-
ces last fall, that he was safe to win the
Derby. 1 visited him at Newmarket, and
there saw Brown, his trainer, who told me
he possessed greater strength than any
horse on the heath. So every Monday at
TattersalIs, in the betting room, Umpire
stood firm, and advanced gradually until
Wizard won the 1000 guinea stakes at
Newmarket; even then he held his own,
and on the morning of the race he was at
8 to 2, while Wizard was at 5 to Q; Thor
manly, IL to 2; Horror, 81 to l. Thus
the betting stood. The Field supported
Umpire as the winner; so did the Era;
while the last telegraph to the Racing
Times sated: "Umpire will win the Derby"
The day previous to the race | visited Ep-
som, and there saw Thormanby, Wizard,
Umpire and Horror take their gallops, and
most certainly never did horse look bet
ter than Umpire and my confidence in him
was greater than ever. He looked as if he
would carry off the Derby with as much
ease as he did the Nursery stakes at Good
wood, last year. In the second gallop he
was accompanied by Cock-a-hoop and Po-
mona-two of Mr.. Ten Broeck's favorite
horses. He passed them like a shot.
The same writer thus describes the sad
ding, the colors, and the race:
There is hurry and movement; the
horses are saddling There are the riders,
bearing the distinctive colors of their mas
ters. There is Wells, one of the best RI
ders in England; he mounts Largesse,
fine filly belonging to Sir Joseph Hawley,
and wears the cherry colored jacket and
black velvet cap, which designate him 10
the race. Then comes an ugly colt called
Horror sired by Wild Dayrell. Suowden
rides him and may be distinguished by his
black Jacket, white belt and black and white
cap. But here comes q colt equally as ug-
ly, bony and strong, with fine broad should
ers, and his coat as polished as silk; he is
ridden by Fordham, the finest jockey in
England-that boy has won many a race
he is dressed in orange silk, with black
belt and orange colored cap. Those are
the colors Of Ten Brock, and the horse he
rides is Umpire, on whom the Americans
look with so much anxiety.
Now for Thormanby, sired by Melbourne I;
he is as lively as a deer. Custance rides
him, and wears yellow and black cap, the
livery Of Mr.. Merry.
Here comes the favorite, as pretty piece
Of horsehesh as ever the eye lighted upon.
When he strips, his friends raise shout of
delight. He looks like a Derby winner,
though he looks hardly strong enough to
climb that fearful hill of the EPSON course; /;
but We shall see. Wizard was sired by
West Australian, one of the nobIest horses
England ever raised. French rides him,
and Is dressed in blue, with scarlet sleeves
and blue cap. There are various others;
Earl Derby's colors are black, with white
cap; Lord Palmerston's green, with orange
cap; Baron Rothschld's, dark blue and
yellow cap. Lord Derby entered Cape
Flyaway, Lord Palmerston Mainstone, and
Baron Rothschild, Restes. Others had
jackets Of green, white, pink, cherry, choc-
olate aud brown. Your readers can thus
form notion Of the picturesque effect pro
duced by thirty horses, with their mounted
riders, all waiting eagerly for the start
Everything seems ready, every heart throbs
with anxieiy--there are thousands who, in
few moments will be almost beggared,
while Others will add thousands and thous-
ands TO their fortunes. On Umpire is
staked tho most. Mr.. Taitersall informed