The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-05-30
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GREAT EVENT At EPSON DOWNS
WON By ROsEBERY,s SIR vIsTo.
The Race Witnessed by Many Amer
leans. Some of Whom Were Fortu-
nate fin Picking the Winner.

Visto won the great English Derby to-day.
The winner is owned by Lord Rosebery,
and was ridden by S. Loates. T. Cannon's
Curzon. ridden by Challoner. was second.
and j. Blundell Naples Kirkconnel, ridden
by Bradford, third.
Americans held a foremost place in the
crowds which turned out TO witness the
race. 1t is estimated that there were 1000
men and women from America on the
grounds when the first race OF the day was
called. The most prominent of the trans
atlantic visitors chose the old way of
reaching EPSON. travelling on coaches.
which started from Trafalgar square, and
from the front of Savoy Hotel. One of the
first of these coaches to leave the Savoy
carried Joseph H. Manley. of Augusta, Me-.
and Mr.. Whitelaw Reid. A second coach
carried Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene NJ. O'Neil. of
Pittsburg. Pa; E. T. Barney, of Cincinnati,
o.; w. G.. Mackey. of Chicago. and Mrs.
Reeves and daughter, OF Baltimore. a
third coach had among its passengers Mr..
G. l.. Crane, of st. Louis, Mo-; DR.. c. II.
Strong, of Ohio; W. S. Ferguson; Of Pitts.
burg, Pa, and Congressman Mccall, of
Massachusetts, In addition to these there
were a large number of coaching parties
'composed of prominent New Workers.
Grant, ex-Judge Lester Holmes. Mir. Peter
Norris, Mr. Henry GiIsey. Mr.. Center
WI ma tto II liiiL VII ls
Bininger and Mr.. John f. Giles.
The great changes which have marked
each succeeding Derby for several years
past were more marked than ever to-day.
The glory Of the road to. Epson, when
everybody used to make their way here
on coaches. and in 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 de-
'swells' avoid the long, dusty. noisy jour-
ney, which necessitates a start from Lon
breakfast quietly at their usual hour, take
their usual airing in Hyde Park, and at
II O'Clock they proceed quietly TO Victoria
or Waterloo railroad station and are
whisked down to the race course in 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
their boxes in the stand or strolling in the
paddock. But there were the usual crowds
and the other familiar features of Epson
Downs on Derby day. but there was a sort
of forced gayety about the affair.
Nasrulla Khan, the second son of the
Ameer of Afghanistan, who accompanied
the Prince Of Wales and his suite to the
The Duke Of Cambridge, the Duke and
Duchess of Saxe-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 royal
family were present: The, royal party
came Oh a SpSc1dl Train at dDOul III
scene was then a most brilliant one, and
among those who were present in the in
closure when the re rea aEsn. started in add dbl
Rosebery. the Premier, the Earl of Cork
and orrery, The puks Of Beaufort the
shire, the Earl of Cadogan, the Earl of
Coventry, the Marquis of Zetland and the
the ladies formed a magnificent blaze Of
color, and in every way the scene was one
which delighted all present.
The betting at the start was . to | against
Sir Visto; % to against Curzon, and 100 to
8 against Rirkeonn BEL The horses Srisso sta s,srf ED
until the horses were descending the hill,
when General .Randolph's The Brook took
a slight lead. On entering the straight
Mr.. A. ID. Cochrane's Redemption took up
the running. followed by Mr.. T. Cannon's
CurZon, but inside the distance Lord Rose
and won the Derby OF 1922 by three,fourths
of a length in , minutes AZ 20 seconds. Half
a length separated second and third horses;
Lord Rosebery also won the Derby of
1894 with his bay colt Ladas in : minutes
40 As seconds. Ladas was ridden by j.
trained by Matt Dawson. He ran well in
the eco guineas, but was two lengths
behind Laveno at the finish. Both Bar.
caldine, the sire, and Vista, the dam of
Sir Visto. were good long-uistance horses.
Curzon, the second horse, was trained at
cannon as very likely to- win the DERBY.
Kirkconnel. the third horse, was originally
the property of Mr.. William Cooper, but
was purchased recently by Sir John Blum
dell Maple for 5000 ~gulneas. He won the
s2.ooo guineas and defeated Mr.. H. Calmont's
Raconteur and Lord Roseberys Sir bisto.
This caused the race Of to-day 10 be one
of the most open Derbys in years, all cal
culations having been upset by the per-
formances of Kirkconnel, Sir Visto and
Raconteur, and wnen .i,irkconnel ran I'M
placed in the Newmarket stakes and that
event was easily captured by another
horse of ..r j. Blundel Naples, The owl,
the prophets were more at sea than ever.
Lord Rosebery last year Won five races,
which Melted him about $1,000,
The victory of Sir Visto was the occasion
for a demonstration equal to, that which
greeted the victory of Lord ,Rosebery's
gathered around the Premier after the
race, cheering him frantically. The Prince
Of Wales was similarly cheered when his
two-year-old bay colt, Courtier. by Hamp-
ton, out of Marguerite, won the Caterham
plate earlier in the day. The Caterham
plate is of 200 sovereigns for two-year-old
colts to carry 126 pounds. and fillies to carry
13 pounds, a winner of 100 sovereigns to
carry three pounds extra, which penalty
Richard Croker's Bellemeade, Montauk.
Herbert ii and Natty Bumpo, dead were
entered for the event. All the American
The Americans were unusually fortunate
in to-day's. betting. Richard Croker won
Prince of Wales's entry. Mr.. Croker
backed Courtier simply because he bad
one of the Croker horses at Newmarket.
Mr.. Croker, however, lost his winning on
Courtier by backing The Owl for the Derby.
Mr.. Joseph II. Manlev presented a letter
Of introduction from the late Secretary of
state, Mr.. Walter Q: Gresham. to Lord
ceived him most cordially, and, chiefly ow-
ing to this. Mr.. Manley selected Sir Visto
a large portion of the expenses OF his Eu-
ropean tour. Probably the most fortunate
of the Americans was Mr.. Oxnard, the
sugar millionaire of Nebraska. He said: II
had the same belief in Lord Rosebery's
luck that 1 had in President C~leveland's
man Mccall, Of Massachusetts, backed
Curzon for a place. He selected cuTzon
George ". Curzon to Miss Mary Letter. of
Washington and Chicago. Mr.. w: ). Fer
puson. of Pittsburg. eX-Mayor Grant, OF
Kew York, Mr.. Peter Morris and Mr.. Fox
hall Keene were also big winners on the
Derby.