New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-05-29
RACING IN ENGLAND.
T-ur MEETING AT EPSON.

..,v sr,vvs- poxcAsTER THE WINNER
pxAp aKAr IN TIKI RUN FOR SECOND PLACE.
IoSpoS Wednesday, May 49, 1879.
III. annual Summer meeting at EPSON was
..nad xs.tordaY The great event OF the meeting aud
~ the racing aeason-the run for the Derby Stakes
tooR place to-day and was won by Doncaster Inc run
-, ,h a.cond Mace was dead heat between Gang For
"a vstser Tbs betting Just before the start
Dcncaster 70 against Kaiser, and to
1 arainat Gang Forward
-vsaxn horses ran, and the lrely contested
Autae animals started well together, Besdron loading
On Tos.saham Corner. At distance Of 100 yards from
the nplsh Doncaster. Gang Forward and Kaiser were
nearly abreast When 100 yards from tho stand, Don
.ster spurted and in ahead amid the wild cheer
ing Of the assembled multitude, winning the race by
half length. The time OF the winner was minutes
and 50 seoonds Webb the jockey OF DOncsster The
raOo was - usual. Witnessed by immense mass OF
persona including the Prince of Wales, who had just re-
turned - London the Duke Of Edinburgh and Prince
Arthur The exodus Of the LOndOners from the city
commenced early this morning. The railway trains 20
Epson crowded TO their utmost capacity and on
the carriage roads continuous lines OF yenioes OF
all descriptions loaded with visitors the races In
London little business transacted, everybody
who could leave the city having gone TO EPSON
EarY tbs morning there indications OF an IN
and although the clouds at one time oroke
they again gathered, and the weather remained uu'
but no rain fell
The following ia the summary Of the races
Eensval OF the Derby Stakes OF 50 soYereigns each
ha forfeit for threeyearOGsi colts ST. 10 ID; nhes
sst H. about mile and half; the owner OF the sec
Ond horse to receive 500 soyereGns ana the tnu lou
sovereiKns out Of the stakes l2Ol suOsJ
Sir atton sykes CHI Doneaster date All Heart and
No PeeD. by stockwell out OF Margold- .--.------
Mr. sayie's h. C. Kaiser by skirmishsr out OF Regina,
by King Tom
mr. W. g. CrawfOrd's Oh. c. Gang Forward. by Stock
F-T.-
sonK ACCOUNT OF EPSON ITS SALINE SPRINGS.
SALTS, AND HORsE-RAcEs-oRIGIN OF THE DERBT
-rHK RACE-COURsE AND ITS SURROUNDINGS.
II may be- said without much exaggerauon
that once year least, the whole BRUSH nation be-
comes deeply interested IN horse.racing. and many
tboasands who other times but scant attention
70 the sport il altogether are moued with an
sager desire 10 something about the Derby" In
The catalogue meetings" which dot the British racing
calendar nom early Spring till Late Fail, almost as
thiokIy days found in church almanac
three boast Of for hreeyearsold horses
professionally designated the Three great
Events These the Tive thousand Guineas at
Newmarket. the Derby" at EPSON, and the "st
Iersr as Doncaster. But the Derby" is, par excel
enoa the great event. Its is popularity cOnsid
cred To carried on the blue ribbon" of the year
and also enough 20 the other two great
prizes eqrDe prince in the peerage Of the
turf. England has Dyed almost as many Derby days
A. Americans have pourths Of July, for in six years
moro the celebrated will have reached its cen
tsnnry the present year being the ninetyfOurth on
which has been contested but its present great i'm
pOranee only been attached TO tfor half that period
Of time 10 Is invariably toward the end Of May or
early June and the day is unmistakably the great
sooney carnival for upon London turns out 70 EPSON
Downs mites distant nearly half million Of It's pOpu
Ai0n TO witness the sport while thousands also dock
thither every part OF England and not few from
foreign countries Every and grade OF society
annually represented there and EPSON Downs that
day such sight cannot probably be equaled
the civilized world. Even the Houses Of Parliament
adjourn over the day, and the busy London Of the
OF the ycfr becomes almost dreary desert.
Ths numbers who witness the race have been vastly
sugmouted within the last 20 years passengers are
carried TO the by two railroads, which,
thu network Of connecting lines 70 every part OF
the metropolis enable persons 20 view the race at
mail outlay Of either time money; while many
persons ssi their way EPSON by the turnpike
roads A. ever Indeed, 70 do the Derby in orthodox
style tho read" the only way TO to aud return
fOm the fun Of the road" is Of itself an element
Of the days pleasure that is thoroughly unique
Tho incidents of the journey by the road have been
described by . thousand pens and depicted by thou
pencils but those have not actually witnessed
or taken part the moving panorama can scarcely i'm
agine tbs intense excitement Of the The very
name OF the Derby is associated in the mind Of the
LOndoner heat, and glare, and dusty roads, and
blue walls 81 protect the eyes from the dust, 70
say nothing OF the gritty chickens with which |
the sppotite Is appeased the course, and the !
tepid champagne with which they washed DOM !
Euglish like time and tide. wait for and
ara invariably the DAYS set down for them They
pOs poned accounted the weather like
meetings a. Jerome and Monmouth Parks. remarka-
BILE instance ~ exceptional weather for Derby Day
occurred l7 which occasion the late Prince Con
took hts 5rothern-aw, the present Crown Prince
Of Prussia the sport, when tey witnessed the
raoe driving Storm hah seet, half snow in
itself sucrtiy disagreeabe without being necessary
for eure dscomforts Of the journey to tho
and home again roads inches deep in mud
Epson acquired medicinal reputatiOnIong before II
zainod IL racing popularity; but the town, which
has population Of about 5000. presents nothing
Ssnept duuBg the two weeks in the year upon which
held the adjoining Downs. and a few days
tsforel 10 male an exception 70 other small English
towns With their dull. monotonOus nfe It miles
sOuth-Wes OF London. the road and about ten
miles frofa DorkDg. Though EPSON is q very
ancient place and carry its history back
Ear ~ the time Of the saxons, IL was
Of httss till the latter half Of the Seventeenth
Century. when It gained worldwide fame for It's
mineral water. which then became in great demand.
The spring situated near tile village was discovered
about IsOo. and the first OF the kind known in
England. viii the exception OF the hot well at Bath
la beneficial properties becoming generally
knovn.n beSsn to attracttvistors the village which
could alsO boast of the salubrty OF arr Of small
shest Of water center and Of pleasant environs
By the MIDDLE Of the century the renown OF its waters
having spread the Continent Of Europe salts were
prepared from them 20 the foreign demand and 40
persstenty have epson salts worked their way through
successive gene that there scarcely human
being that hS not personal knowledge their efficacy
There BE- little doubt that the germ Of the En-
RacRa fnoEr OOf in TIA gDrinO VI.