The New York herald., 1866-09-29

scratched at 90 and his stable companion Repulse at
55 This transaction engrossed conversation during all
The forenoon, and various opinions expressed
thereon; but we may state that the Duke Of Beaufort
horse TO beat Lord Lyon and was, moreover ere
convinced that II frutess TO oppose Strathconan
after the great Yarmouth stakes result His Grace
merely backed Rustic for f400 at 10 ], which be
never attempted 10 hedge Fordham II seems, did not
like Rustic when he rode him at exercise on Tuesday,
and informed the duke that he had chance, and II
permitted, he should prefer TO be on Westwck which
lie had opportunity of riding The Duke OF Beaufort
would have struck out Rustic weeks ago but was deter
mined not 10 throw chance away there tell.
ing in such rotten hed' what would happen to give
him chance. Although some strong remarks were
made, bound 20 say, In justice unbemished
sportsman that hls Grace has for time dssuaded
the public through the press from giving any support to
KNOCKING out Of Rustic st the rooms odds Of 10 were
laid on Lord Lyon and an advance made among the
ranks of the outside division, Westwic being backed
- to freely when II was ascerianed that Fordham
would ride John scott's champion.
ARRIVAL AND PARADE HORSES
As the hour approached for the decision Of the st.
Leger the excitement became intense among all classes
Lord Lyon and Savernake arrived In readiness for their
second great engagement just before tho first race and
they were walked about In the sadding paddock, or
rather subbe, in the Of the grand stand followed
by groups of anxious to obtain glimpse of the
cracks even before they stripped for battle.
The ST. Leger appointed for quarter past three,
and when the telegraph board was hoisted IL exhibited
eleven runners, the mos. conspicuous by his absence
being ''poor Rustic.n After tho preliminary canter,
in which exception was taken to the profuse and
nervous manner in which Westwick sweated, the
stand in the following order:-Emisrant, Podargus,
Harehed, Westwick, seaskn, knight Of the Crescent
Lord Lyon, Savernake Stra,hconan and the Young Mel
bourne colt They were then led 70 the starting post,
when Mr. McGeorge gave the signal and the competitors
got at the first attempt, amidst OF excite
ment from all parts Of the course
The is fully described below, and it viii be sui-
cient to state here that Lord Lyon won magnificent
finish Cn which Custance rode superblyl by head
from Savcrnake so that the issue was 1.-THE Derby
again"
DONCASTFR COuRgF SEPT IL Tho st Lager stakes Of
25 each; for thrce-ycar ods; colts ST 10 lbs
hilies st. lbs the owner OF the second horse to
ccve 100 out Of the stakes the winner pay 100
towards the expenses, 25 TO the judge and 25
the starter ST Lcger Course q mile, furlongs. la2
yardsl 23S subs.
Mr. R. suHon's Lord Lyon, by stockwel-Paradigm
tCustancel
Lord Aiesbnrys Savernake (Challonerl
Lord Exeters Knight OF the Crescent. Normanl
Mr. W. G. Browns Hare1eld eld................U. Mann)
Lord Glasgows c by Young Melbourne-dam by Ted.
dngton-Mad Of Mashsm. .............lT II. French) 0
Sir w Booths Emgrant.. .Uynch)
Mr. Graham's Caithnes. Parry
Mr. Watts Strathconan nan...............tJ ~ Snowdenl
Lord Zetands Podargus. us..............J ~ OsborncI 0
~ Betpr a. Inc Starting 10 cn Lord IT, voN @o'l't
asst Savernnke IA TO each aest Srathcopnn and West
wick, 25 TO ags Knight Of the Crescent 40 to each
Pace betting-5 TO on Lord Lyon to on Savernake
TO each agst Srathconan, Knight Of the Crescent and
hosting OF tho numbers Of the competitors was watched
with the most intense interest by the countless thousands
who thronged the Enclosure and the course, and Mr..
Manning having weighed the Jockeys with his usual
business like despatch the eleven runners comprising
the field shortly appeared TO Tho preliminary
canters which always form feature in our great races
wero this closely watched and eagerly
ned. and the MAGNIFICENT style in which The two
favotes awept up the course called forth tho greatest
admiration
This portion of the proceedings concluded the eleven
competitors returned to the stand and paraded past II in
Indian file In accordance with tc etiquette Of process
sions generally, tho least important member appeared In
front--Emigrant leading the way. Singular 10 say,
Lord Lyon and savernake passed by in company,
and IN tho same order which they took
EPSON Downs-the samo order that they des-
tined subsequently to take to-day They al
assembled at the post by little after ihroe
o'clock at quarter past 10 the minute, Mr. McGeurge
succeeded in getting them off at the very first attempt
and to a most excellent start Ths first To appear in
front was the Young Melbourne colt and for some dis
lance the popular coos Of Lord Glasgow lead
ing by two or three lengths. Next came Lord Lyon
slightly In advance of Uarclcd and Knight OF the
Crescent, tho remainder OF the hed-with the
tion Of Sealskin and Emgrant, who were completely
yards had traversed Savcrnake drew up TO Lord
Lyon, and Knight Of the Crescent closely followed.
when they emerged from behind thc hll, Lord Gla'.
Lyon second, wcstwick third, Cai,hncss fourth aud
savernane, who bad been slieh,iy eased hh ON near
run himself ont, and retired 10 the beaten; West
wick who up to this point had shown wonderfully WELL
also giving In.
Conf into the straight Lord Lyon held the lead with
Caithness at his grths, avernake third knight OF
Crescent fourth and straihconan next When about
front. Tho actual competitors reduced
three, Lord lyon being In tho centre, knight Of The
Crescent the rails and Savernake the outside
On reaching tho distance Knight Of the Crescent
about encth in the rear while the two favor
nearly terms For The last 200 yards the con-
test resolved itself into match the two racing neck
and neck Until they reached the judges box. which
they passei in such close order .5sethe: inat
the issue remained n aouht to the multitude
until the ho'E::ls Of Lord Lyons number pro-
claimed him tho winner, the Judges fiat giving
the race in by n head. Knight of the Crescent
finished four lengths in tho Of the leading par
third Stathconan fourth, two lengths behind rhe
Knight CathDsss at similar interval, hfth
westSick sixth; The Yonng Melbourne colt seventh,
Seaskn eighth. and Podargns ninth. Emierant and
Hareed, last by long way. walked In with the crowd
Net value of the stakes, co s25.
The gamencss of the struggle the excellence OF the
iockeyship the of the finish. and the enthus
asm and oxcitemfnt Of tho myrads that swarmed the
Town Moor will cause the st. Ieger OF 1896 10 stand out
OF the most prominent events in the annals of
the English turf.
WESTCHESTER INTELLIGENCE.
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