Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-06-13
ROSEBERY'S COLT WINS.
The British Premier Captures the
Derby and the Big
Stakes

married the richest girl in England, Miss
Hannah De Rothschild; he is prime min
lister of England, and he won The Derby
to-day with his bay col; Ladas, the Win
ner of the 1000 guineas of May 9, and
the w!!nnner of the Newmarket stakes ON
May &c 49,
A clear sky and balmy atmosphere ush-
cred IN the Derby Day Of "a Al! Lon
don seemed to be astir from break Of day,
and the scenes about the city indicated
that the great race day would be very
much IN the nature OF a general holiday
Business was largely suspended the mar
kets were closed, and in the financial
marts what little business was trans
acted was mainly left to the discretion Of
the clerks. AS early as 8 o'clock the pfo-
cesslon of vehicles to EPSON Downs had
commenced to move, and a couple of
hours later the numerous roads leading to
the race course were impossible to pedes-
TRANS. gh society seemed to have
turned out in greater numbers than ever
before, and the lower classes were equally
well represented. Democracy reigned SUI
preme. The carts of the coStermongers.
from which but yesterday fish and Vege-
cables were retailed in Bermondsey and
Whltechapel, 1slingtOn and Limehouse,
mixed lndiscriminately with the victorias
and broughams and tally-hos occupied by
dukeS, earls, marquises, and similar high
muck a-mucks Thousands of SPECTATORS
reached the course by rail, and despite the
TACT that extra trains had been pressed
into service, the city depots were crowded
long past the tine set for the first race.
The Prince of Wales received a tumul-
tuous reception on reaching the course
shortly after l O'Clock. The heir aDpar-
ent handled the reins of a four-in-hanCB
the entire distance from Marlborough
house With him were the Duke and
of Orly Div II ID
tenburg, and the Duke and Duchess of
Ieck. Lord RosebeTy, who arrived half
an nOur later. accompanied by Home Sec
rotary and Mrs. Asquith, Viscount Bury.
Joseph chamberlain and Lord Walter
Gordon Lennox, also received an enthusi-
astc reception, especially from the large
element that had staked it's money on the.
Premier's colt. The Premier seemed con-
hdent that his favOrite would cross the
line IN advance of all competitors and the
confidence seemed to be. shared by the
bulk of the betting element.
Inc Derby, the greatest Of all horse ra-
ces, is for 5000 sovereigns, the winner
10 receive 10000, the nominator Of the
winner 300 SOvereigns, the owner of the
second 300 sOvereigns, and the owner of
the third zoo sovereigns out of the race.
The event is for 3-year-ods, colts to carry
stone and an niles to carry s stone, 8
pounds. The entrance fee is sovereignss
and the distance about one mile and a
half. The following were the starters
with the. betting late last night: LORD
Rosebery's colt Ladas, II to 4 on; LORD
Arlington's Matchbox, 100 to IA against:
the Duke of Westminster's Burlington
$ to L; .. I. Cannon's Reminder. % to l.;
Lord Bradford's Hornbeam, 80 to /:
Douglas Baird's Galloping Dick, 50 to l.;
Lord Scarborough's Cloyd, 100 to /. La
das, the winner of the race, is direct de-
scendant of Whalebone, who won the
Derby for the Duke of Grafton when the
latter was prime minister in 1910 Ladas-
is by Hampton, son of Lord Clifton, by
Newminster, whose sire was Touch
stone by Camel, son of Whalebone. John
Corlett, of the London Sporting Times,
recently referred to the ancestry of Ladas
as follows: "The Newminster line is gen.
orally considered delicate, but it is long
lived. The average at death Of a crack
stud horse is II. This however. has been
exceeded by the ancestors of Ladas, LORD
blood vessel and died in 1881, aged "a.
His son Camel was shot at StockWeu in
1914 aged %. His grandson, the famous
Touchstone, died at Eaton in 1861 at the
patriarchal age of 80. Touchstones son,
Newminster died in 1868 at Raw Cliffs at
when he died of heart disease at Wad-
hurst. a national loss. Hampton, the sire
of Ladas, is by Lord Clifden, and though
he was foaled as far back as 1872, the old
fellow is still full OF VlgOr.
1t is doubtful if so much interest has
ever before been taken in the Derby
There were several causes for this state
of affairs In the first place, many thou
sands of people were anxious to see the
Derby because it is the greatest event of
the turf; the second place. Ladas, owned
by the Prime Minister, looked upon as
being the horse of the year, his previous
victories having won him hosts Of friends
who longed to see once more the prim-
rose and rose hoops with rose-colored cap
Uord Rosebery's colors) flying to the
front of everything else in the field. The
starting prices were 8 to on Ladas; 8
to 1 against Matchbox, and 33 to ]
against Reminder. The place betting
was 100 to 8 on Ladas; 100 to 30 on
Matchbox, and to against Reminder.
Ladas won in canter by length and
half in 2:45 40. Six lengths separates
the second horse, Matchbox, from the
third, Reminder. Hornbeam was fourth.
A scene of Undesirable enthusiasm fol
lowed Ladas' victory.
Thousands of wildly cheering people,
male and female, invaded the course after
the race was decided and Ladas was soon
surrounded by multitude half mad with
enthusiasm. When Lord Rosebery ap-
peared on the course in order to lead La
das back to the paddock a strong force of
police was hastily sent to the spot in order
to protect the Premier from the pressure
they could do to make way for the tri-
umphant favorites. There was another
tremendous outburst of enthusiasm as
ord Rosebery and Ladas entered the
paddock together, for to-day, at least, the
most popular man in England is the proud
owner of Ladas, the winner of the Derby
of 1894.
A peculiar circumstance connected with
the winning of the Derby by Rosebery's
colt is that it is the third link in what
the Premier Las called his destiny. When
he was young man at school Rosebery
declared that there were three things he
proposed to accomplish in his life. One
was to marry the wealthiest woman in.
England, and when Miss Rothschild be-
came his wife he reached one of the
goals. The second determination was to
become prime minister of Great Britain,
and three months ago this honor was
won The third was to win the Derby,
and the race went to the Premier's colt