Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-06-18

liantlv tine was the weatner! Large
monstrously large was the crowd! In
fiuentiall highly influential were the
aristocracy and plutocracy present
Royal. supsrbly Royals
we're the most distinguished personaSea
who witnessed the race. seeming that In
the elegantly fitted box above that ded-
icatsd to the use OF trainers, Jockeys, the
press, and the lightning telegraph ma.
chimes, W, re the Prince and Princess ol
Wales, the Duke and Duchess oil Con
naught, the Marchioness OF Lorne, Duke
of Cambridge, Prince Christian, and
Prince Edward OF Saxe.Weimsr. The
Imperial Parliament having adjourned
for the great races .uany honoraoie
members were In attendanee to witness
them. The course, may say here,
which is Of sodded grass like the mr.
rounding fields, was perfectly Uttered
with papers of all kinds aud degree,
from the unpreten'ious biscuit bag 10
flaring advertising circulars, ana u
shows high training and docile courage
on the part OF horses that they should
ysllop straight through the huttering
mass of rubbish under foot. Before The
start took place the course was we'll
cleared Of people by the
Army Of Boobies on Hand
At the second attempt one OF the best
starts ever seen was made. and the
seventeen flyers were oil neck to neck.
The race was really a prettily run one,
and at clinking pace, too. Soon aiter
Peregrine took the front there went up
a great shout-"rhe fsvorite wins! the
fayorite winsw but quick as an arrow
from a bow the skillful jockey, Archer,
was after him with lroquois, and the
American colt, laying himself down to
his work in grand style, overhauled
Peregrine, whs struggled gamely on to
the end, but was beaten cleyerly by hall
a length, Archer never having TO use
either whip or spur.
The most striking and remarkable
feature of yesterdays Derby was
Archer's reception Immediately alter
his victory. Quick as lightning the po.
lice formed into hollow square around
him, and then the people could not be
kept from crowding upon the successful
Jockey and the little American winner.
People literally threw their caps IN the
air and waved their handkerchiefs as
Archer and lroquois
passed through this dense black mob,
and the former was received with con-
yratuations at the official quarters.
Such hurrahs as these were made: Hats
of 10 America! Lorillard, Iroquois and
Archer, salute ye! Three cheers for
the men who can bring horses across
the Atlantic and beat us on our own
ground for the prize We most dearly
love! The cheering they were accorded
was loud enough almost to reach Mr..
Lorillard at his residence in New York,
for although the owner OF the Derby
winner was not present, Mrs. Lorlllsrd
had the qualification OF seeing her
husbands colors successful. Archer,
the brilliant rider, by himself
il enough, but the combination
of Archer and America is too powerful
to be battled against by the ordinary run
of Britishers. Hundreds OF thousands
witnessed a circumstance
Which Has Never Before Occurred
in the history OF the Derby-the victory
of an American-bred colt in winning the
first English Derby for the great and
glorious Republic OF America.
If. however, the victory gained last
Wednesday at Epson by lroquois Is
calculated TO call special attention TO the
steed farm at Chestnut Hill, near Phlla-
delphia, where the latest winner OF the
Derby was ioaled it is by no means inn
possible that a few days hence may
bring another farm in cold KENTUCKY
into equal prominent notice. 1t Is
chiefly from Kentucky that the horses
come which James K. keene has sent
to England to be trained Tor their en-
gagements; and Foxhall, whether he be
successful for the Grand Prix lie Paris
or not may safely be pronounced one OF
the srandest thorough-breds now to he
seen in London. In the three favored
States,
Kentucky. Tennessee and Virginia,
most OF the best American thorough.
breds first saw the light, and above all
Others the "Old Dominion" as Virginia
is fondly called by her sons and daugh'
tiers, bears away the belt as the mother
OF celebrated steeds. We know from
the biographies OF George Washington
tlat. although "the Father OF his Conn
try" was forced by George Ill e,
by George Grenville, and by
Lord North into an unnatural
rebellion against the "Oid Country" he
never ceased, until his dying hours, to
possess all the finest attributes OF an
English country gentleman, a superb
horseman, an excellent shot, and a
skilled agriculturist. George Washing
ton never forgot the instincts with
which as boy, he had been
Inspired by an EnGl sn Nobleman.
Lord Fairfax, who had emigrated from
this country to his beautiful property in
Virginia, called Greenway Court, where
George Washington, when a youth,
passed much oi his time. Oi tins same
Fairfax family nv present estlmable
English friend j S Fairfax, Esq Tor a
short time a resident in Wheeling, Is an
honored member. Nothing, again, a.
forded General Robert +. Lee more
delight when he was in command OF the
Confederate army Of Northern Nirginla,
than 10 discourse upon
English Thoroughbred Horses
and upon English strains Of blood. In
the Valley OF Virginia, the home OF
Stonewall Jackson-a region over whlc 4
for four years the desolating tempest I I
war swept with such unexampled Jury,
that of it the mercIless Federal General
"Phil sheridan" remarked that a eros
must carry his own rations with hun u
he wished TO hve-many redoubtaOie
American race horses have in their time
been born. But have unintentionally y
driited away from my subject-matter,
which will be known in turf history as
the American Derby j. r. Is.