The Indianapolis journal., 1892-06-02
THE RACE-TRACK.

THE RACE-TRACK.
Sir Hugo Captures the English Derby Stakes
La FIeche, the Favorite, Second
LONDON. Juno l. The great English
Derby was run to-day at Epson Downs.
and Sir Hugo was the winner. The day
was clear and the temperature delightful
Sports of all degrees, from the titled
aristocrat to the lowliest cockney, were
there. Many went by special train. but
the majority rode In vehicles or walked.
Early In the morning the procession De-
gan. Year after year the same scene has
been witnessed. yet each year IL loses
neither in attractIveness nor interest,".
Here could be seen the dashinR four-ln-
hand. the horses sleek and shining and
their harness chains jingling merriiy as
the animals sprung along the road with a
merry party on board. Next perhaps,
would come a cart drawn by dilapidated
specimen of the equine race. whose owner,
in his way. was as deeply interested In the
outcome of the race as the noble lord VINO
drove IN the fOur-in- hs nd. The sporting
instinct of every man. and 1t can be truth
fully said of every woman. IN the pro-
cession, was keenly alive on this day OF
all days in the English horse glowing world,
and every one of them was anxious to see
q close race for the honor and money that
awaits the Derby winner.
At noon the scene on the Downs was q
most brilliant one, and, though none of the
race. owing to their being in mourning for
the Duke OF Clarence and Avondale, the
event seemed In no way to have lost In
popularity among the other people: for the
crowd to-day was the largest that has
gathered at EPSON In many years. A spe-
cisl train carried the Duke of Cambridge,
Prince Christian. Prince Henry OF Batten-
berg. the Earl aud Countess OF Cad0gaD,
the Earl and Countess of Londonderry, the
Duchess of Montrose the Duke and Ouch
ess of Portland, the Earl of Durham, Lord
Abingdon, Earl Spencer, the Right Hon.
Henry Chaplin. Minister of Agriculture;
Lady Dudley. the Duchess OF Manchester.
who was with Prince Zoltikoff. we'll
known owner of racing horses; the Duke
of Westminster, the Duke of Devonshire.
the Earl of Zetlsnd. the Earl of Dudley.
Sir Frederick Johnston and Sir John Ast-
ler The whole party watched the race
from the Jockey club enclosure. Peter
jackson. the colored pugilist. was among
the spectators. He attracted far moro at
tention than any person on the grounds.
The conditions under which the race was
run were as follows: Purse. $4,000, the
winner to receive 1000. the nominator of
the winner f50O. the owner OF the second
f3c0 and the owner of the third f2OO. The
race was for three-year-olds; the distance
thirteen starters The race was won by
Lord Bradford's colt. Sir Hugo lby Wisdom,
out of Hanoeuvre.l Baron de Hirschs flly.
La Fleche by Sc. Simon. out of Quiver.)
Bueentsure Thy Saxifrage. out of Benisel.
third. The other starters were: Ruell,
Bonavista, st. Damien, Thessalian, St
Angelo. Llanthony. FL Diablo. Persistive,
Hatfield and Galeopsis.
The betting before the start was 40 to
against Sir Hugo, IL TO 10 against La Fleche,
100 to 1 against Buoentaure, IL to / against
Rueil. IL to l against Bonavista. IA to l
against St. Damien. II to each against
Thessallan. st. Angelo and Llanthony. 20
to / against FL Diablo. 20 against Per-
sistive, 66 to against Hatfield and 100 to
against Gsleopsis. The place betting WAS
TO against sir Hue o, to on La FIeche,
IL to 1 against Buoentaure. 20 to 1 against
Rueil, 5 to against Bonavista. to l each
against st. Damien, FL Diablo and Thes-
salian. to against Llanthony. TO each
against PersistIve and Hatfield, and IA TO
against Galeopsis. The time of the race
was 2:44. Sir Hugo was ridden by Alsopp,
La Fleche by q. Barrett, and Bucentaure
by Chesterman.
It was just thirty-one minutes past the
fixed starting time when the horses got OFT.
Dir Hugo was the quickest away, fOllowed
by Llanthony. Persistive and Galeopsis.
Persistive soon worked his way to the
front, followed by Sir Hugo st. Angelo
and Bucentaure. Hatfield was running at
the Lhll Oh the DuucQ. Ab inc le6ucTe WeIo
passing the mile post Thessalisn rushed To
the front. followed by St Damien. La
Fleche and Sir Hugo. In the order named.
Seven furlongs from home there was an
other change In the order OF the running,
Bucentaure having forged to the front,
with rhessalian. Sir Hugo. st. Damien and
LaFleche running well and close up. When
q quarter of mile from home Sir Hugo
went ahead of Bucentaure. did La
Fleche. The race from then was between
Sir Hugo and the favorito who made a
desperate effort to pass the leader. 1t was
was running at odds of 40 to against him,
held his own and came in winner.
A Close Finish at Morris Park.
MORRIS PARK RACE-TRACK, juno 1.-Fa
vorites and long made an even DreaE
this afternoon, the winning first choices
being Raindrop. to 2, Bellevue. l to q and
NOw-or-Never. IL to 5. The other three