The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-06-03
The Son of Isonomy Has
an Easy Race.
Enqland's Future King
Wins a Fortune on Him.
Fine Racing Yesterday on All
American Tracks.
Indianapolis Is Not Tough
Enough for Mike Kelly.
Results OF the Ball Games-Other
Results OF the Ball Games-other
Sporting News

can now pay off some of his debts if be is
so minded and through the same means
by which those debts were incurred. He
IL tremendous winner on the derby,
some authorities quoting his winnings as
high as 100000. Common, who thus
brought money to the depleted purse OF
the future king, won fully ESQ, 600 for him
the other day by coming in first in the
Two Thousand Guineas, and today has
repeated the performance with ease.
The great classical event of the English
turf was run today at Epson. 1t was
the second day of the Epson spring meet
ing and the race for the derby stakes was
the great event of the day. AS usual the
course was crowded with all classes and
conditions of people from the members Of
the highest aristocracy to tipsters and
hangers on of the stables. The road from
London to the course was filled with
vehicles of every description. Dashlng
along with jan2ling harnesses came
splendid fOur-in-hands, the coaches filled
with handsomely dressed women and
their escorts. There. too, were many
vehicles of bygone age whose
motive power had long ago
outlived its period OF usefulness. Much
badinage was INDUCED in by the occu-
pants OF the vehicles and all were happy,
for they were soon to see decided the race
of all races, the great derby, IN which
every Englishman, no matter in what part
of the world he may be, feels interested.
There were the usual conditions and the
distance, about a mile and half. The
victor was Sir F. Johnstone's brown colt
Common, by IsOnOmY, out OF Thistle.
NJ L. Banc's chestnut colt Gouverneur, by
Energy, out of Gladia, was second, and
Sir James Dukes bay colt Martenhurst,
by Wenlock, out OF Hirondell, third.
There were eleven starters.
The weather was cool and shOwerY.
Just before the race heavy shower set in
and the race was run in a drenching rain.
After the horses we're at the post the first
attempt to get them away resulted IN a
false start. At the next attempt they got
away splendidly. The Deemster went to
the front and set the pace for quarter OF
mile. Then DOr.-as took the lead but was
soon overhauled and passed by Gou-
verneur, who led at the mile post. Dor
cas-, who had now been Joined by Com
mon, was close up, however. Coming
down TattenhAm hill Common improved
his stride and forged ahead as they en-
tered the straight. When the distance
post was reached he drew clear OF all the
others, and coming on the favorite won in
the commonest kind of a csnter. Cutie
ston ran fourth. Simonian, though rid
den hard, was the last horse throughout
the race.
Common won by two lengths. Marten-
hurst was bad third time, 2:56 40.
Following is a list OF the starters and
the post betting: Sir F. Johnstone's Com
mon. IL to 10 on; NJ. +. Blancs Gouvern-
eur, II to l against; Sir James Dunke's
Martenhurst, 80 to against; Mr.. Daniel
Cooper's Dorcas, 10 TO l against; duke of
Westminster's Orion. u to 10 against; Mr..
J. B. Leigh's The Deemster, l7tol against;
Mr.. A Hoole's Old Boots, 20 to ] against !;
Mr. Bridges Williams Fitzsimmon, % to /
against; Mr.. w. r. MarshaPs Simonian,
% to against; Lord Bradford's Cutie
stone, 80 to l against, and Lord Durham's
Peter Flower, 50 to / against.
The place betting was to / on Com
mon, to 4 against Gouverneur, to
against Martenhurst, 8 to against Orion,
2 to against Dorcas, 9 to 4 against Old
Boots, TO l each against The Deemster
and FitzsimmOns, 30 TO l against Cutie
stone and Peter Flower and . to ] against
SiInOnian-
Common was trained at Kingscler by
John Porter, who has been in high feather
this spring, SO many winners having come
from his hands. For a time Common
was looked upon as a frank outsider, the
betting against him at the beginning of
April being 90 to l. The odds laid
against him grew less and less, however,
and finally the betting fraternity came to
the conclusion that he was formidable
candidate, though at that time he had
never been seen on race course. When
be afterward won his renowned victory
In the two thousand guineas he at once
jumped to first place for the derby.
On public form his chances were unde-
niable, the belief being that nothing that
ran in the two thousand guineas could be
at him. At Epson still rumors were
ahoat that his fore legs were ill-adapted to
the EPSON hill The ability of a horse
70 win the derby is shown by his capacity
20 come down the descent from Tatten-
ham corner successfully. This is the
point where many otherwise sure winners
have come to grief; the saying of experts
Is that "the derby is generally won by
the horses that stride furtherest down the
hill"
Common came down the bill in the Alb
ingdon mile bottom a. Haymarket in the
two thousand guineas in good shape, and
this is place which finds out horse that
cannot act down hill, as it seemed to find
out OrvietO. Commons performance on
this occasion foreshadowed his ability to
overcome the difficulty at EPSON.
1t Is the intention TO send Com N on
over to France to compete for the Grand
Prix. He will then be put by for the st.
1eger If this idea is carried out he will
miss the Eclipse stakes.
At Chicago.