The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-05-25
THE ENGLISH DERBY.
Muster for the Grand European
Turf Event.
Scenes on the Road and on EpsOm Downs
The Crowds and Excitement.
SEVENTEEN HORSES COME TO THE POST

SEVENTEEN HORSES COME TO THE POST.
Baron Rothschilds Zephyr Colt the Winner
Albert Victor and King Of tho Forest Make
Dead Heat for Second Place.
LONDON, May "a. 1871
To day was tho second day OF the EPSON summer
meeting. An immense crowd was present.
BETTING ON TIE DERBY RACE
The betting has been immense at the following
rates:-7 10 against Mr.. Jonnstones br. c. Both
well winner OF the Two Thousand Guincas
StaKcs) by StocSwen, out Of Katherine Logic.
to l against Mr. Cartwrghps CHI c. Albert
Victor. by Marsyas out OF Princess OF Wales; to
against Baron Rothschiidscn Q. by Parmesan, out
of Zephyr; Il TO against MIR. Harrion's c. Grand
Coup by Giadlateur, out OF Olive by Stockwei; the
same odds against Mr.. Merry's b. c. King of the
Forest, by Scottish Chief, out OF Honess; 4to l
against Mr.. Osborne's b. G. RavenshOe by Cathc-
dral, ont OF Crows Nest and the same odds against
Captain Days b. c. The Count by Parmesan, out or
Countess, 10y StOckwen.
The race was won by Baron Rothscnid's Zephyr
chestnut colt.
The chestnut colt Albert Victor and bay colt King
OF the Forest made dead heat for second place.
the following is the summary
Baron Rotilschild's ch c., by Parmesan. ont Of
Mr.. Cartwiights oh. O. AlDert Victor, by Marsyas,
out OF Princess OF Wales. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
MR. Merry's b. O. King OF the Forest, by Scottish
ChieL out oil Li0ness.
ssOn tho Roadr and ON Epson Downs.
@ LONDON, May "a, 1871.
Derby Day has come with its usual spirit and in
cidenl. The House OF Lords is empty, the Com
London is suspended and tie city cmptied of so
muca OF Its population that stranger might
imagine 1t smitten with the plague. The weather
is del ghi1ul. Nevertheless everybody is armed with
Macintosh or umbrella Us o precautlon against the
rain so proverbially an incident OF the occasion,
while veiis about the mats guard against the abso-
lutely certain dust Thus Equipped and garnished
with sundry pocket pistols as defence, not SO
much against possible Dick Turpns Of the highway
as against ext0rtionase vicuallers on the course,
John Bull sets forth with ruc!ul couItenance as If
on pilgrimage to the saline purgatory OF EPSON,
rather than to great national festival.
At an early hour we take the Southwestern turn.
pike. BY rail there Is no chance. On Derby Day
the swell mob always has possession OF the trains,
and although you may have left in your dressing
case at home your watch and such money as may
not be needed for expenses or such small wageIs
not care for the company OF Whechape whose
humor it is TO aten your nat over your eyes or sup
ply you for your appearance on the course with
pair Of eyes gratuitously blackened.
We are on the road, then. In a mad procession OF
carriages, private and hlred and public; of stages,
OF 'busses OF vans, OF carts from the artist )cratc
slxin-hand, with O noble marquis handling the rib
bOns, ana delicately ana skluly touching with his
lash the hank OF the on leader; to the donkey cart
with motive power equal to a medium dog. and
freight OF SIX select coslermOngers. Dust! We
cannot see we can hardly breathe fori. 1t keeps
from discovering from which nobby turnout came the
well directed soda bottle which wrecked hat
Jchu and sent 1t over the ditch. 1t darkens the
lovely English landscape, turns the hawthorn
hedges and their perfumed blossoms into dreary
eartnworks; lies like volcanic ashes the turf for
hundred yards away fills the lungs to suirocation;
irritates our eyes; vexes our tempers
LO, the long cavalcade Is suddenly arrested.
The matters 'Duss is upset score of
pilgrims are more or less damaged; or the
wheel is OF cOstermonger's family coach and
the family has been violently projected into the
hedge. Who carcss The debris are cleared, and on
goes the flying procession. A little less dust; we
have struck sanu; our weary nags drag heavily
through 1t. Hurrah the grand stand, with Its
standard and streamers, comes into sight over the
we have place for our turnout within the ring,
and having quarreed for 1t with beery Britons, and
experienced much b!asphemy IN gaining 1t, we have
leisure and composure to brush of the upper strata
OF dust from coat ana hat and look about us.
The horizon IL, 1t must be owned narrow. Be-
tween ana the winning post is family carriage,
filled with O remarkably tall family OF Yorkshire
folks, the very women six feet In their slippers-l
mean lineal feet OF course-and every woman bear
ing O prop0rtionate umbrella. II we wish to see
what we are expected TO describe we must make
our way to the grand stand. This IL vast wooden,
rckey structure, far less respectable and larger
than an average American barn. and 1t is already
filed. The front seats, reserved for the
families OF miiors and gentlemen OF the Jockey
Club are overfowing with the bluest blood
OF the three Kingdoms. At the outer
door Policeman tells u.s. 10 wit--flve or six hun
dred gentlemen, OF whom your reporter Is one-that
confirmed by the down-coming host. Through
much suffering and perspiratlon nevertheless, we
into the upper air. where, though mnch flattened
and altogether exhausted, We can ut least breathe
and see. eN
And what sight All England Is here. Who
can doubt itS Royalty and mobility close under
our noses the crush and hutter OF ristocracy about
us. We care notling for these things, but gaze
aInazedly AT the picture before Us. natu.
raj amphitheatre, mile perhaps IN diane,
1s s sopf or crowds sen n@ays e
Are we wrong in thinking there are one hundred
thousand people under our eyesy see the thousand
acres taken up as bivouac for horses and craps"
see yonder gypsy camp-iortunc telling Is the order
or The day. meaI--for YOU cannot choose but hear
the clamor OF wretches selling you the ''cardn or
programme OF the race. Hear, also, those other
respectfully dressed gents who stun you with offers
OF Inc ..corrcct tip OF the Derby,n or those other
spectators who stand ready 10 give or take ruinous
Odds on every event OF the day. Tnat man IN
white hat and buster, speaking with the
Marquis OF Gaunf, Is Cabinet Minister;
they have their betting books In hand, hav-
ing Just recorded their wager. The gentleman
little beyond In light great coat and tapping MS ob.
trusvcIy white teeth with tile other ivory VI his
cane, Is the semitic gentleman who only lew
nights ago maddened hrs present colloqultor tue
devout FIRST Lord OF The Treasury, by Keen ana pitl-
less sarcasms. YOnder Is HIS Royal Hghness the
Prince OF Wales a thought heavier than when We
recently met him at the great ExhibltiOn--lltcIaiy
ican iraa airlnlllQ who making The