The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-03

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LONDON June H. 1874
The great meeting at Ascot commenced on Tues
day, and two days OF it are now past This alter
noon. which has the Gold Cup its leading feature
Is the most popular OF the whole gathering which
VIII be brought to q close tomorrow. Ascot has
always enjoyed superiority over every other
racing place In England from the fact that it Is
within few miles OF Windsor Castle and, indeed,
abuts on the royal forest. 1t has consequently en-
joyed for very many years the patronage and pres
ence OF the royal family, and. though the
QUEENS HATRED OF THE TURF
has prevented her from countenaucing the meet
ing since the death Of the Prince Consort the old
SAscot state" Is stin kept up by the Prince and
Princess OF Wales, who always hire seat in the
0eighborhood OF the heath for the race week. 1t
may seem curious that with the castle within half
a dozen miles, Her Majesty should not invite them
to take up their residence there, but it Is
well known that she would do everything in
her power to discourage her sons love OF the
sport, and on his side, he would not care to ac-
'cept as favor from his mother what he is aware
would pain her. For some years past he has
rented for the meeting fitness Park, about seven
miles from Ascot Heath, but, for reasons unknown,
Cowarth Park, about the same distance from the
course, but in another direction. On Tuesday, as
usual. he drove over in what is known as
"AsCOT STATE"
accompanied by several other members OF the
royal family. The PROCESSION Is always regarded
as one Of the great attractions Of the Ascot meet
ing, and brings large proportion OF the holiday
folks, who care little about racing but like to
the 'great ones Of the earth" and the brilliant
dresses OF 1no isdlos en- the iuwn 1t 49, however,
after all, simple AFFAIR The Master Of
the Buckhounds, for the time being-during
the Gladstone Ministry the Earl OF Cork,
q handsome man, who can wear with
erect the olive coat with brass buttons, the gold
cord around the shoulders and waist and the buck
skins and top boots which appertain to the Office
rides in front on a magnificent charger. He is at
tended by the keepers Of the royal park in uniforms
OF green and gold, and all the carriages are drawn
by beautiful horses, mounted by outriders in scar
let livery. In the first carriage on Tuesday were
THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES,
the Duke of Edinburgh and the Princess Christian;
In the second the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke
and Duchess Of Teck Originally the Prince OF Teck
and Princess Mary OF Cambridge, and Prince Ar
thur, and in the carriages which succeeded were
Prince Christian, Earl and Countess Spencer, the
Marquis and Warehouses Of Hamilton, Sir Christie
pher Sykes, NJ. P-sOn OF the old Sir TattOn, who,
In his day and generation, was great figure on
the turf-General Sir W. Knolys, secre sary to the
Prince OF Wales; Major General Probyn, v. G. Mrs.
W. Grey and other guests at Cowarth Park am
reserving my notice Of the dresses which were
conspicuous on the royal lawn until after to-day,
the great attraction of the meeting; but may
here mention that the Princess of Wales was by
comparison with Others rather plainly dressed,
5rak u;lk
trimmings; while the Princess Mary, as usual, was
figure. Ascot itself is far from being a pretty
place; it is, in fact,
"3LAsTED HEATH"
covered with thin and tindery heritage, with here
and there patches of gorse and broom and trees
winch never attain greater dimensions than those
'oi bushes 1t is, however, surrounded with
glorious woodlands, and, when the weather Is nne
the scenery is thoroughly enjoyable The chief
beauty Of the place Is to be found its long range
of stands and lawns where all the rank. fashion
and wealth of London congregate; but the display
will be seen in Its fullest perfection this afternoon
when the Gold Cup will be run for, and when we
shall notice on the lawn Of the royal stand "every
body who is anybody and when the splendor Of
the toilets will surpass-judging from what wit
messed on the Longchamps, at Paris, on Sunday
what was observed on Tuesday at Ascot
all the greatest efforts of the French nodtstes
renowned as they are for taste and resource. To
the racing man, pure and simple-the adjcctives
here, whatever they may bein America, are either
s.pure" or s'smple''-the Ascot meeting is the
MOST ENJOYABLE OF THE YEAR,
for nowhere else do we find sport at all approach
ing in excellence that which Is provided here dur
ing the four days; the llberality Of the manage.
prizes reaches in value the two thousand guneas.
the Derby or the st. Leger, the amount Of money
distributed over the various events Is enormous
and several of the stakes worthy OF the atten-
ton OF the owners OF the most renowned horses.
OF seeing the Derby winner, Doncaster VINO. on
Sunday last, was beaten most ingloriously by the
French horses Boiard and Flageoiet Tor the Grand
Prize OF Paris; but we have seen during the past
two days, or shall see during the next two, ali the
most celebrated animals in England and several OF
the best representatives OF France. To commence
with, we had, on Tuesday, the
PRINCE OF WALES STAKES,
prize worth on this occasion over f3 900. 1t was
remarkable chiefly from the fact that those old CD.
ponents Gang Forward and Kaiser once more
encountered each other. They had previously met
twice this season-hrst, IN the Two Thousand
Guineas run over mile II yards when Gang For
ward beat Kaiser by head, and next in the Derby
when they ran ma. dead heat at for second place
ter. The distance was u miles, and it would have
appeared from the facts that Kaiser Is a better
Prince OF Wales STAKES was to decide the point,
for the course for that race IS a fnrlcng further
Seat Gang Forward there could be ne
doubt that he is the finer slayer OF the two,
and, therefore, the superior horse. The case
stood thus--1 mile II yards, Gang Forward beats
Kaiser by head mile 4 furlongs they run a
dead heat; mile furlongs, why should not Kaiser
defeat Gang ForwardP Nevertheless odds OF to 4
were laid on the winner OF the Two Thousand,
while to was bet against Kaiser, who, by the
way was not sent TO Paris where, very possibly, he
might have won the grand PRICE seeing that Don
casters Derby victory now appears to have been
'rnukc," because his owner, Mr. Savile, did not
q care to
HURT THE Feelings OF THE FRENCH
by winning their race with o horse named so OBJ
jecti0nabe. 1t was generally thought that Gang
Forward looked light and Kaiser rather "too well
to do In the matter OF flesh; but in any case there
was no justification for the difference between
them in the matter OF price, They were opposed
by seven animals, the most notable OF which were
Highland Laddie, who was reported to be superior
at the weights to his stable companion DOncaster
and Suleiman. who was third to them for the Two
Thousand Guineas. Both Gang Forward and
Kaiser carried lbs. penalty, the former for win
ming the great Newmarket race, the latter for d.