Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-06-05
The Chestnut Colt.
THE COLT THAT WON THE DERBY.

That the chestnut colt Doncaster yes
terday wen the Derby is a piece of news
that thrilled the bosom of every true
born Englishman. Probably there is
not a parent in all the British Isles who
would not consider that his child was
disgrace to his schooling did it not know
that Doncaster is by Stockwell out OF
Marigold, and that he is half brother to
Gang Forward, who was second In the
race yesterday. There may have been
other events yesterday in Great Britain.
People died as usual; and people were
born as usual; great many committed
crimes as usual, and very many others
were subjected to new misfortunes;
some came to sudden wealth, some to
sudden poverty, and not few starved
to death but that DoncasteT, who be-
longs to MIR. Merry, who was bred by
Sir Tafton Sykes, and was out OF Mari
gold by Stockwell, had won the Derby,
was whispered by coffin and bedside
over the dead, the dying and the new
born: made misfortune and suffering
forgotten for the moment; overshad-
owed even great Joy, and sent com
mon thought and a common throD or
sensation through the brains and the
hearts of ever so many millions of proud
and frpe-born Britons. The betting was
forty to one against Doncaster, yet he
did it in $50. Mr. MerTy's colt Don
caster.
1t is Brittania that rules the waves,
! and Britons never can be slaves, as was
/ probably remarked by several millions
of people recently when they heard
about DOncaster. The time of Doncas-
| ter. if we also may be permitted to make
! a remark, does not strike us as remarka-
/ BILE: but then we are Americans, and
Americans do not profess to be more
/ than moderately 'thOrsy. The one
Englishman, perhaps, who, being within
reach of EPSON, quietly staid at home
1 and read book, was Mr.. Tom Hughes.
| 1t is. we think, high time that Mr.. Tom
! Hughes emigrated. He has ceased TO
! feel that interest in the Derby which IL
! becoming a Briton. He has certainly
/ twice. and we donOt know but oftener,
moved that Parliament should not adj
! iourn in Difference to the races. Should
! Mr.. Hughes move that the Queen be be-
/ headed, or the Prince of Wales be per-
mitted to follow some useful occupation
come to New York and got into store
/ for example-he could not show more
emphatically that he is alien to British
/ institutions. An Englishman born who
cannot understand the Importance OF a
colt running a mile in $50 on EPSON
Downs might as well have not been born
at all-or not born in England, which is
about the same thing.
Really and truly, perhaps, there ls
nothing in the world of less consequence
than how fast a colt can run-looked at,
at least, in one aspect. But still we do
not in the least agree with Tom Hughes
about the Derby. Holidays are good
things: trifies are of immense import
ance, if we look at them Alright; play
is sometimes a great deal better than
work and, if it were worth while, there
might be a strong argument made In
favor of Epson Downs as compared
with Runnymede. If Parliaments and
Congresses never did anything worse
than to spend a whole day at picnic,
about five minutes of which were taken
up in a herse-race, we are sure the world
would be as much happier and better as
| Tom Hughes wants TO make IL Inc
man who can invent an essential Derby
for this country will be a benefactor OF
his race.-N. 7. Egerains Post.