Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-09-13
spoRrMa MSTftas.
The st. Leser-Ths GresfKhxllsn Event
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LONDON, Seftsmber 12-The Donc1ater
st. Leger, which is to be run on Wednss-
day, over the Duneaster Town Moor, Is .
racing event of greater antiquity than the
Derby, and of but Ettle less importance in
| the estimation of English turfmeM The
Derby honor is the hue ribbon, the 81
Leger the white ribbon of the turf. Itisa
sort OF fall Derby, q second test of three.
year-old excellence at the same weights
carried at the Derby, 122 pounds for colts;
and III pounds for fillies. II has long been
held the erVwning glory Of turf renown to
carry of both these prizes, and il has been
accomplished only ten times since the
Derby was instituted in 1850. To have won
the Two Thousand, the Derby and st.
Leger Its the quadruped out Of the mere
ranks OF the foar footed arissoeracy, and
CROWNS him
KinN - All Beasts.
OF the few racers that have succeeded in
winning tie douhle event one was Mr..
Lorillard's peerless Iroquois son f Lean
ington and Maggie B. He accomplished q
greater feat than this. Between the Derby
and st. Leger, two weeks after the Derby,
he took up an itnpost Of eight pounds more
weight than wss carr he'd in the Derby Or
would be carried.in the -. Leger, and five
pounds more than was carried by top weight
IN the Cambridgeshirey and, with this f3l
pounds on bis back, besc his field for the
Prince of Wales stakes, his nearest in
weight, Geologist carrying l22 pounds.
No Derby and st. Deger winner ever did
that. II stamped Iroqupis as being the
Bess Three-Yess~Of6 - England.
A large field will start for the st. Leger ttis
year. among them the Hermit filly whs
won the Derby, Shotover and other good
ones, including Gehemness and Quicklime,
who ran second. Three Americans are ex-
pected to start, Mr.. Keene's Golden Gate
and Mr.. p. Lorillard's Sachem, who ran
third for the Derby, and Gerald. IL is be-
lieved that none OF theseis good enough to
win by several pounds. Doncsster, where
the st. Leger is run, is the ancient Danum
of the Romans. 1t is a borough town in
the county of York, with q population OF
about fourteen thousand inhabitants.
Racing has been kept up here
As the Records SHOW
since l6ea The great race known now as
the st. Leger, dear to every Yorkshreman's
heart has existed since l716. and had its
origin in q sweepstakes for 3.year-old colts
and fillies OF % guineas EACH, distance two
miles. Two years after its institution II
was named after Colonel and Lieutenant
General Anthony st. Leger, to whom the
turf generally was under obligations for
services rendered in its furtherance and
p emotion. The name was adopted on the
suggestion OF the Marquis Of Rockingham,
who was largely instrumental in the estab:
lishment Of this particular three-year-old
race.
Yorkshire HandicsP.
LONDON, September l2.-Great Yorkshire
handicap was won by Baliel; Reveler Sec
ond, Blan dna third.
The Hillsdales.
LONDON, September l2.-Detting on the
race between the Hillsdalc crew and the
crew of the Thames rowing club IS two TO
one against the Hillsdales.
shooting at CreedmoSr.
CREEpMooR, September l2.-ln the Judd
match to-day, 200 yards, Capt. Goodsall, OF
the British team won first prize.