The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-06-25
THE ENGLISH DERBY.
Described by Young Man from America
who has Travelled.
From the Boston Herald


The course Is entirely different from any
thing we have in America. There nre not fifty
yards of level ground anywhere in the vast en-
closure. should say that n run of the whole
side the ground slopes rapidly downward into
u deep valley. SO that the horses run on ground
Una s' 1aH H up tS ahS tba w IRON ON
the Other side is very steep, and where
yond i, must be 400 or 500 feet higher
sianins Of the ho@estrctch Is the place they
call Tottenham Corner, and all England tells
you what II terrible place it it for a horse to
come around. But that Is tally. There are
BAY. The only difficulty about this one Is that
it occurs where the horses are coming down II
slight slope. The Derby racers begin part way
around the course. as the distance they run IL
about h'lie aud a quarter beAoFe;, they
sIaTt on an upward slope 10 the crest Qi the dis
tant na+. come DOWN around Iott.nham Cor;
on u down-hij! Fart OF the track. The course
is turted, and not turned up, like those in
Amcrra; Much OF the space down IN the val;
Is taken up with refreshment tents. Punch
and, judy, shows, those machines that
parties of men with blackened faces
singing and dancing without time or tune,
poJp;. From the grand stand Tor hall, a mile
in each direction. outside the track. there is
the same sort Of thing; added 70 tremendous
have uacn taken and housed for the day. A
third OF the people present want to sci! you
something that is Of no earthly use. and that
you wuu.dnt be found dead with, and the
other twU-thrds want to steal whatever you
may have around your clothes. They are the
most accomplished thieves | ever struck. and
they NIL steal anything they can lay hands on.
no matter whether it is worth anything or not.
pr,inisruous crowds in America. but this one
certainly captured the prize in all RESPECTS.
Ya" % Rers f ood Rsea eSSSsy
such crowd with mere figures. 1t was at least
ten lines rs large gathering as ever saw at
Mr. Tomkins and struggled up the course
to the grand stand enclosure, where we mad 70
pay 10 each in addition TO the $40 We had
already been made to lay out in entering the
course The space in front OF tho stand was
tenecl in, and about half the occupants were
beavrr pats and the most outrageous checked
suits vi clothes you ever encountered. some
o. them shouted put their odds IN voices t4 at
horns were invented. Others went about quietly
bookias bets with people they knew OH to the
fgt' ~ his enclosure was another one, occu-
msl Dy the Yattersalls bookmakers latter
sails innocent and su!lcless reader, Is the place
where an the hish-toned buying and selling
Of hor- '1csh IN London is done. There the
betting niou do congrcGate between times and
olIel To- let you in." ON the course at EPSON
tHey Lave a little yard all to themselves, and
One must be supplied, with special ticket i
he vans 70 get in. Mr.. Tomkins booked 80
against $40 on sachem, IS against floO on
Gerald aud 50 against $50 on Dutch Oven. He
backed the irst two because they were Ameri-
Gans, dni tho latter because he was 70 BE- rid,
aoh1 by Archer, the famous Jockey, Sachem
magn'a'gnt race at Sheepshead Bay last
;SS Yea y. when he crowded n, Q ,Ria o all
lhe trSt animal Of his years In Eng
mad' Alter We had been josled about for
ssnd drank and tried to be merry, The Ave
i4rlonES race was finally disposed Of and
iM eTL me- l"Hg"~t hour ever remember, the
i pelDS Mas begun. Tho first We saw OF the
'iiHtoen lh'{ were scuttlinE along the top OF the
Instant ridge. Bruce who was hot fayorite
VA IN no last ba,ch. and Gerald was close up
Wy thr A'ad. cutting out the running. so far
sogood This We knew was the Lorlard PRO
f.amHr haGh"m, we had information. was
beautifully undor u jockey who sa heavily in
, .he sh!dle, and did not help the colt penny
}I,%rher the Americans werG both going we'll
nttqee tai went up, ard his Jockey put the
whip oi freely. The favorits was done. Archer
igisSly A better Jockey nobody ever saw. Ho
~ a. lightly rs feather, and he knows how
,oIit horse at every stride. But the race was
not ~ butch oven. shOtover. the winner Of
Tue Iw" Thousand Guiueas u couple Of weeks
NO was IN the load and running well under a
some, distance bohind, tho Others all in d
SSnS4Pcstnut colt, rs clean Of limb as statue,
dnu WIN coat as glossy ms piece OF satin;
a altshel out OF the crowd with a bound
, aan ne turned, and not q vein was swollen
rom the eXertionup to now. "a spite of his cum
,TSdsome rider. As Sachem dashed ahead with
, ,iat rare burst Of speed thought he had the
tta aSe But H. Jockey had given him his head
oy ,V Ia'e ana i" finished length behind Shot
{Srds moro would have brought tho buc rib
pUh again into AIr. Iorards stable. 1t was n
iS nue lot through miscalculation and bad rid
tx PM lost lust the same. All tho Americans
III heayl'y, They backed LorlllGrd to a man.
eo,nlulall had supplied h imself with riders to
hishuhie with his horses he would have fur
tublshed great many Of his counirymen with
sstT Derby day expenses. | am told tho day
WI Mn Individually about S2O.O00,