New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-13
THE VICTORY AT EPSON.
AMERICAN RENOwN INCREASED.

80 pvcuIAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBuNh'I
P,a,,oy. Jnne Pit must be admitted that 'he
- are n little sulky over lr0quoiss victory
In bione 10 them ii they are. They nave Ios'
e', ,,onev by the defeat ofPercGrine. They nave
p' much IL all reports bc true, by lr"qn"s'
p' Tho heavy sums invested in the Americans
s~r American money. What they are forever call
,he Blne Ribbon Of the Turf has passed Tor TINS
Ht 80 foreign hands not for the first time 10y
'' u,o,ps Nor had they the wit 10 lore
o" ,his disaster and profit by It, as
s@ I'D have been glad to profit ire
WY of all con sidcratons Of nationality or
Fs,;s,, But. rs q matter Of taste, some of the
P',,rs hetrav their chqgrin rather too openly
,,rrns which are not always strictly polite.
~ ALL newspaper which macs pretty freely ana
..coften the friends privilege OF rough speech
" Every punv whipSter gets our sword nova
So A bafpennv evening sheet observes thAt
- we have an American horse winning the
,d an stem after stem is gained in the sublime
.hwav Of whipping creation, whatever tha' NAV
- A third puts the defeat on the weather
sTrs Derby is run. and an American horse has won
ura. chance has the cool BritOn in that sul'ry
N...osnhere - which was not in the least snltry'
s,ln',r aoe The sun was burning hot, but
-" h-eeze blew steadily all day long. These are
-. ali only spnrts Of il-humor and against them
Nv" 80, on much more generous and more Eng
n"' o,ts "Iro0uois' triumph" SAYS the or
H'" s.hionahle life is something for Mr.. Lorll-
&c trainer and Jockey to he equally prond or
a,,enino Conservative paper does with all heart
congratulate its " American kinSfok." adding
A., tbev have thoroughly deserved this success
~ .hot"it IL only because the Americans have
~ Inference 10 the trottng track before the
...ooprse that they have not cqualled MS long az"
.,ho snort whose greatest event camcoh Yesterday.
rhors is naturally enough some discrepancy IN
A., ,copnts of the winning of the race, ana OF the
~ in which its triumph was received. MOI le"
-, va, console themselves by saying il was
a .rcbcr's riding" that dill it. Our candid friend
No. mentioned saws on this point The triumph
:, America and Archer. although il would he
s;morIt 70 define how much due to America and
e., rorch to that excellent jockey. was received
;,h tremendous enthusiasm" In the next sentence
.. o,nea,s that the enthusiasm had its origin IN the
,,-.sence of Mr. McCuouGh, Mr.. Florence ana
other we'll known Americans ana their en'hn-
.asm was contagious" To infect half million
reople il certainly must have spread rapidly
Saws another: whether the jockey, the horse or
the Americans were most cheered aud congratulated
on the victory il woud be difficult 10 say lhe
same authority favors rs with calculation that
Archer's riding would be quite seven pounds III
tavo,of Iroouos more than that Of any other jockey
availahle' TN the Oinci manu-, an dS' "'"'' as
that when Iroouois was called upon at the bell he
paSsed Perecrine in few strides. and won easily.
tbonph by not more than half length. Anybody
conld see-we who were there did see-ihai Nehh
WAS usinc whip and spur mercileSsly on the favor
ite while Archer cantered IN without the
help of either. Racing men. devoid OF pam
otic prejudIceS, say lToquols won on MS
merits. Il was thought he had fine turn OF speed
but could not stay. He certainly ouis'ayed Frr'-
crime who rolled and sprawled over tn" cours" dur
ing the last hundred yards, and went to pieces ~
the finish
sundry authorities say bluntly that lroquoisS We
tory was not popular one. All the cheering was
for Archer" is the extremely positive testimony Of
one individual Another Describes Archers reception
Immediately after his" victory he most ,'rk-
Eng feature of yesterdays Derby. The enthusiasm
for the great Jockey was tremendous" people
literally threw their caps into the air and waved
their handkerchefs"; yet this excited chron-
ieler presently adds: " favorite or no IA
yorte il was popular win" Between tins
and the directly contrary opinion above recorded
the American is al liberty 10 take his choice have
indicated my own impressions hut may say word
OF two more as what actually saw. My position
was good one for seeing OF the box Of carriage
next but the rails aud thirty yards short Of the
winning post, exactly opposite the Royal Gallery.
Corner there was the usual roar, "The favorite
wins II was increased as it was that Webb
had done Archer out Of his favorite position
near the rails and was coming inside
Yet even at that moment ! heard racing
man near me mnttcr that Iroqnois going
better than Peregriue who already SEEMED
TO have he'd enough of it. Iroquois was hanging OF
Peregriac's flank; Sticking to him Ike his
shadow" exclaimed an alarmed hacker Of the favor
ite All once the pair neared the bell, perhaps
200 yards from the post. Archer lifted his Whip In
three strides IrOquOis was alongside his leader In
three more he had passed him. and the race was
won for Peregrine had done his best. and not all the
efforts Of Webb could get anything more ont OF him.
Archer rode, say the knowing ones with great judg
ment made his effort at precisely the right moment
and on. No doubt. But the case bore no reSen-
blanee 10 the famous Bend Or winning of last year,
when it was admitted that Archer snatchcd
victory ont of defeat. ! believe 1t is the opinion
OF good Judges that IroquOis could not have lost
less very badly ridden In other words, he could
havewOn with any good jockey up. Archer incompar
able artist though he be- has not after ALL six legs
nor yet four and does not win great all by
himself.
The tone of comment one hears privately is much
better than the splenetIc sneers of some of the
papers Now and then loser makes himself agree
able BY what he doubtless thinks English frankness
volunteering his valuable opinion that Twas Archer
did it, you know" Another is careful 10 remind
his American friend that. after all lroquos of
OIL English sire. But tho rule is quite otherwise. If
] may mention my experience. / have been
congra tulated of times lroquoiss victory.
And i know of American who. within
hour Of the race, got message Of hearty congrat-
ulation on the American victory from English
who was himself one Of the losers. This
Englishman cares, l suppose. as much about the
Derby as about anything. and has come near viii