The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-06
DERBY DAY.
Parliamentary Holiday and All
England's Carnival.
The Prince and Princess OF
Wales at EPSON.
twenty-five Starters and Mr.. Crawfurd's
4 . Seton the Winner.
lBY CABLE TO THE HERALD


LONDON June S, 1878.
Tho nincty-nnth renewal OF the Epsom Derby tho
great event Of the English racing season. took place
Ut the EPSON Summer Meeting to. day and brought
Out twopty-two starters. There was as usual great
crowd 70 witness the race
INC Wca'her IN the morning dull, cold and
showery, and continued cull during tho day, but II
was not wet enongn to prevent outdoor travel. Tho
crowd on the road TO EPSON was less than IN pro-
vious years, but moro persons went by rail-
The Prince and Princess Of Wales tho Duke Of Con-
naught. Prince Christian and large party went down
by special train.
The recent rains have not been very heavy and the
track was In good condition
Tho following were the principal starters with their
Jockeys ana the betting aganst the horses this
ing:-lnsulaire Goatcr, jockcy( 10 2; Sir Joseph
lGlovcrb Q TO q rhurio Ross,tsr) IL to 2; Bonnie
Scotlsnd webb, 10 /; Seton (Constabe) 100 to 81
Chderic e. Archerl 100 TO s; Cyprus tFordhan), 100
10 z; Aaalus CusIance loo to Q, and Knight OF tho
Cross tCannonl 20 10 /. Tho following outsiders
also started :Zanoni Knighlhood. Oasis, John Fred
orck; Noble, Censor. Prscllan. cnsllereagh, Topaz
PoteAtatc, The Gallant, Ricoito and Ponio.sc.
Though the runners admittedly OF inferior
quality the first five SIX were considered SO
evenly matched that vcrv interesting
ticpased, aud the number of starters improve
mcut over some recent years.
Sir Josephs morning performances after his
rival at Epsom iancied and tho betting bo-
fore the start was to against Insuairc, IL 10 .
cach against Thuro and Sir Joseph and to against
SeftoD.
The winner turned up In Mr. Crawiurd's bay colt
Sciton, Count +. dc Lagrangc's black colt Insuaire
second and Lord Falmouth's bay colt Childcric
third.
TEE RACE
was run at good pace throughout. Prisclan and
Tho Gallant led bali the way, whom Seton took up the
running and came into the straight with the vel
In hand. He kept this advantage TO the flush, and
easily by ongth and a half. Tho distance be-
tween lnsulairc and Chidcric was til. same. Topaz
was fourth, rhuro hth aud Sir Joseph sixth.
PrsclIian tell at tho turn, breaking the collar bone
of jeffrey his jockey, but not interfering with the
prospects OF any OF tho iavoritcs.
Tho time OF the race was 300.
THE LATEST BETTING.
At the start II was 10 to agnDst Insulaire. to
against Bonnie Scotland, 10 each against Thuro
and Sir Joseph and 10 l against Seton.
Immediately alter tho race rain began to fall
heavily Tho racccourse was rather sticky, and,
although there about the usual crowd on tho
Hcaih the mud and rain rendered tho day
pleasant.
NixKrY-SISrH RENEWAL THE DERRY, sweepstakes
for three ods Ut ESQ EACH hall forfeit; colts 10
carry 10 lbs ies III lbs. The OF tho second
to receive $500 and third ESQ out OF tho stakes.
u u
ing ut tho new nigh level starting point
Mr.. w. i. Crawturd's b. G. Seton, by Spoculum,
dam L'vcrpooI,s dam, ~ los tColors scarle..l.
