The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-05-23
THE FNGLISH DEPBy,

right Good night
THE ENGLISH DERBY.
DERBY DAY' AND THE GREAT RACE AT ErsoM--
-sCENRs ON THE ROAD, TIE COURSE, AND TuF
GRAND sTAND--Two HUNDRED AND FIFTY Tuou-
SAND PERSONS ON THE GROUND D- HERMIT THE
WINNER OF THE DERBY-THE H0RsEs COME IN IN
SNOW STORM - THE BETTING ROOMS AND
TRAINING GROUNDS BEFORE THE EVENT. ETC.
EPSON COURSE, May 22-rho derby Day.
has just terminated, In the matters Of nasefn-
blages. scenes on the "rond,n excitement
struggle for the stakes u was worthy anv or tho
historic racing events which have proceeded n
since Dlomed-a horse subsequently exnoriod
70 America-won the nrst English "Dorby," in
the year 1850.
London was awake by daybroais to-day. and
the "city" had It's breakfast soon Afterwards,
Ihe morning was cloudy, nnd tho wOathor i'm.
clined to rain, Several showers interapersetl
with very slight sprihkllng of snow fell in
deed during the forenoon but notwiihetnnding
the aspect tho road To tho Surrey Downs wni
crowded with vehicles of overy description,
from the royal drag" and nrlstocrntio four ln
hand" down 10 the costermongcr's wagon nud
gipsy cart, the occupants "tooling" along TO tho
turf, each happy I'm his own particular sphere,
and everybody bent on enjoyment.
There were over two hundred and nftv thou.
SAND persons hailing from tho British Islnndg,
ana in my opinion rom every othOr part OF tho
world besides, assembled on tho Course Tho
PRINCE of Wales and Prince Alfred represented
royalty on tho grand stand, which nrcommo.
dated in addition goodly sprtnlSling or tho
nobility Of England.
All the SpOrIlnE men, oil the "WOlCnOrg,' and.
l believe, great many of the blocJlcgs OF
Great Britain. were. present. There were i've
races. Thirty horses, out of perhaps two hun.
dred entries from the opening of the lists. ran
for the Derby stakes, which are valued nt forty
thousand dollars in gold, There were Ave faso
starts, heavy showers OF rain falling at tho
critical moments and in the Intervals VIZ
When the horses were brought up for tho
sixth time the sun shone out glorlously, and
The race was splendid, the running excellent
and in good time. All the favorlte horses were
beaten
Hermit won by half length, coming In Mt
the last stretch to the winning post like an
arrow to the mark amidst voclferous cheering
victory.
Marksman came in second, ana Vaubau-a
very great favorite, being the winner of tho
two thousand guineas-third The betting was
very active, but cannot be called variable
during q fortnight Nauban was In great favor
at all the sporting centres. The hazards may
be fairly averaged follows. On the Ascot
Course the other day. after the last race, the
? to afst Yaubaq itGofD 20 to agst The Palmer
ITO agsI Hermit (oT t s ~ - toff. rs to i
II TO agst DrsGSn (oif) t50tOn
~ ~ 10 agst 3iarkaman (t1 5Oto agst Van Amburgh
20 to agst Julius (off) 30 to agst Plaudit (oh)
The following table represents the tone of the market
2to asst Xauba1 & off, 10 to ngst Marksman (oGD
TO aest Hermit (of at 25 to agst D Estourne 0J
TO, to y o, ,,uo.., 80 to | ngst Van Amburgh
iS to syst Grand Cross () 50 to agst plaudit ton)
In the London West End betting houses u few
days still Later the Derby was the only event
touched upon, Vauban being in such demand
that to was accepted to e200 in one hand,
besides smaller Investments at the same price
Nothing else was backed but Grand Cross, who
was frequently inquired after 100 to 6 (tazen
once TO eGJ) while 20 10 l would have been ac-
cepted kindly about The Palmer The report
may be made thus
Ito agst Vauban Il & Off lOO to agst Grand Cross t
to s agst TIE Rae Sh 20 TO 16b PGmserW
10 10 10 10 agst agst nTagon 0 ~ 70 aGs van Aiourgh
aS to j agsS Ttz, ivan !, ,5S Qaken(.
In the Manchester hest rooras % the betting n vas e'
2tol Ggst Vauban (of tax 10 to agst Dragon toffl
TO ags The Rake It & o. 20 20 to asss julius to
Gto agst Hermit freely 100 to 80 agYan Amb ghQ)
principal rendezvous, in order that your read
ers may obtain a pretty correct idea of the
English averages of the probable issue of q
Derby at the same time they are informed Of
The Derby horses were trained this season at
Newmarket, Nation, Richmond, StOckbridge,
Middleham, Finden, Lambourne, Fy1eld, He'd
nesford, Lewis, and Ilsley. Each of the stables
had one or more "celebrities''-LordL Lyon, the
winner the Derby last year, taking his gal
lops at IlSley.
cross, the Lion, and Viscount, were kept in fine
condition at Nation.
AT Richmond Plaudit was in active eX-
6rcise, eantering mostly with Rose and Violet
for q mile.
Lord Lyon and Achievement were at Ilsley,
with others. The two first did not do any very
great amount of work after their return from
The first spring gathering OF headquarters.
They cantered beautifully, and on one occasion
did splendid mile and half gallop, Achieve
ment moving with grace and great freedom.
After such care and preparation OF the stock,
it is not at oil wonderful that the Derby was q
fine affair, as 10 really was.
The more recent winners of the Derby are
Gladiateur, 1865; Lord Lyon, 1866; Hermit, 1907