New-York tribune., 1870-06-02
OUTDOOR SPORTS.
THE TIRE.
am PERRY pAY-DEFEAT OF TIlE FANohllL-
''D VICTORY OF KINGCRAFr.

,5or has been in a state Of ferment concerning 'no
.ou,ine race for the Derby Stakes al EPSon' !" an
places and in every grade OF society IL n"s ''' Wv
theme of conversation Young sports nave oeop eio'u
rating In sveepstakes varying from shining 10 soNer
a, The hosiers' shops have been abaze with scarts
50 bo o,,r Of the favorites yellow and black-not at
su rrettv eombnation-held foremost place those
nn tbe colors OF Mr. Merry. the owner of the twoIa
vorites: next In estimation came rod ana "hic' 'ne
rolors Of Camel
One or two special trains ran direct to Epson Do"s'
nj point only about half mile from the race track
The m,Iement weather tempted many thousahds 10
travel tv ral instead Of what used 70 be conSdered o
wav Every road 10 the town Of EPSON bore ls
frcirlt OF vehicles all vending their way to"'Iu '0
scene Of action Abou. midday smart shower came on
which however did not do much more than Jay 'i' "'
which az usual, had been very troublesome
On the course, the multitude was enormous Aio"S
me eutf line Of the straight half mile there was TO"
NJ carriages four and Eve deep both sides Of the track
Each one 81 these had 10 pay guinea ior the Pl'S"
III. min was covered with the booths, stables ana slp-
ses' caravans The Grand stand was packed lts lage
.,,r -oof arpearing TO be black mass OF human
ociurs AL the private boxes and stalls were oceu'
,scd and by Q o'clock there not seat TO Dc
ohtaiucd. All classes of society were represented.
The Prince and Princess Of Wales were accompanied
bv Lord Carinet0u Col Tecsdale and brilliant sme'
Among the uotabeS present may be mentioned rIinoc
Ieorod. the King Of Belgium; the Dukes OF Hamh'oh
BeaufOrt, Lord Falmouth, ItIu C'4'"i i~''" N''
ford MARQUIS OF Angcsey Prince soltzkoh SIR Chares
Mordaunt end the Earl Of Eglnton: also many Mem
l,rs of Parliament Cabinet Ministers, representatives OF
The Bench aud persons eminent in all departments Vi
public life. The track was cleared by mounted ponce
men with much difficulty. hut not far from the apPoh'eu
time tho horres brought out The excitement OF
the ,pcctators was wrought up to it, highest pitch 10y
,b 9rarsrcc Of the Is horses entered for the race
Mscgreror the favurte tremendously chcered but
both Camel and KuccIaf had many admirers After one
or two attempts. the flag fell, ana the lot went OF III
cluster The first mile being over the hul' the inloS
of the spectators could not the earlier part OF the
race but a. the rounded the turn and the eoors
of the favote in the front shout arose from
The multitude II the iavOrite wins" Their hopes were
doomed 10 appointment; lie began TO flag, and at the
distance post was passed by Muster and kngcraft the
former holding slight advantage TO the stand where
Kngcrah shot out and galoped. home 20, win win
ston. who passed Muster about 100 yards
from the wuuincpo,t. and defeated him by neck only
hoisted the cheering extraordinary, the victory OF
sgSh tH%OGEn T1 Frcb Ge rider of the winner
also came lu for q share of the applause surprise was
Of Mr. Merry were totally az loss how TO
account fol his defeat. Fordham, his jockey,
man could never win Derby. The winner was ridden
white Jacket the second in red ana the third IN
value Of TIE ,tae- is 9IOO and Lord Falmouth never
bets this the Of his winnings. Among those who
congratulated him on his victory was The Prince OF
Wales.
