The New York herald., 1871-09-14
TIE DOECASTER RACES YESTERDAY.
IMMENSE GATHERING OF TURfITEs.
Baron ROthSchild'S Hannah the Winner
Of the St. Leger Cup.
The Town, the Field, the Horses
and the People.
TELEGRAM TO the new YORK HERALD.


When legislators, lawyers and ltigants have left
London and sportsmen have gone for grouse to the
moors then Is DOncaster in season. And then bet
ting men and fast men-to say nothing of fast
horses-betake themselves to Yorkshire
bright green oasis in the "Black County," with
noisy Shehleld Barnsby Bradford, Leeds and busy
Hull In the horizon-a horizon otherwise darkened
by the smoke Of many mighty chimneys ana
ENLIvENED BY THE RATTLE OF ENGINES
at c0lleries, pumping engines at mine openings and
the passage Of endless trains-DOncaser Is the first
stage Of the outof-uown hegira.
At quiet times antiquarians of the Monkbarns
pattern searcn the nelghborhood for Casar's Camp
or "Castrum on the DOM" or. Dugdale in hand, ex-
plore the ruins Of crumbled monasteres which
once frowned on the Saxon serfs of that happy val
ley.
UNCOVERED TRADITIONS
nave, however, no room to-day; they are hOpelessly
routed by The matterOf.fact turtle, whose pride Is
his betting book, and whose wallet unlike that OF
ordinary saints buges with crisp bank notes to be
staked on the events Of the day-money that would
puzzle alike Caesar and saints, could they look
down or up on the modern scene.
THE TOWN ITSELF
Is surrendered to strangers, who are in turn aban
doned to the extortIons Of the citizens always ready
for such capital occasions Few of the sort adorn
Southern race grounds
THE MEN
stalwart featured large .boned of rough
manner and voice and OF uncouth dialect. Their
talk is as difficult OF apprehension to average Eng.
lishmen as the Basque language to the Norman;
their topic OF the turf turfy, and their proverblal
shrewdness warning as of a fog-trumpet to deal
cautiously with men on whose faces
CPS YORKsHIRE'' Is sTARTINGLY BLAzONED.
Here are women, big and bony as their lords
daughters of Anak-attired IN millinery at sight OF
which Partisan worth would sicken and go mad, all
debating the odds on the favOrite in tones BETTING
Gumdelctch.
THE DONCAsTER GATHERING.
For to this Doncaster gathering troop North, West
and East Rulings, to say nothing Of Durham and
Lancashire-troop Die Vernon and Osbaldstones
and many other offspring of the Tilans; also the
children Of Egypt-a medley. On the whole as ex-
traordinary as ever kept Witches Sabbath.
THE FIELD AND THE COURSE.
There is the field. We are upon the Grand Stand,
whence it may be seen that the principal course Is
tribe under two miles about, while the shorter
courses are judiciOus abridgments, that known as
the ST. Leger being one mile, six furlongs 1872 yards.
The field is almost fat the horses at every leap OF
their progress being full In sight.
OF THE HORSES THEMSELVES
1t need only be said tnat to the last minute Baron
Rothschld's flly Hannah. who clevery won the
Oaks at EPSON the spring, the favorlte, with
Albert Victor next In the betting.
THE RACE
was an extraordinarily well contested one, and was
finally won by the favorite by a mere meek. Ten
horses ran.
The following Is q summary
THE SUMMARY AND PEDIGREES.
The st. Leger Stakes or twenty 1--WE sovereigns
each, for three yearolds colts, 122 lbs; flies III
lbs. the owner OF the second horse to receive 200
sovereigns ana the third 100 sovereigns out of the
stakes.
There were I'll subscribers
BARON ROTHsCHILD's HANNAH THE WINNER.
Baron Rothschiid's b. +. Hannah, by KING Tom,
w. S. Cartwrights ch. c. Albert Victor, by Mar.
syas out of Princess of Wales. 2
W. sadler's CHI C. RngwoOd, by Lord Clifden,
Mr.. CrOokson's br. I. Rose OF Atnol, by Blair
Alhol, out Of Violet, by Voltigeur. ............
j. Johnstone's br. C. Boutwell, by StOckwel, out -
OF Katherine Logic. ...........................
arque out OF roma. ::......:...............
S. Webster's b. c. Lord Hawke, by Lord Clifden
out OF Flutter, by Alarm. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
F. A. Williamson's b. c. Orator, by Lord Clifden,
A. Young's b C. Dgby Grand, by Saunterer, out
or Miss DgOy. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
BorueauA. ...''............ .........
The riders of the first three horses were Maid.
ment, French ana Chaoner.
THE BETTING,
The betting Just before the start was to against
Hannah, to l against Albert Victor and IL to
against Rlngwood.
the weather was fine and the course was in
splendid condition.
There was great enthusiasm over the event and
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