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LONDON'S HOLIDAY.
DERBY DAY, AND THE SIGHTS TO BE
SEEM
beauties of an English Landscape--A
Picturesque Crowd-Brief account
Of the Run The Magnificent
Tinish-Good Luck.


tLcland's London letter.
The great holiday OF the year-the Lon
doner's Fourth Of July-the carnival of
sport style, rowdyism, flirting, swindling.
and gayety-the day which, like that Of the
greatest festival in ancient India, IS de-
voted to the worship Of tho horse in one
word, the Derby. ~ R-Pronounce
Darby) II is a walk cf a mile from the
station, up gently rising downtown
means up in England, for the downs
are gently rising hills. 4 broad ex-
tent Of these We're golden with
close growing. thick-bI0omiug gorse-or
pure gold is the word so intensely
bright is the hue. CThe gorse has delicate
smell like that Of ripe apricots or peaches,
and It's said that whenever it blooms kissing
Is in season but truly this is always, since
there is no day in the year when one cannot
find few flowers on It, for which reason l
Opine that many Of my readers would gladly
see it growing In America Thicsly dotted
in the gore were many gyp.y vans and
tents. The number Of these was remarkable,
since every gyp,y in England who can pos
sibIy manage It COntriye5 to be at EPSON
during the racing week
do not think that many Of those who ar,
in the multitude pay much attention 10
what is by far the greatest attraction of the
whole-the eZqui~itely beautiful Surrey
landscape, which OF a fine day spreads like a
perfect panorama in the distance, and the
wonderfully picturesque scenes Of the grand
stand, crowded with thousands, the innum-
cradle vehicle,, from the superb four-in-
hand, full of the gayest swclIs, to the coster-
monger's cart. With these are endless
tents, marques, paviii0n7, banners, bands
OF music, mummers, miustrcls, and at
every step and every turn tho gyTsy stan"
and gayly painted van So Ia at il would
all be a magnificent sight we're it only for
the immense attendance, which was com
puted at from 300, 900 to $4,000 Put this
number Of holday-makors together on n
broad hill among nowery mo3d ows, over
looking charming country, give them
champagne, flowers, lobster salad, brandy
roses, cold chickens, lilies. cIaret cup, lilacs.
sandwiches, porter, ale gin, ginger beer,
drinkabes and eatabes al iuiutum. with
all games legal and legal Nth much betting.
and you have a scene to remember.
Ting-a-ling-liugl The Lcu rings-the
course is clearo and that easily AMI speed
lily, for an English policeman, and indeed
the English people stand no nonsense when
sport IS at stake. The paddock is empty,
the stands are full 1t is a great i0y for the
multitude to see, with or without opera
glase3, from near OF far in the royal box
the prince and princess of Wales their chill
dren, the prinCesses and princes, AMI all the
other glorious ones Of the sacrosauct circle
and pleased, indeed, are the ladies VINO
mako out that the princess wears a dress
according to The Telegraph of myrtle
green p1plin, having plastron Of Irish
rose-poiut lace, and bonnet to match the
gown" At what time of day the lady lad
on this glowing floral combination heaven
ami he Telegraph reporter only knows,
since to my eyes and those Of The Daily
News man she was attired in what | Ger
tainly took for light hrown-it not being in
good form at all for the better kind to ap-
pear at tie Derby in anything startling.
hut / borrow from him his brief account Of
the rum since that comedies indeed with
what l saw.
"People endure the false starts with such
patience as they can command, and, at the
cry They are or begin to observe the race
with keen interest. They watch the clunD
OF horses, as IL We're, creeping up the hill,
increasing their peal with every stride
the varying fortunes of Tn, exciting con
test, the whirlwiui sweep rouuI Tattenham
corner, and tie magnificent, lightuing-Iike
finish, as Archer soams to push lIcltOn's
head in front OF Paradox. within a foot of
the winning post That Hnal moment of
the Derby finish has in il tho condensed
passion OF u lifetime, as from the distant
loui-as the irug-,h0l hoors of the
racers beat upon the hard turf rush
ing past Tho stand-till it be-
comes "a sustained, thundorous roar-ths
deop-votcod GiGposon of the Derby mob,
Whom tho race Is over ana Melton. with
Archer still w, is lpl, quivariug with excite
mont into the nttio TGldoc. in front of the
weighinE-r5om, tie prince If Wales Is
among the first % congratulate Lori Hast
in-,s upon his good fortune"
Well Il wa a race Wen worth selinr Il
Is already being said that some of the most
stirring chapters in racing history have been
written upon EPSON Downs but THAT mono
OF them can suTpas this newest page, and
that TO have seen the great strugrl5 vastog-
day between Motion and Paradox is some
thing e. speak OF for a lifetime Derby has
declined, but yesterday witnessed in it q
glorious revival This for the racing part
But the Tacin f. me. though I saw it all
and enjoyed it, was less curious, less note
worthy, than the observations which ImaIe
among the people.
1t is, rs all the world knows, considered
lucky to find a horseshoe. hut | picked one
up just as | set foot on the track l am as
sured by the most experienced scrcorosses
and witches among the people that of all
Others shoe found on q rlco-t-ack. but
especially on the derby. is q tGlism1n OF
most potent power. "Perhaps one of the
horses running lost the race Iv losing that
shoe. and so you'll set the luc., which he
lost At any rate. it lies before mo, and /
will make good Iaperweisht. The last
shoe of the kind which found wa lust lie. f.
fore the door Of YORK cathedral.
Ice Water Cause of Ifri=ht's Disp,sn