Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-11-17
no DERBY ~ 1869.
a Gr0SE fer British spOFtsHlen.

From the London Telegraph
"I believe it because it is impossible" F."
TTole O defiant disputant OF old and it
+ is only on that principle that we can
] give any credeDca to the terrible report
I that t. ere will 30 "nO Derby next year."
I We feel what shock il must be to every
1 veil-reguisted mind even 70 read these
words; ard we should be 10th 20 circu
Z late sueh peculiarly painful intelligence,
had not 9 sporting contemporary already
Z broken the news. Il Is asserted that the
{ part OF the Derby course which extends
rom TGttenham Corner to the fuIzes, Is
row the property Of Mr.. Ssudd that
he demsnds a thousand yesr for il, in
stead of the three hundred a yesr Ob-
taIneG by the former owner; that tbs
Grand stand Committee rejected the de-
maud, believing that they could make
aeW course; that they now fnG Out they
e&Buoi; al d that Mr.. StGGd, iucenseG
At the QuRTTel, declares that, no matter
wi 1T terms theg Cffer," there shall be 10
rgelsg on his grounds As most people
know, the entries for the Derby are
made 10, 2 before the event, and the con-
ditions recisely specify the very course
which is now Mr.. Stndd's property tae
rSce could bot be Tua elsewhere; and sll
tne arrangements FOR the DsT6y OF 1859
would be null and void-eDtriae, bets and
slI-shouid the landowner refuse to give
way ii fact, there could be no Derby
next year! But, as We have said, the
ing q impossible. AS Mr.. Pickwick
rem arked, when he and his friends were
forced TO lead about the country raw
bOned white h6Tse, f" This is like hoTri- |
bla dra.r,j -
Let rs suppose, on next derby" day
Sludd, Ia q brown study, alone, rejoicing |
over his decision EPSON silent and de- |
serted ard then, companion picture, |
the people of England in anger and |
in gloom We do not believe in the be- !
iog who could face such fact" There's |
no such man. Could he calmly lay /
his head On his piliow,n like ju-ymsn, /
and hear In fancy the chorus Of cOndem- /
nation from the PRTsged BTitons cheated /
out of their day? Could ne, unmoved, !
see il lis DiGG's eye the tears that /
trickle down the lovely cheeks OF those |
deprived Of tEst little triph which |
they hRd bsen promised So long? Gould |
he face, Uuh!nchiHgiy, the possibility OF
3 Geputatiou of eOsteTmorgers, coming to |
bear what he hSd to gay in extenuAtiOu
Of his unprecedented crime? But we
have no fear thst extra legal means viii
be necessary. After all, Studd must be,
most probably is, human. Children
have climbed bis knees-aJ least We hope
20; ne hss "sst at good mems feEsts n
he may nave had his troubles like the
rest OF us, bat they can not have alto
gether scured his disposition. The Grand
Stand Committee may have offended
him; bias what Crina have ws-the peo-
pie OF Engiand-committed, that he
should hate Is with such 3 deadly hate 4?
What shan we do to sppesse him A?
Would he like tG be Marquis, Duke,
perhaps Lord Mayor "-Governor Gen
eral OF Iodia, . Life Peer? de has but
20 name his terms, and, sooner than loss
the Derby, We will grant anything he
asks. OF courge, like Ero5tstas setting
IRE TO the Temple of Diana, he may
covet the immortal fame thst would
surely await the destroyer Of the Derby;
bat it is better for Studd TO be remem-
beTed with blessings than to so down
down very low-tO postsTity, with exc
crstious vented in every English dialect
from al classes, occupations and ranks,
and consoled only by the consideration
hat ne could never 90 any thing worse,
for nothing euUid he to damnstion add
greater than that"