The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-30
Sir Vesta the First of the Fifteen
Starters.
SLATE RODE SIR vESTO.
ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT
DERBYS IN YEARS.
Great Changes Are Noted as Com
pared with the Races of Old
Scene as Il Most Brilliant One
Americans Were Unusually For
tunate in Betting, Several Being
Very Heavy Winners.

EPSON Down, May 29.-Sir Visto won
the Derby. There were fifteen start
ers. Sir Visto is owned by Lord Rose
berry.
Sloate rode Sir Visto: Tom Cannons
Cursor, ridden by Chaltoner, was sec
ond, Sir ]. Blundell Naples Kirk Con-
nell, ridden by Bradford. was third.
Sir Visto, the Derby winner, was
trained by Matt Dawson. He ran well
in the 1000 guineas, but was two
Kirk Connell. the third horse, was
originally the property of Mr.. w. \.
Cooper, but was purchased recently
by Sir John Blundell Maple for 5000
guineas. He won the 1000 guineas and
defeated Mr.. H. McCamont's Racon-
teur and Lord Rosebery's Sir Yisto.
This caused the race of today to be
one of the most important Derbys in
years. All calculations were upset by
the performances of Kirk Connell Sir
Visto and Raconteur and when Kirk
Council ran unplaced in the New
market stakes aDd that event was
easily captured by another horse of
Sir BlundeI Naples, The Owl, the
prophets were more at sea than ever.
The victory of Sir Visto was the
occasion for a demonstration equal to
that which greeted the victory of Lord
Rosebery's Ladas last year.
The prince of Wales was cheered
by Hafpton out of Marguerite, won
the Caterham plate earlier in the day.
The Caterham plate is of 1000
soVereigns for 2-year-olds and FLIES.
originally Mr.. Richard Croker's Belle
Meade, Montauk. Herbert III and
Matty Bumpo dead, were entered for
TINS event. All the American horses
were scratched.
Changes Seen.
The great changes that have marked
each succeeding Derby for several
years past were more marked than
ever today. The glory of the road to
EPSON when everybody used to make
thelr way here on coaches and in all
sorts OF style of carriages is q. thing
OF the past. Of course, the road to-
day all the way from London was
awe with vehicles Of all descriptions,
out now all the English ''SWellS'' avoid
the long, dusty noisy journey which
necessltates start from London be-
Tore a. m, and instead thew break
Iast quietly at their usual hour. take
lhelr usual airing in Hyde park and
at II or O'Clock they proceed quietly
to Victoria or Waterloo railway sta.
ton and are whisked down to the race
course in half an hour The bright
sunshine and gentle breezes broueht
q 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
OF much curiosity. The duke of Can-
Drldge, the duke and duchess of SAGE
Coburg-Gotha, the duke and d,,chsce
OF Connaugh, the duke and duchess Of
ork, the duke and duchess of Tect
1anu ot a4.. members of the royal family
mee aiso present. The royal party
came 10 the Downs on a special train
about noon - an
Was Most Brilliant.
The scene was then a most brilliant
one and among those who were nres~
ent in the enclosure when fha 80
started were Lord Rosebery. the
premier. the Earl of Cork and Orrerv.
the Duke of Westminster, the Duke
OF Beaufort, the Duke of st. Adams.
the Duke of Devonshire, Prince Sol
tykoff, the Earl of Cadogan, the Earl
OF Coventry, the Marquis Of Iceland
and the Earl Of Durham. The sum
mer costumes of the ladies formed d
magnificent blaze of color. and in
every way the scene was one which
must have frightened all present
Americans held a foremost place to-
day in the crowds which turned out
to witness the Derby race. 1t is es-
timated there were 1000 men and
women from America upon the
grounds when the first race of the
day was called. The most prominent
of the transatlantic visitors chose
the old way of reaching Epson,
travelling in coaches, which started
from Trafalgar square and from the
front of the Savoy hotel.
The Americans were unusually for
tunate in today's betting.
Cookers Luck.
Richard Croker won on the first
race by backing Courtier, the Prince
of Wales entry. Mr.. Croker backed
Courtier simply because he had heard
that the Prince of Wales backed one
of the Croker horses at Newmarket.
Mr.. Croker. however lost his winnings
on Courtier by backing The Owl for
the Derby.
Mr.. Joseph Manly presented 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 won enough money
to pay large portion Of the expenses
of his European tour.
Probably the most fortunate of the
Americans was Mr.. Oxnard, the sugar
millionaire, of Nebraska. He said: 81
had the same belief in Lord Roseberys
luck that I had in President Cleve-
lands luck; hence 1 backed Sir Visto."
Congressman Mccall, of Massachu-
sets, backed Cursor for a place. He
selected Curzon, owing to the marriage
of the Right Hon. Curzon to Miss
Mary Letter, of Washington, and Chi
cago.
Mr.. W. S. Ferguson, of Pittsburg,
Pa, ex-Mayor Grant, of New York.
O0ta nd T,.,11
Keene were also big winners on the
Derby.