Trr rrrry sr,Kr, soycrcga each hslf forfeit for o..
f 7 n the Of The second horse to receive 5a
l,ri 23ufsor5eni value Of he siases 4loo. H. ,,.,o
i S Si e M4e9 BY I'm waer dam
NJ NJ TVS b. e. Msc.r ,oT nv Macaon
Mr. La hes b. e k5g Seoi. 3, Aag rom Gam I'M AI@e
ar Jas Dsasons ch Camel by fAorusnd Eastern Princess
~ asI ss f SS' Of sTS ws! 3 Se'''So S GS I, S D"a dam
sI Fs, C. Bsy Roland G Ftl Roland dam Melbourne
M Eosefs Nona9 oy lle VI MaI}n ~ Jan 2 AUG Aelann'e'
Nj W Rogers CocAhe Boy by Knight Tempar, dam Irish
Nr Mcrbys ch C. Ss, y Yomnster dan
Betting at tie start~Two 10 ! on Macgregor; to l
act Camel II 10 act Prince Of Wales; 100 to agt
Kiuccmit; 20 / agt Normandy; 100 tO4 aSt iancrs
Ton. aud % toI ag Muster
We append description OF the winning horse
KINGCRAFT.
He is bright hay colt rather under 10 hands and 3
inoh,s in hight and very handsome all It would
De difcr Il 90 lind fault with hs>contour the only pos
slble exception being that ne is somewhat light cf
He was bred by his present owner Lord Falmouth,
and made his first twOyeaT-Od in the TI1cnniIl
Stakes 40 Asco last June The long odds OF 10
laid on him; hut he suffered defeat nv a head
from Nahoua. His next appearance in the
Chesterfield Stakes at Newmarket which he easily
by two l.neth beating large arg I ng,d ne then scored scored
weed beating Sunlight the CoEival stakes at York
Stakes 40 Newmarket heating Normandy the Tricuuih
Produce stake. 40 the same meeting beating iN others
Ec w.i ti,ce5 ,Iird for the Middle Puk Pate
won by Frvolity and occupied that position
10 thc Criterion Stakes won 10y Hester to whom me-
he 400 Gaineas stake when he came in fourth and his
oud DO the Derby stakes, as above. He j. engaged in
tlc Prince of wales stakes al Ascot % subscribers; the
S Ic.T stakes az DOuca~ter, 2 subscribers the Don
caster ~tatcs at the SAME meeting, ana several minor
The Jockey who role him. French has before had
the winning mount u the Derby although he has been
be rode Christmas Carol second to Gad.lcur and in 1906
when Lord Lyon only defeated Sayeruakc. whom be
riding. ly % short head. Lord Falmouth has never he
fore succeeded in gaining the Blue Ribbon OF the Turf
ais beet win previous 10 this being the Oaks, in 1867 with
Ieen Bertha.
..ACING ~ TIE NEW DOMINION-THE MEETING
AT WHITLEY, ONTARIO.
WHITLEY, Ont. May 2j.-The second days
racing to-day did not attract so large crowd yester
day; but about 500 people present The weather
mild and track heavy. Betting light Oh all the
wli1, P1e go 50 t. second tvonle heats weight Tor
T,Ier Cs.sons r b. Archibald by Rare by
Hs,,i e. B. cly $ia., By ia :
Betting s. to on Sin Ar h,bsid against The Geld
In the first heat Stuart led closely waited on 10y Ter
ror the vuritc last stuart led by two lengths into the
second place and at the thIeequarer pole colrcd the
leader Tie pair ran locked TO the half distance, where
beaten three lengths second Heat Stuart made all the
running for mile and lreequateS the Others In close
trGflig NJ tc hcdd oI llc Stctch Slf
ATChy came and won IA canter 10y length Terror
good thIId.
Pya.s 800 second so for 81 hoes bred the Dominion
y s weight for wunefs once ID extra twice 10 b thnce
ls -.
WAL Nee b, Kerneh-The Countess, aged Ia5 IL rs
W a Boelss.. Rahosn b, Asaadale dam by vanda
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Lp5ers c Gaity h JACK the B5fhe dam by SIR Ta,on
Phhrs d. H Llla Rooth by WagramLdy Frsnsu ll6..
E. Raysr b. Lteuy. by v sener 3 ia
neleer-0, lf. kate Allen by Sir Tstou dsn by Baekock
Simpsons b. Bars by The Dar<r lis.....
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