The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-05-30
SCENES AT THE DERBY.
ON THE ROAD TO EPSON DOWNS.
A Graphic Description OF the Race
Splendid Contest Between Seventeen
Horses-Rothschild's Chestnut Colt the
Winner.

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Horses-Rothschild'sC Chestnut Colt the
Winner.
The following telegram. dated London. May
"a, riyes an Interesting account OF the Derby
day, and many particulars of the race, omitted
in the brief dispatches already published:
Derby day has come with its usual spirit
and Incident The House of Lords is. empty;
the House OF Commons adjourned. Business
generally, in London, is suspended, and the
city is empiied OF so much Of its population
that a stranger might imagine it smitten with
the plague The weather is delightful. Never
theless, everybody is armed with Macintosh,
OF umbrella, as precaulion against The rain,
so proverbially an incident OF the occasion,
while wells about the hats guard against the
absolutely certain dust
turnpike, and are on the road In an endless
procession Of carriages. private and public, OF
stages, OF buses. OF vans. OF carts-iTom tne
ariStocratic six-ir-hand, with noble marquis
handling the ribbons, and delicately and skill
Gully touching with his lash the flank Of the off
leader, 10 the donkey cart. with motive power
equal 10 medium dog and & freight OF six Sc
lect cosermongers. Dust We cannot see, we
can hardly breathe for it. II darkens ine lovely
English landscape; turns the hawthorn hedges
and their perfumed blossoms into oreaTy eafll-
q hundred yards away; fills the lungs TO suffo-
cation; irriiates our eyes; vexes our tempers.
The long -cayalcade is suddenly arrested. The
matter buss Is Upset, or the wheel IS on
costernonger's family coach. Who cares !He
debris ia cleared away, and on goes the Tying
procession. A little less dust; We have slrack
sand; our weary nags drag heavily through
it, Hurrah the grand stand, with lis sian
dard and streamers, comes into sight over the
plain. We are on EPSON Downs. Greatiyia-
vored, we have place Tor our turnout within
the ring; and having quarrelled for it, and ex-
perienced much blasphemy IN gaining IT, we
have leisure and composure to brush on tne
upper strata Of dust from coat and hat, anu
look about us.
The horizon is. it must be owned. narrow.
Between us and the winning post IS family
carriage filled with remarkably Jail family OF
Yorkshire folks. II We are TO see at all we
must make our way 10 the Grand Stand. Tnls
vast structure is already filled. The front
seats, reserved for the families o1 the mem
bers of the jockey club, are orerhoWlnS win
the bluest blood OF the three kingdoms. AT
the outer door Policeman Y tells us that the
last inch overhead Is occupied. Through
much suffering and persplratiOn, nevertheless,
we press onward, until forcibly ejecled, so 10
speak, into the upper air, where, lhongn
much tiatened and altogether exhausted, we
can al least breathe and see.
And what sight All England is here.
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close under our noses; The crush and lutter OF
aristocracy about us; we care nothing for these
things, but gaze in wonder at the picture BE-
forHns A natural amphitheatre, mile. per
maps, in diameter Che slope Is alive with
dense masses OF humanity. Estimates OF
<crowdS always err. but see the thousand acres
taken up as bivouac for horses and traps"
See yonder gypsy camp; fortune-tellinS Is the
order of the day. Hear, for you cannot choose
but hear, the camor of men and women sell
ing yoa the ''card" or programme OF the race;
Hear, also, those other respectfully dressed
tip of the Derby" or those other spectators
who stand ready to give or take ruinons ODDS
on every event of the day. That man I'D u
white hat and duster, speaking with the Mar
Quis oil Gaunt, is a Cabinet minister; they nave
their betting books in hand, having Just re-
corded their. wager. Yonder is d. Il. 81: me IN,
Prince of Wales. a broad contrast Win lne
STRIPPING who made the grand tour Of the New
World. -
HOW comes the more discordant clangor Of
q bell, and the cry OF "clear the course pre-
cedes the coming OF double platoon OF police
men. trunoheon In band, who, sweep the rao,
BILE of peers and people beyond the ropes, and
s,l,aye The ground clear for the array OF horse
- destinedto dispute the honors OF the day.
body diligently consults his card 10 lden-
ahe colors Of the jockey and the owners,
and ascertain the latest odds. EVERYBODY
bends over to see them return Ssain anu asain n,
from false starts 10 resume re line. AT last
thew are of. The eXcitemenE is almost un"n-
y durable The favorite is clearly out OF the rae "a
D before three hundred yards are traVersed. Inc
dark blue of Baron Rothschild, the oolors OF
Mr.. Cartwright, and the yellow OF MT Merry,
crowd steadily toward the front; nervous oet,
ters who ''pluDged". heavily on the 1aForlte
Le eagerly "hedging." The horses are at Tat
Ehham corner. homeward bound, dark blue,
who has hung on the flank of scarlet and gel
low. gets the whip, and gains steadily atevery
strife. The judges in the box stand ike
pillar of iron, firm and observant: Ihe dark
blue passes the post, and Baron Rothschllds
name is enrolled on the long roll Of Derby
winners
The Derby stakes of fifty sovereigns each,
half forfeit, for three year olds; colts, l22 10;
illles, 1T b; the owner OF the second horse 10
receive 300 sovereigns, and the third l5O
sorereigns out OF the stakes. Mile anu nall;
200 subscribers.
Baron Rothschild's ch. c. Fayohius, by Par.
mesan ont g. Zephyr... r.........;A-.....;..;;....
Mir. Cartwiights ch. c. ALBEIT Victor, W MATS
yas.out or Princess or Wales. ................ =
MIR. Merry's b. c. King OF the Forest, by Scot
ti.h Chief out Of Li0ness. =
Seventeen ran. There was dead heat Tor
second place between King Of the Forest anu
Albert Victor. The winner belongs 10 baron
Rothschild, who has, after twenty years fruit
less endeavors. at last attained his great oo-
ieet of ambition the winning OF the coVetea
Rlne Riband of the turf. The winner, which
is better known as the Zephyr Colt than by
his newly-niven name Of Favonius, never run
as a two-year old; his first appearance being
in the Biennial stakes, at the New Market
Craven meeting this slring. where ne ran
second, and was beaten a head only by Albert
Victor. His grand appearance and perfect
action gained him host Of friends alter th&t
performance, because it was known fe coulo
be vastly improved for the Derby, and the
powerful and influential stable TO which ne oe-
longs backed him to win very large stake,
and which has been safely landed.
Wells was the jockey Of R2thschiids COLI.
Morris of Albert Victor, and SnoWden o1 the
kim of the Forest. The betting just previous
to the start was TO against the winner. 10
AGAINST Albert Victor, and II to against
King of the Forest.
King OF the Forest, who run deoa neat lor
second place. is a bay colt by Scottish Chle1,
(aS Ascot cup winner) out of Lioness. W!nnef
OF the Cesarwitch, and belongs TO MT. merry:
Last season, as q two-year-o:d, lie won sl''iUo
in stakes. being only beaten twice IN lne
races. His first appearance was AT EPSON, III
the Slanfeld Stakes, where ne was pealeu Il
head by Bicycle. eight starting. He won lhe
Queens Stand Plate at Ascot III canler rom
Perfume, at a difference OF thrty.two ponhds
for the year, with Digby Grand third, anu lie
Triennial Stakes at the same meeting: AZ
Newcasle-On-Tyne he won the Seaton DeillVai
Stakes from iour others. AT StockDrlu@e ne
won the Biennial Stakes from seven opponents
by a neck, Cricklade being second, and Two
dave aftprward was beaten by neck Dy