The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-06-16

and in the hope or bringing ner quet 10 VIZ
post, her trainer keeps he away from q crewo
that is ready to eat her-and that after the race
will declare she ought to be eaten.
For the same reason, when the horses have
finished their canter and are marshalled for the
start, Lady Elizabeth is kept in their rear
Her Jockey prefers to lose few lengths rather
than risk his mares temper by the side OF her
rivals. All these precautions are OF no avail
From the stand which Is a quarter OF mile
distant from the starting ground, we can see
the Lady's head between her knees and he1
feet in the air. She pulls till she nearly pulls
Fordham out Of his saddle, and plunges IN
way which at least keeps everybody off but the
boy at her head. The odds in the ring 90 up
against her. There is no difficulty about get
agreed that the mare shall wait till they are
off, and then take her chance. At the third ef-
fort the starter drops his flag. The seventeen
start away together; the great cry "They're Oh,
comes ringing along the line, and the most ex-
citing three minutes Of the year are be-
before you. Exactly how each horse ran
for every yard may be read in the proper
reports. What could be seen from the root
of the stand with a strong, glass was
this: An irregular oval course, tolerably level,
fenced in By thick rows Of people, by white
washed rails, by furze bushes in some places,
and for all the distance from Tattenham Corner
home as clear as the sea, or as Rotten Row on
Sundays. Round this circle goes compact,
confused mass Of heads of horses and men, and
silk Jackets Of every hue lying close together,
ali ready to be covered with the traditional
blanket, if anybody had it at hand. The pace
is tremendous, but for half o mile the seventeen
cling to each other as if shot out of the same
sling. The cherry and blue and gold, the rose
and violet, are still cluster Of costumes borne
in single carriage. Only the scarlet and
white, which Fordham wears, are in the rear,
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past the first corner, past the straight reach
far opposite the stand, past the second bend.
Tattenham Corner is almost reached be-
fore there is an opening in the flying
throng, and Fordham calls on his mare to go
to the front. To the dismay Of the thousands
whose money she carries, she refuses even to
try. The lash comes down, and she still re-
fuses. She never once got near the 'front.', and,
from the start to the finish, was as much out
of the race as Franchise or See Saw, against
whom the odds Of one hundred to one were
offered without takers. Sir Joseph's Cherry
seemed to be all in front when the horses
came in full view round the Corner. Two OF
the three gave way; the dark blue OF Roths-
child was first Of all, and there were twenty
seconds when the crowd shouted with one
voice "King Alfred WINS" But his jockey
has made his effort too soon. The King has
done his best, while Wells still keeps Blue
Gown in hand. Opposite the stand the cherry
Jacket creeps up 10 the violet, and the two
horses are racing neck and neck. In another
second Wells is to the front, passes the post
half length ahead, and has won the eighty
ninth Derby by knowing how to ride. Lady
Elizabeth was last but one.
By the winning Of this race we're the for
tunes of the noble house Of Hastings to be re-
stored. By the losing of it they ought to be
irreirieyably smashed, but it is said are not,
unluckily. Here is one Of the mysteries for
outsiders. Sir Joseph Hawley wins nothing
with Blue Gown, while the Marquis Of Hast
ings wins considerable sum. No doubt If
Lady Elizabeth had done what she was expect
much more money; enough, perhaps, to have
paid his outstanding debts Of honor ~ and
have started him once more on the road to
ruin. He has flung away in an uncommonly
short time one of the finest fortunes in
England. Even the men who helped pluck
him say he has brought discredit on the Turf,
an institution that half England thinks
which they would much more reluctantly dis
pense This noble young pigeon was allowed
to appear at the Derby only because his credi-
tors hoped he would win, and would pay them
out Of his winnings. BY the rules of the ring
he ought to have been excluded as defaulter,
the amount OF his last years losses. What he
wins on Blue Gown will go but q little way
toward making up this enormous deficit. It
is a question whether ne will be allowed to run
any more horses or appear again, as he did at
the Derby, to receive the cheers Of the fun
keys who are ready to forgive anything to q
Marquis. OF the whole amount lost and won
on the race nobody can for11 an estimate, but
one authority asserts that two commission
agents have to pay to the hackers Of Blue Gown
fS01, ,976, more than million and half of dol
lars in gold. These may be the two largest,
but there are some hundreds Of such agents
scattered all over England.