The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-06-14

mingling with gaudily dressed females,
pretty maidens, clerks, cabmen. sports
and even clergymen; The aristccratic
part of course occupied the seats and
places of honor and kept as far "a pos
sible from the masses, although this
was not always possible.
The general public and sporting fra
ternity looked upon Ladas as sure
" .nner," aud the betting was conse-
quently unprecedented in the history
of the derby. The field was the small.
est for wears.
Lord Randolph Churchill, Mr.. Henry
Labouchere and the RI Hon. Henry
Chaplain were among the warm sup
porters of Ladas. Colonel North. who
drove a coach from the Hotel Metro.
pole to the course, is also understood
to have been strong Ladas man.
The starting prices were to 2 on
Ladas, 8 to against Matchbox and 80
to against Reimber. The place bet
ting was 100 to on Ladas 100 to 30 on
Matchbox and to against Reindeer.
Among the royalty and nobility
present at the race were the Prince
and Princess of Wales, the Princess
Maude of Wales, the duke of Sake
Coburg- Gotha the duke of Edin-
burg, the duke of Cambridge, the
duke and duchess of Portland, the
duke of Devonshire, the duke of West
minister, Lord Rosebery, Earl Cado-
gan, the earl of Coventry, marquis of
Londonderry and Lord Randolph
Churchill.
1t was some minutes after the time
fixed for the race before the seven rum
ners left the paddock. The starting
flag was hoisted at 3:17 p, IN. Ladas
was the quickest in getting away, but
Watts soon steadied the colt and set a
slow pace. Matchbox made play for
Hornbeam andBullingdon, with Rein
der and Clwid next and just in front OF
Ladas, Galloping Dick last
After the quarter mile post Match
box still led, with Burlington second,
Reindeer third and Hornbeam next.
Lads was then a length in front of
Clwid, and Galloping Dick was two
lengths in the rear. Burlington at
the mile post joined Matchbox and the
pair advanced side by side, from
Hornbeam, Ladas and Reindeer, while
Clwid was last. At the hilltop Match
box took the lead by a neck, while
Burlington and Hornbeam were at
his heels and just in front of Ladas
and Reindeer. Galloping Dick was
last.
After reaching the straight, Ladas
pulled to the front and soon had an
assured lead, winning in a canter,
Clwid was fitch. The race is de
scribed as follows from the grand
stand:
At the starting signal the horses
seemed to get off well together and
to be coming fast. The is
sue from the grandstand appeared to
be doubtful until the distance nc
reached. Ladas then seemed TO draw
out with ease as though he had been
playing with the others and won in
common canter by length and a half
in 2 As As. Six lengths separated the
second horse. Matchbox, from the
third, Reidmer. HOrnbeam was fourth
and Clwid was fifth. Thousands of
wildly cheering people, male aud fe-
male, invaded the course after the
race YVES decided, and Ladas was soon
surrounded by multitude of enthusi
astic admirers.
When Lord Rosebery appeared on
the course in order to lead Ladas back
to the paddock strong force o! police
was hastily sent to the spot in order to
protect the premier from the pressure
of the crowd. The policemen had all
they could do to max, Il way for the
favorite. There WAS an
other tremendous CutOurst of enthu-
sif SIN as Lord Rosebery and LadaS en-
tered the paddock For today. at
least. the most popu lar mao in Eng