The daily gazette., 1881-06-15
SECOND EDITION
ANOTHER AMERICAN VICTORY.
IrOquOfs Captures the Prince Of
wales stakes At Ascot. iS

IrOquOfs Captures the Prince OF
| wales stakes At Ascot. i-'
ASCOT, June 1.-THE fashionable
race meeting Of the season commenced
TO day with royal weather. The foliage
along the various routes leading to the
course looked beautifully verdant after
the recent rains, the course presenting q
great contrast to the dry and shrivelIed
state OF EPSON during the Derby week.
Since last year the stewards, under the
presidency Of the Earl OF Cork and
Orrery, have done much to increase the
attractions Of the meeting, and have ex-
pended about f16,000 In The alters tions
and improvement Of the stands and en-
closures, leaving bat little In the way OF
comfort to be desired. Tho amount
added to-day to the various stakes Is
about f14,000. The Gold Vase, Royal
Hunt Cup and Gold Cup entries are
quite up TO the average, although IL can
not be denied that there are very few
really good three-year-olds In England
at the present time.
THE PRINCE OF WALES STAKES.
There was an interval of an hour.
The competitors Tor the Prince of Wales
Stakes paraded In the paddock. There
was q great rush aud there were inquiries
after IroQuois. abe popular furor seemed
to be entirely with the American, one
gentleman remarking: 81 shall back the
Americans-their luck 10 dead In at
present." When Ir0quois appeared he
was fairly mobbed, the crowd following
him around and around. The general
opinion was that he has greatly improved
since the Derby.
Irequois started as favorite In the bet
ting at s TOD against him. Culloden
jumped away with the lead and made
Nescliffe, V0luptuary and Geologist, with
Great Carle next. As they came along
Swiniey Bottom Culloden held the lead
for about twenty lengths. He was fol.
lowed by Voiuptuary, Maskelyne,
Geologist and Ir0quois in the order
named until three-quarters OF mile
from home, when Culloden was beaten
by Voluptuary, Nescliffe and Great
Carle, who came on together until half
way up the straight, when they were
Joined by Iroquis and Geologist, the for
mer winning good race by half q
length before Geologis', with Great
Garlic bad third and Maskelyne fourth.
INTERESTING FEATURES,
The course is In capital condition and
the races for this week promise to be Of
an unusually interesting character, the
more SO from the participation OF the
American winners of the Derby and
the Grand Prix. Ircquois would have
met Peregrine again to-day In the Prince
of Wales stakes, but the latter horse
was scratched last night. Foxhall and
Iroquois will meet RoberG the Devil, In
the Rous Memorial stakes on Thursday
Robert the Devil having to concede then
sixteen pounds each. Numerous otheI
American horses take part In the chiel
| races. II Is considered certs In that Iru-
auois will carry one or more valuable
prizes to the credit of America before the
end of the week, while 1t is the unani-
nous opinion that Wallenstein, carry
ing 102 pounds, Is the pick of the handi-
cap for The Workingham Stakes on FRI
day. Mr.. Lorillard has five aud Mr..
Keene three horses already bere. Fox
hall is on his way from Paris, having
travelled all the way from B0ul0gne on
/ CunuAy uibuis AioNluluS AiV4u0iss cOA,
hall aud Robert the Devil meet in the
Rol Memorial this will be the most In
teresting race of the season.
| CONCENTRATION
| The London Times and Telegraph
have each editorials this morning
| congratulating The owner Of the Der.
by and Grand Prix winners. The
Times says: -sslt is much for ar
American horse to have won the
| Derby. The victory would have been
emphasized mad IrOqu0is crossed the
Channel and carried off the Grand
Prix. From another point of view
| the racing glory of the United States
| is not merely enhanced, but doubled
| by the success in France, not Of the
same, but of a second representative
| of the United States." The Telegraph
saws: -"Mr. Lorillard is to be con-
graduated on the fact that he has
achieved within very few years what
the late Lords Derby, Glasgow and
Exeter in vain spent long lives and
in vain large sums of money IN at
tempting to achieve. Mr.. keene,
again, is not less to be felicitated In
| that within little more than year,
when his first batch of horses were
landed in England, he has been sue
cessful in the greatest race upon the
continent Of Europe. We entertain
no manner Of doubt that the two
American victories will be produc-
/ II n Mt paanlta-