The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-05-30
HE TOOK THE DERBY
Lord ROSebery Has ALI the Luck That
Is Out on the Turf.
ST. VISTO CAME IN FIRST
He Wins the Prize the Ladas Cap
tured Last Year-Most of the
American Visitors Backed
the Winner.

London. May 29.-Americans held a
foremost place to-day in the crowds
which turned out TO witness the Derby
race. 1t is estimated there were a tEou-
sand men and women from America on
the grounds when the first race % the
day was called. The most prominent
of the transatlantic visitors chose the
old way of reaching EPSON. travelling
in coaches which started from Trafal-
gar square and from the front OF tho
Savoy hotel The Americans were un-
usually fortunate in to-days betting.
Richard Croker won IN tine first race
by backing Courtier. the Prince CT
Wales entry. Mr.. Croker backed cour-
tier simply because he nad heard that
the prince backed one Of the Croker
horses at Newmarket. Mr.. Croker.
however. lost his winning on Courticr
by backing The Owl for the Derby.
Joseph Manly presented a letter OF
Introduction from the late Secretary
Gresham to Lord Rosebery on Mon
day last. The premier received him
most cordially and, chiefly owing TO
this, Mr.. Manly selected Sir Visto to
win the Derby. and he won money
enough TO pay a large portion Of the
expenses of his European trip.
Probably the most fortunate of the
Americans was Mr.. Onxard, the sugar
millionaire of Nebraska. He said: II
had the same belief in Lord Rose
bery's luck as 1 had in President
Cleveland's luck; hence I backed st.
VistO."
Congressman Mccall of Massachu-
setts backed Curzon for a place. He
selected Curzon owing to the marriage
of the Right Hon. Curzon TO Miss Mary
Letter of Washington and Chicago.
W. 5. Ferguson of Pittsburg. ex-May-
or Grant of New York. Peter Norris
and Foxhall Keene were also big win
ners on the Derby.
Sir Visto. the Derby winner. was
trained by Matt Dawson. He ran well
in the two-thousand guineas, but he
was two lengths behind Laveno at the
finish. Kirk Connell. the third horse.
who originally was the property of W.
a. Cooper. was purchased recently by
Sir John Blundell Maple for five thou
sand guineas. He won the two thou
sand guineas and defeated II. McCam-
mont's Raconteur and Lord Rosebery's
st. Visto. This caused the race of to-
day to be one of the most important
Derbies in years. All calculations were
upset by the performances Of Kirk Con-
nell, st. Visto and Raconteur. and
when Kirk Connell ran unplaced in the
Newmarket stakes and that event was
easily captured by another horse of Sir
Blundell Naples. The Owl. the proph-
cts were more at sea than ever.
The victory of Sir Visto was the oc-
casion for a demonstration equal to
that which greeted the victory of Lord
Rosebery's Ladas last year.
There were IS starters, as follows: Beck
Hampton. Cursor. Gallopian, Sir Kirk ConnelI,
The Owl. Laveno, Leyar. Racentear. Sir Visto,
slowftey, Solaro. Chobiabos, The Brook. VII
leres, salvington. Betting at the start was 0
to against Sir Visto, 80 to against Cursor, 100
To against Kirk Conneu. Mr.. Brasseus'
Chibiabos led until the horses were descending
the hill, when General Randolph's, The Brook,
took slight leaa. On turning the straight A.
ID. Cochrane's Beck Hampton took up the run
ming, followed by I. Cannon's Ours on, but in
side the distance Lord Rosebery's Sir vIsto
came along with a rattle and won in 2:43a-5
Fairs solaro was fourth. Lord Rosebery won
the Derby in 1894 with Dadas.