New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-05-25
OUTDOOR SPORTS.
THE EPSON DERBY.

THE EPSON DERBY.
.cr FOR THE BLUE RIBAND OF THE En-
cIIsU TURF-sCENEs ON THE ROAD AND ON
~up CouRsF-BARoN RorHsCHILDs ZEPHYR
coIr WINS THE DERBY-A DEAD HEAT FOR
EFCoND PLACE
IeSpoN, May 24.-Derby Day has come with
~ usual spirit and incident The House of Lords Is
,uuty the House Of Commons Is adjourned Business
.eeeray, In Londen. Is suspended, and the city is
emitted OF 90 much Of its population that stranger
might imagine 1t smitten with the plague The weather
4, delightful Nevertheless, everybody s armed VITA
Macintosh umbrella precauon against the RAIN
20 proyert tally incident Of the OCCASION while walls
about the hats guard against the absolutely certain dust
thus equipped. and garnshed with sundry pocketpis-
tsls as defense much against possible Dick Tur-
rims Of the highway against extortonate Vetualers
on she course John Ball sets forth to hss great national
hstiyal a. era 30 -. ESQ l-s-es-
Al an ear hour we take the NORTHWESTERN turnpike,
the road In endless procession OF carriages
privatGad public Of stages of buses OF vans, OF carts
FROM aristOcratc sx-in-hand, with noble mar
euis harding the ribbons and delicatey and sRilfuy
touching with his lash the flank OF the oeader to the
donkoscart with motive power equal TO medium
desJand freight Of six select costermongers. Dust
We cannot See we can hardly breathe fOf furns
fsSe hawthorn hedges and their perfuned bios,
tsems into dreary earthworks; lies Ike HI Se
iungs 70 sufocaton irrtates eyes vexes our tT h
pers The long cavalcade is suddenly costeT
in"nSers family coach Who caresi The DEBRIS sts Is
cleared away and on goes the flying nags drag
heavily through H. HuTTah the Grand stand WIN nan Ts
Wa SSd o S Fsso Downs Greatly favored have
place within the fihg nbe in gaining
t we have leisure and composure to brush on the upper
Se SorI1op is It must be owned narrow Between us
and post tsmy SarF Hs nfG we S are to
70 the the GTaPS as stand
tho @ members
Club are overlooking with the bluest DIoo9 OF Ine
the S inch overhead is occupied Through much sut
ferng and perspratOn nevertheless we press onward
where though much attened and altogether exhausted
And what a sight All England is here, who can
doubt it Royalty and nobility are close under our
care nothing for these things but gaze in wonder al tne
picture before natural amPntheater Am me pSl
of humanity Estimates OF crowds always err, Dut see
Trans" See Wonder gypsy camp fOrtune-teng is the
order of the day Hear for you cannot choose Dus %
programme Of the Hear also those other respect
dir 81 s gRs or tose other SPECTATORS who
stand ready give or take runous odds on every event
sn9 sR Win the MARQUIS of Gaun is Cabinet Minister
they have their betting books in hand having just re-
wales broad contrast with the stripping who made the
now comes the more dscordant clangor Of hell, and
the cry of clear the course preludes the coming OF
S9s Ss s OF na people Beyond
the ground clear for the array OF horse hesh
destined dispute the hOnOrs of the day. Everybody
diligently cOnsults his card TO identify the color OF me
Jockey and the owners and ascertain the latest Odds
Eyerybody bends over to see them return again and
again from false starts to resume inc line: "A, Az
The favorte clearly out Of the race before 900 yards
are The dark ,bue Of Baron Rothseldd the
crowd steadily toward the front; nervous 6etters who
ing The horses are at Tattenham corner homeward
bound darb blue who has hung the flank of scarlet
sds TSe Judge in the Box stads like pillar iron
firm and Observant The dark blue passes the post and
Baron Rothschds name is enrolled on the long role OF
stale. q sovereign. each hall forfeit for three
receive .o1eesu and $50 sO7eregns stakes
s;TG9 Eot1 e. F,G3 R. BY r.s,s3 out Of 2 S
Mr. Merry. King Of the Forest By Scottish Chief out Of one.
place between King Of the Forest and Albert Victor The
@ Sn fs @st sts dRee his b rfat aS
y, tbe urf The winner which is better known as the
Zephyr Colt than by his name OF ben
I'm the Biennial Stakes at the New Market Craven Meet
INC this Spring where he run second and was beaten
head only by Albert Victor. His grand appearance and
perfect action gained him host OF friends after tnst
Improved for the Derby, and the powerful and lnhuen,
tai stable which he belongs backed him TO WIN very
Iaree stake and which has been safely landed.
Wells was the Jockey of Rothschild's colt motifs OF
Albert Victor, and snowden OF the King OF tnG roIs
the winner to against Albert victor II 10 against
King Of the Forest, who run dead heat for second
,ace is bay colt y Scottish Chief Ascot cup win
ont of Iioness winner Of the Cesarwitch. and be-
longs to Mr. Merry Last season, as two-year Old he
won $40 65 in stakes being only beaten twice IN the
races His first appearance was at EPSON, IN tne stan
field Stakes where he was beaten head by Bicycle,
eight starting. He won the Queens Stand Plate al
Acct i'm canter from Perfume, at dlnerence OF 81
nopnds for the year. with Digby Grand third, ana the
TYNE ne won Deuva Stakes from four others
At StOckbrdge he the Biennial stakes rom seven
onponents hv a neck, CTicklade being second, ana
two DAYS aftorward was beaten by neck Dy DigDy
Grand for the Mottisford Stakes, the latter receiving
seven ~ At GOOdwOod he the F1ndon stakes, beat
ing RippOnden and five others, and the next Gay won
the Bentwick Memorial Stakes from three others AT
Stockton he won the LambtOn Plate by head only from
Mile de MaillOc At DOneaster he won the Chanpagne
Stakes by head only from Rpponden ana three others
Tins was his last appearance as a twoyearOld TINS
year he started the first favorite for the O guheas
hut could only gain third place TO BothWeu he winner
and Sterling. - . NJ,
cess OF Wales and belongs Mr.. Cartwright He run
three ltiInes twO-year-Old, winning twice On MS
appearance, in the Reading Stakes, he was beaten
by three-quarters Of length in field OF seven, 1y
Lizzie COwl, being then raw ana unprepared Az tne
Park Plate from a field of sixteen opponents, among
which Boutwell,, the 1900 guneas winner Hannah,
the guineas victress, and others. He won at the
Newmarket HOughtOn Meeting the Homebred Stakes,
beating RppOnden and three Others and then retired for
the season This Spring he has only for the
biennial Stakes at the Newmarket Craven meeting
which won the Zephyr colt, who has now reversed
their positions being second 70 him, beaten by head
only.
THE HOME TURF.
TROTTING MATCH AT FLEETWOOD PARK Re
TWEEN JUDGE SCOTT AND JOHNNY REB FOR
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS.