Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-06-08

ing calendar of England. Parliament ad-
journs over for the Derby races, and multi
tudes of all classes Of people attend them
At the late Derby 1t is estimated that 200, 900
persons assembled, and that there were at
least 200 vehicles of various descriptions
on the ground. Nearly all the nobility of
England were there, and so were all the pick
pockets. The following particulars are Of
interest:
The Derby stakes for which horses are en-
tered consists Of money which is raised by
subscribers, each person entering colt hay
ing TO pay fifty sovereigns-S The pres
ent year there were 224 subs; the value Of
stakes this year was e6,425. OF course this
alone is nice little sum. But every person
enieringa horse generally backs him to large
amount For instance Ten Brock backed
Umpire 81, 900 against flOO 900, 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; sometimes in the
fall Of the year coming as low as 10 10 L.
Now is the time that the owner of a horse
may hedge his bets as Ten Brock did.
The horses who run for the Derby will be
three years old at the time of the race, or
one year from the time Of their being enter
ed. The owner of the second horse receives
100 sovereigns out Of the stakes. The win
ner pays loo soyereigns towards the police
snd regulations of the course, and fifty SOW
ereigns to the judge The course is one
mile and a half During the course of a
year great many horses are withdrawn, their
owners perceiving they do not possess quail
ties which viii 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 performances last
fall, he was safe TO win the Derby | 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 Tattersalrs in the betting
rOon5 Umpire stood firm and advanced grad
ually till he became favorite, until Wizard
won the 1000 guinea stakes at Newmarket;
even then he held his own, and on the mLrn-
ing of the race he was 8 TO p while Wizard
was 5 TO 2 +; ThOrmanby, IL to ? 4; Horror,
q 10 l. Thus the betting stood The Field
supported Umpire as the winner so did the
Era while the last telegraph to the Racing
Times stated "Umpire will win the Derby
The day previous to the race | visited EPSON,
and there saw Thormanby, Wizard, Umpire
and Horror take their gallops, and most GER
tainly never did a horse look better than I'M
pire, and my confidence in him was greater
than ever. He looked as if he would carry
off the Derby stakes with as much ease as he
did the GOodwOOd cup last year. In the sec
Ond gallOp he was accompanied by COck-a-
whOOp and Panona-two Of Mr.. Ten Broecks
tayOrite horses. He passed them like a
shot
The same writer thus describes the saddling,
the colors and the race
There is a hurry and a movement the
horses are saddling. There are the riders,
bearing the distinctive colors of their masters.
There Is Wells, one of the best riders in Eng
land he mounts Largesse, fine filly, be-
longing to Sir Joseph Hawley, and wears the
cherry colored jacket and black velvet cap,
which designate him in the race. Then comes
sAA Ugly Nolb GaAAlCu AlOLlOIY bllEu Dl W llN
Dayrell. Snowden rides him, and may be
distinguished by his black jacket white belt,
and black and white cap. But here comes a
colt equally as ugly, bOny and strong, with
fine broad shoulders, and his coat as polished
as silk; he is ridden by Fordham, the finest
jockey III 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
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 a piece
Of horse flesh as ever the eye lighted on
When he strips, his friends raise shout OF
delight. He looks like a Derby winner,
though be looks hardly strong enough to raise
that fearful hill of the EPSON course; but we
shall see. Wizard was sired by West Aus
tralian one of the nOblest horses England
ever raised. French rides him, and is dressed
in blue, with scarlet sleeves and blue cap
There are various others; Earl Derbyis col
ors are black, withwhite cap; Lord Palmers-
tons, green with orange cap Baron ROths-
sehild's, dark-blue and yellow cap. Lord
Derby entered Cape Flyaway, Lord Palmers-
ton, Mansion, and Baron Rothschild, Restes.
Others had jackets Of green, white, pink,
cherry, chocolate and brown. Your readers
can thus form notion of the picturesque eff
feet produced by thirty horses with their
mounted riders all waiting eagerly for the
start Everything seems ready, every heart
throbs with anxiety-there are thousands
who, in a few minutes viii be left almost beg
CARED, while others viii add thousands and
thousands to their fortunes. On Umpire is
staked the most. Mr.. Tattersal informed me
he believed the amount Of money that would
change hands on Umpire would reach mil
lion pounds. The bell rings-they are off
What a rushi what mob of horses what a
bustlel Only a mile and half "Where is
the green ?" shouts one 1Where is the
blue n shouts another. But the Americans
are all looking for the cOlors Of Umpire
''Where is the orange acket2-where is
Fordham, with his black belt and orange
cap 2' There is a cloud of dust in front-all
is obscured-the millions are hanging in the
balance-the anxiety still lasts. Bets are
made wildly, curses are uttered loudly, and
then there is shout and that shout carries
dismay to the hearts of the Americans, for
Umpire is nowhere. " 1t is impossiblep say
all Of US; 4" here is some triekery" Thor
manby is the winner, Wizard is the second,
and Horror, who was thought nothing of is
third while Umpire was, think, eleventh.
The Judgment Of every one was at fault-all
the predictions and calculations made were
erroneous.
Mr.. Ten Broeck, dnring the race, wore a
face as calm as summer, and when the an
nouncement wss made his coOlness was the
same He lost no money, but gained nearly
1000. OF course there viii be many in
quiries made as to the causes of the defeat Of
Umpire, and that so badly. The loss to
Americans is very severe. So much conf
dence was placed in his abilities by English
men, that they were sure Of winning. We
shall, perhaps, soon know the cause.
Apple Tree Blight.