The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-05-17
GssslP OF THE ENGLISH TURF.

UlsIucuVe udIneb Ol tnelr meetings.. that, now
ever, by the way. AS to the First spring."
concluded few hours since, there can be no
doubt that it was among the most exciting
and remarkable in history. 1t is probably now out
of place to remind your readers that it was the Two
Thousand Guinea week, and that that event arOuses
extraordinary interest here for many months before
the day; but it may be desirable to add that the
singular proceedings In the market In connection
with 1t have given it special features which will dis
tnguish it In the records Of the turf As for the gen.
eral features OF the meeting they differ In no material
respect with the exception OF the great day, from
those of the Craven. The weather throughout was
wonderfully fine. and though the sun shone iercey
from an unc0uded sky, such q fine breeze swept
the great glorious heath as cooled the hottest
spectator. The only drawback was the fearful
plague OF dust which filed the air. and, falling IN
clouds, made every one uncomfortable. The Jockey
Club promised long ago to get the roads watered on
racing days, but, of course they have not done So
and very likely never will. That they will have to
move with the times was evident on Tuesday, when
there swept down on the town such horde OF
Cockney and rustic sght-seers, picnicing on the
course serenaded by negro MINISTRIES and watching
The ''three card trick" as must have made Lord
Glasgow turn in his grave. The scene was In fact,
such as never before witnessed on the heath ana
II 1t may be considered as foreshadowing the future,
the old regime is over. The crowd was very large,
though spread the vast moor II looked sparse.
There were 1000 carriages on the ground, and the
horsemen and women swept over the course In
squadrOn6.
The result OF this, the first OF the great three year
old events OF the season. you will probably have al
ready learned and shall therefore do no more than
glance AZ s eaang Inc yS
passed the post, and even when the field was three
quarters Of mile from home his old enemies Of
fered to / against him. The excitement mani
tested at Newmarket when it was known that he
would come down was wonderful. All the 'tOuts,"
r,,oucles Of a racing town were kept for two days
on the tenter hooks, and were constantly running
down to The station 10 learn whether he had arrived
He came on Monday, at Two O'Clock, the very hour
at which the broken down Wild Oats was struck out
Of the race. The Duke of Hamilton reached Paris
ing what had happened to his horse at once
telegraphed TO the celebrated .fnance agent,n
Mr.. Padwck, the spider OF the "Spider aud Fly"
Hastings allegory, to scratch him. For some reason
or other this was not done, and the Duke had him.
on Monday. Mr. Merry, too was down from Lon
don, and preserved the same taciturnity as before
rn ne re so Who % ayn maven te sreaas
hostility TO the horse and laid so much against him
for the Two Thousand and Derby, continued the op-
position nndauntedly. No opportunity was given Of
seeing him. for he was kept close till Tuesday, and
then ne taken round 10 the stables and near the
starting post, where he was saddled. The great
feature or the betting was the sudden advance on
Monday night Of Martyrdom, who, on a commission
beng thrown into the market aud especially after
the form shown the same day by his stable CON-
panion (Vespaslan) was backed down from 50 to to
. 10 g The field consisted OF nineieen--al carrying
122 lbs.-the largest number that started Tor the
Guineas and Of these the Northern horse Pretender
and Duke OF Beaufort lwho was second to PerO Co
mez In the Newmarket Biennial were equal
favorites at 3 TO j: then came Martyrdom
ut the price quoted: The Drummer, winner Of
the Great Metropolitan, figured at 8 to I. while
Apenst0ck. who carried or the City and Suburban,
was quoted at 20 TO I. The pace was made very
"hot' for a considerable distance by Conrad aud
Bramrdge, who were started to make running"
for other candidates, and when half way up the
Bushes Hill they retired The command was left with
Newcastle's Tenedos close to whom was Bclladrum,
with Martyrdom on his whip hand and Pretender
on the eIt. Mr.: Merry's cSt who was pnlling hard
down the hill Martyrdom still ut his quarters and
Pretender gradually improving his position. ON
reaching the Abingdon mile bottom Osborne brought
up the latter and took neck lead OF Belladrum out
amid wild excitement II was seen that Mr.. Merry's
not however escape notice that Kenyon was calling
his mount while Osborne sitting like statue
on his. Fifty yards from home all doubt was AZ an
end Tor when Kenyon made one more great effort IL
proved Intellectual. Belalrum did ali he could, but
he was not able to get on terms with Pretender who
with little rousing. ceverly by half length
Perry Down finished third, four lengths behind Mr.
Merry's representative, ana Mariyrdom, ridden out
by Fordham 70 secure place money, failed TO do So
being neck behind the French colt
GENERAL REVIEW OF THE RACE.
AZ usual there Is the greatest difference OF opinion
lost, though the tone OF the market, m which the
former dgures at TO and the latter at TO for me
on the one hand that had Kenyon ridden his horse
according TO the orders he received, which were TO
make waiting race OF IT, he could not have lost.
The Jockey himself told Inc, with tears IN his eyes
that these his instructions; but that BE adrum
fresh, strong aud 80 full OF running that
he could not hold him, though. he added, had he
been able TO do So the result would have been differ
ent on the other hand II IL asserted by the MAJOR
ty that while Belladrum showed his last years FORM
he is non.sayer, could not have gone inch FUR
ner and will be beaten stll more easily the Derby
course, which Ia half mile further. Pretendcr who
49, EaSl Ia
OF Mr.. tombstone, strangely enough did not
please the Newmarket folks, who denounced
him nInw Oeas,y sSerhn oo,I plain a.. as cOscna
deal more, and looked somewhat dumbfounded when
they saw him beat all the Newmarket champions
Martyrdom, Perry Down, Tenedos, Hcrmone colt
and others-as n they had been donkeys rather tnan
horses. II Will be remembered that he finished
second avorite for the Derby Mt az to l. and scot
tlsh Queen, VINO, ~ will be seen below, won the one
Thousand Guineas on Thursday: Perry Down. who
dos the NTH In the race after starting at the healthy
odds Of 100 10 l. The most astonishing performance
was that or Duke OF Beaufort, who finished no
where but 1t ~ so astonishing that cannot possl
by be correct The performances OF the handicap
dlsgraceful and those who cried up the latter Tor
,hls race and the Derby must be queer Judges OF
TUE BELLApRuM MysrEHY-ruE EXPLANATION.
Inc most satisfactory feature OF the " that n
BeladIum was beaten his running has at all events,
cleared Mr.. Merry from tue suspicious that were
| aroused by the market position OF the horse Look
~ tne circumstances for moment and whether
these suspicious were not natural enough Here was
an animal by far the best performer of his year who
tue more he conquered his opponents the worse IA
vorite he became for hs three year Old
Nothing could be learned Of his progress during the
winter, ana Tor once the adage was reversed, and
became mo news II bad news.r The market was
nled Win runors as TO his having turned 'roarer,
| broken down aud great deal moro 10 the like
erect. Ana ~ the same time and call through the
piece" II could not escape notice that those who
were with good reason supposed TO know most
ABOUT the horse-mr Merry's friends, In fact--were
laying against him az II he were "ead and buried ;,
What was the natural, n uncharitabe, conclusion
why, that the owner discovering that Belladrum
would not 90 and departing from the integrity and
honor that have made his yellow Jacket 40 popular
with the public, had sent his friends into inc market
10 bet against ms representative and 10 nll be