Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-05-30

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crowds which turned out to witness tho
Derby race. 1t is estimated that there
We're 1000 men and women from Amer
lea upon the grounds when the first
race of the day was called. The most
prominent of the transatlantic Wis
itors chose the old way of reaching
Epson, travelling on coaches which
started from Trafalgar Square and from
the front of the Savoy Hotel. One of
the first of these coaches to leave the
Savoy carried Joseph II. Manley, of
Augusta, Me-, and Mr. Whitelaw Reid.
A second coach carried Mr.. and Mrs.
Eugene NJ. O'Neil, of Pittsburg, Pa;
f. T. Barney, Of Cincinnati, o.; w. 5.
Mackey. of Chicago, and Mrs. Reeves
and daughter, of Baltimore, Md. A
third coach had among its passengers
Mr.. C. L. Crane, Of st. Louis, Mo-;
DR.. c. II. Strong. of Ohio; W. s. Fer
guson. of Pittsburg, Pa, and Con-
gresham Mccall, of Massachusetts,.
I'm addition to these there were a
large number of coaching parties COM
posed of prominent New Workers,
among them were Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
j. Grant. ex-Judge Lester Holmes Mr..
Peter Norris, Mr. Henry Gilsey. Mr..
Center Hitchcock, Mr.. Charles Froh-
man. Mr.. VIM. Bininger and Mr.. John
r. Giles.
THE GREAT CHANGES
which have marked each succeeding
derby day for several years past were
more marked than ever to-day. The
glory of the road to Epson when every
body used to make his way here on
coaches and i'm all sorts of stylish car
riages is almost a thing of the past.
Of course the road to-day all the way
from London was alive with vehicles
of all descriptions, but now all the
English "swells" avoid the long dusty
noisy journy which necessitates start
from London before 9 a. m, and in
stead. they breakfast quietly at their
usual hour take their usual airing in
HYDE Park, and at l. or 1 o'clock they
proceed quietly 10 Victoria or Waterloo
railroad station and are whisked down
to- the race course i'm half an hour.
There were a large number of public
coaches. hansOms and carriages Of all
sorts crowded along the rails opposite
the grand stand before the race to-day,
but the celebrities whom every one
goes to see We're nearly all on the other
side. seated in their boxes on the stand
or sUOlling in the paddock.
But there were the usual crowds of
minstrels. gypsies, boxers, men on stills
and the other familiar features Of Ep-
som Downs on Derby day; but there
was a sort or forced gaiety about the
AFFAIR.
Bright sunshine and a gentle breeze
brought a very large crowd Of people to
the Downs. Nasrulla Khan, the second
son of the Ameer of Afghanistan, who
accompanied
THE PRINCE OF WALES
and his suite TO the races, was the cen
ter of much curiosity. The Duke of
Cambridge. the Duke and Duchess of
SAKE COburg-GOtha, the Duke and
Duchess of COnnaught, the Duke and
Duchess of York. the Duke and Duchess
of Teck. and other members of the
roval family were also present. The
roval party came to the Downs on
special train about noon. The scene
was then most brilliant, and among
those who were present in the enclosure
when the race started in addition to
those already mentioned, were Lord
Rosebetrry. the Premier; the Earl Of
Cork and Orrery, the Duke of Westmin-
ster. the Duke of Beaufort, the Duke Of
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Prince SOltykOff. the Earl CadOgan, the
Earl of Coventry, the Marquis OF Zet-
land and the Earl of Durham. The
summer toilettes of the ladies formed
magnificent blaze of color, and in every
wav the scene was one which must have
delighted all present
There were fifteen starters, as fol-
lows. A. ID. Cochrane's Beck Hampton,
II. Cannon's CurZOn, Col. North's Cal
oman. Sir j. Blundell Naples kirkcon-
nell and The OWL. r. HouldswOrth S
T.9veno. Sir r. JOhnstOne's lie Var ii.
NfcCaImonrs RacOnteur, Lord Roseber-
rvs Sir Visto. Mr.. Russell's Slowstep,
MIR. Fairies SolarO. L. Braszey's Chibia-
hos. Gen. Randoph's The Brook, Lord
EUsmeres Villers and G.. w. Rails
SalvingJ0n. -
THE BETTING AT THE START
was 9 to 1 against Sir Visto, 33 to 1
aeainst Curzon and 100 to s against
Kirkconnel. The result Of the race Tas
as follows:
Lord ROseberry's Sir Visto first, Mr..
~ Cannon's Curzon second, and Sir J.
BlundelI Naples Kirkconnel third.
The horses were sent away at 5:2l p.
m i'm ideal racing weather. Mr. Bras
sev's Chibiabos led until the horses
we're descending the hill, when Gen.
RandOlph's The Brook took a slight
lead on entering the straight Mr. \.
n Cocbrane's Beckhampton took up
the running. followed by Nr. T. Can
mons Curzon. but inside tie distance
+ ord Roseberry's Sir NistO came along
I'm o. rattle and won the Derby of 1895
NV tbree-ouarters of alength in , min
nos az 2-5 seconds. Half length sep
srated second and third horses. Mr..
Eoiries' Solaro was fourth.
Lord Roseberry also won the Derby
Of 1904 with his bay colt Ladas in
,,,i,,,tas 45 As seconds. Ladas was
ridden by J. Watts.
Cir Visto. the derby winner, was
4.a;Ta5 nv Matt Dawson. He ran well
- he +wo-thousand guineas, but was
- IL lengths behind Laveno at the nm
~ Roth Barcaldine. the sire, ana
80 the dam of Sir Visto, were good
' VS. So. distance horses. Curzon, the sec