Skater, dam q rcon Sleeves. liz lbs (Colors blue,
red ss9ves ara sl onasr;: b; s:o.n ;s;c;
dam Gertrude, 122 lbs (Coiors black, wniso
~s,ons Topaz BY Lecturer, gu. d Tour
mMin ................. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Pfns, so.. an ., nlhur'o BY T'bthorpe Or
Mr. T. Viewers b. c. Sir Joseph, by Pero Gomez,
out 81 p lrosrery ,.cn,,
manly, out OF Blue BELIZE. .............. -. o
Mr.. Z. Psck'sb c. Cyprus, by Lord Cnidon, out of
MI Houd.wciih's b. c. a;:.a. BY Lacyaos
out OF Bancbcitc, by tho Baron...... ......... o
- Knight OF the Cross. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. o
Mr. Q. Harrson's Dr. c. Zanoni, by Rosicruciap,
Mr. j. N Bariow's b. c. Kaiah.nooa, by Knisn. OF
the Garter. out OF hesperia ID. b. BY Cape Fly
Nj Cookson ch. c Oasis, by Tho Palmer, oot OF
Mr. 1en cook.oS.. CHI. jona rrea.r,cs cs INA
Palmer out Of Ciorinda. Observation-Disclosures. o
Mr. 7. J. Monks br. c. NOBLE, by Knight VI tho
Garter OUT o. Lady Mary chiden. 80. ........ 0
qucl by Sec-Saw, out oi Fragrance, by votigeur o
MT Pultcney's br. C Prisc,lan, by Roscrucian,
out OF Pieias. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 0
Mr. W. Budson's CHI. C. Casllereagh, by speculum.
out 81 Laay rrespass. ;..........-.....:.::.. 0
Mr. ". :. Mtcheii-Innes' or 9, Potentalc. by King
" Scots out oil Dulcibelia. ................... o
Mr.. Maskcnzio's D. c. Tho Gallant, by Plaudn. out
Mr.. Alex Bal,azzs t. {. Ridoiio ty crcnornc
cut OF songstress (bred In Au-itit)........ o
Count y. dc I.agrange's br. c. Poniolsc, by butch
skater, out oil LO u. O
THE wIysgR-sEprox.
The winner, Soiton, IS ny spectrum, out OF n mnre
by Vest Australian, her dam Cisrssa, by Pantaloon
The continued success .! the get oil Speculum Is al.
tracing much attention. Tor since Kaleidoscope gaI.
lopcd away with The Lincoln Handicap IN March they
ssfton won tho CITY aud Suburban Handicap from
held OF twenty.sevon at tho Epson spring Meeting
on tho last day Of April, wuch was tho if.t
he received any mention Tor the Derby Previous to
that timc nc had run second Thurio for the Craven
stakes AT Newmarket. As two-ycar-oli Seton was
considered of out little account Although not
grown much succ last year SETON stands about
ID hands Inches high, and Ii good looking bay
colt win the bost OF shoulders, a strong back and
loins and we'll formed legs and feet although his
hooks are small He was bought by Mr. Crswiurd
Tor 1850 guincas at the safe Of the GIuseow ycnr
ugs nna his foxophiIc hall brother lssod into tho
same ownership last September for $50 gulncas.
Scon began his career on tho turf by running cond
to Redwing Tor the Hurstbourno Stakos at Stock
bridge IN July. AT Goodwood, later in the month he
unplaccd for the Richmond stakes. Ho was thcn
lad ~ for the Criterion, run at the Ncwmark lot
Horghton meeting, which his trainer, Alec Taylor
was saus uine OF winning. Blu. Lord Falmoutu,s
Jannettc Count Lcgfangc's Cicmentine ana Mr. Ray
ncr's Lord Give made such sorry exhibition Of him
that he was Lot deemed worthy OF being sty LOO even
good second class horse; and, as he could only get
TO be third tor the Old Nursery Handicap tho
meetings lie was pad bv many not 10 be up 10 that
mark Mr. Crawfurd however, thought differently
and he freely entered tho col, IN tho Spring Hani.
caps. For the Guy and Suburban no was handi.
capped at ~ lbs, but Ind 10 carry rs, which
was the lowest weight Gallon, his tiny rider,
could get down TO. Ito started with the odds OF s
to 1 against him, and won by head. He WINS
next brought out for the Two Thousand Guneas
at Newmarket, and cnmo IN third being leo by Pr
grimago aud Insulairc. Seftons future ngqpcmcnts
rather limited ms he Is neither 10 the Grand Prix
dc Parts, nor the Doncaster 81 Lcger and ut Ascot
they limited to the Prince OF Wales stakes ana thc
Rous Memorial. AT the Newmarket july meeting ho
Is only IN the summer Cup, and t the October
ing he ~ IN the Irienniai Produce Stakes.
PEDIGREE, PERFORMANCES AND KSoAcEagyrs or Tun
WINNER.
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