St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-10
ENGlANO'S HAPPY LORD.
baEaiER R0SEBERy'S GREAT COL.
LADAS WIHS THE
cyEo THOUSAND GUINEAs

The Prince of Wales VIII Toast
the Rich Earl at a Jockey
Club Banquet as the Winner
OF the Coming DerDy-Rose-
England Is Cnbounded.
LONDON. May 9.-Lord Rosebery is
tonight the happiest man in all England.
His great colt, Ladas, candidate for the
classic Derby, won The 1000 guineas a
Newmarket today. Match Box, owned
by Lord Arlington, was second, and
Athlone, Sir }. Blundell- Naples good
entry. was third. The race effectually
hispoSes of Match BoX's chances to de-
feat Ladas, and the report is that his
owner ami Sir F. Johnstone lost some
heavy wagers. This is the first coil of
the prospective Blue Ribbon that Ladas
must get to become the equal of Or
monde. Lord Rosebery began his
career with declaration at a dinner at
Windsor, that he had three ambitions
In life-one to become prime minister;
another to marry the richest heireSs iii
Great Britain, and the third TO win the
great EPSON Derby. Two of these am
billions have been consummated, and
the premier is well on the route to at
tain The third. Ladas, by winning the
1000, places the young Liberal
leader i'll the ranks of owners who
aspire for the Derby, and in the natural
course of events the colt is now the
overwhelming favorte for the first
event which will be run over the EPSON
course, Wednesday, June 6.
SHOULD LADAS WIN
the classic event, Lord Rosebery may
OF tempt fortune again by trusting
Ladas to go over the bruising ST. Leger
course that has cracked the heart of
more than one Derby winner, with its
mile and six furlongs and thirty-two
yards of turf.
That Ladas' victory in this. the fore
runner of the Derby, is most popular
cannot be denied. So pleased was the
Prince of Wales that he made haste
10 inform Lord Rosebery that he would
give dinner to the jockey club on the
evening of the Derby, and he expected
to be able to then to toast the premier
as the owner of the winner OF the
Derby.
Ladas comes honestly by this victory.
for he is royalty bred. His sire. Ham"
ton, is a noted distance breeder. and
Illuminate was one of England's grand
brood mares.
THE VICTORY
is the topic this evening in all the clubs,
in parliament and at the court, FOL
nothing could have happened to more
easily soiidlfy the friendship of the
English people. even those bitterly hos
tile politically towards the prime mill
lister. Just no. Lord Roseberry shares
racing glory with the Duke of West
minister. and popul arity among the
majority of people, who re-
gard classic winner with
veneration little short of adora-
ton. 1t was an open secret just before
the race that LadaS had done all that his
trainer had asked OF him i'll his prepare
ton for the Two Thousand, and that he
has greatly improved since the report
was circulated that he had gone amiss.
1t was upon the superstition that there
was more serious side to the report of
Ladas'' work, as such racing men as
Lord Arlington and Sir John Porter
thought that Lord Resebery's entry
would be defeated in the Two Thousand
and that both Match Box and Bulling.
don would beat him III the Epson
classic. 1t must be borne in mind, how
ever. that these men made bad mis-
take in judgment over the st. Leger,
when La Fleche defeated Orme. the
great son of Ormonde. They were posi-
tive that Orme could not be beaten.
Conservative opinion is that Ladas
really had more in reserve than the rider
cared TO discover TO the big throng of
turf patrons, and that his victory in the
Derby will he as easily won as today's