New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-17
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THE POPULARITY OF LADAs AND or
LORD Y-UNPRECEDENTkD
ENTHUsIASM-THE NONCON-
FORMIST PROTEST.

London. June Z.
The race has been run. ana u was 10 inc S"''''
Tho hes, horse has won't does not always
49,, ,r cha frs, time since the Derby was found
"a q bas been won by Prime Minister Will" In
office other Prime Ministers have tried ana
failed Lord Palmers,on and Lord Derby tried.
Lord Rosebery has succeeded. ana suppose one
~ the keencst and most constant ambitions OF MS
M. has now been gratlhed. The prize comes 70
him In circumstances which add Immensely to iis
value; and even add to the prestige OF the race
The descriptions Of the scene yesterday make
one regret not having gone to Epson. should
have gone II / could have spared the day. but !
have no more spare days. have formed before
now cordial dislike OF the Turf entirely con-
sIstent with enjoyment Of the wonderful spectacle
TO be seen on Epson Downs. or Of the garden
marty which assemblies I'm the Enclosure at Ascot
on the Cup Day or even Of the sturdy. business
Ike determined and altogether exceptional as
si1uitv OF the vast cOncOurse Of seriOus-Ininded
Yorkshlremen at DOncas,er when the Legcr IL
| run And should have liked to see the welcome
| given TO Lord Rosebery and to Ladas. All eye
Witnesses agree that nothing Ike 1t had ever been
known at EPSON.
There seem 70 be no politics in the racing
world. Journals Of all parties describe the Prime
Minister'S popularity with the Derby multitude
| as unexampled, and the expression Of their en-
thusiasm also unexamplcd. The NOncOnformist
Conscience was on this occasion conspicuous by
It's absence 1t is painful to reflect on the treat
inent which any exhibition Of 1t might have met
with from an excited thrOng The thrOng was
immense: the occasion unique. and the doctrine
OF majorlties would very certainly have pre-
vailed We know what happens when welsh
err Is discovered. In no respect do | liken a
| o,fa
The welsher Is one Of the yilest OF mankind the
Nonconformlst with consc!ence-and ! assume
that all Nonconformsts have consciences-is one
! OF the most respectable. But frenzied crowd
Is not In a condition to make distinctions and It
| Is probable that the Rev. Ambrose Shepherd
would have found 1t a hazardous experiment 10
| set up a pulpit anywhere near the Grand Stand
| yesterday afternoon.
Ladas and Lord Rosebery were about equal
| favorites; Ladas because he belonged to Lord
| Rosebery, and Lord Rosebery because he was the
owner OF Ladas. That is not complete ac-
count OF the matter on either side. Each has
! friends who value him for his own sake. You
| WILL perhaps. assume as much that In Ameri-
| ca with reference TO the man. AS to the horse
| he is in this country object OF alteration, and
| though he Is respected In Amertca-I mean the
| horse a quadruped a genus. not this par
| tcular horse-he has not yet been raised to the
| rank OF demi-God here But II the horse
| has in England almost sacred position. the
| horse which wins, or is expected TO win. the
Derby or any other great race. becomes OBJ
| ject OF idoatry.
That is what has happened in the of
Ladas There has been nothing to detract from
| his fame or his popularity. He has won every
| race for which he has started, and won them
all. say the experts. In grand style. He belongs