The herald., 1895-05-30
Lord ROsebery's Sir VistO Wins
the Great Derby
HORSES IN THE RUNNING
When the Flag Dropped Fifteen Speedy
Equines Started
Victory Of the Premier's Racer the Subject
OF r1uch Congratulation-Did Not
Sell Favorite
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire
LONDON, May 29.-At Epson Downs,
Sir Visto won theI derby. Sir Visto is
owned by Lord Rosebery.
There were fifteen starters as follows:
Beck Hampton Cursor, Gallopion, Sir
Kirk Connell. The Owl, Levano, Lear,
Raconteur, Sir Visto, slowstep. solaro,
Chibeaos, The Brook, Villores, Salving-
ton.
Betting at the start was to against
Sir Nisto, SO to l against Cursor, 100 to
against Kirk Connell
Chibeaos led until the horses were
descending the hill when The Brook
took a slight lead. On turning straight
Beck Hampton took up the running. fol-
loed by T. Commons Cursor, but inside
the distance Sir Visto came along with
rattle and won in 2:43 2-5. A. Fairies
Solaro was fourth.
Lord Rosebery won the derby of 1894
with Ladas.
Sir Visto, the derby winner, was trained
by Matt Dawson. He ran well in the
2000 guineas, but as two lengths behind
Laveno at the finish. Kirk Connel. the
third horse. was originally the property
of w. A. Cooper, but was pure hased re-
Gently by Sir John Bundel Naples lor 5000
guineas. He won 2000 guineas and de-
feated Mr.. NJ. .McCamont's Raconteur and
Lord Rosebery's Sir Nisto. This caused
the Iace of today to be one of the most
important derbies in years. All ca, oula-
tious were upset by the performances OF
Kirk Connell, Sir Nisto and Raconteur,
and when Kirk Connell ran unplaced IN
the Newmarket stakes and that event was
easily captured by another horse of Sir
Bundel Naples. The Owl. the prophets
were more at sea than ever.
The victory of Sir Visto was the oc-
casIon for demonstration equal to that
which greeted the victory of Lord Rose
bery's Ladas last year.
The Prince of Wales was cheered when
his 2year-old bay colt Courier, by Hamp-
on. won the Caterham plate earlier in the
day. The Caterham plate is 1000 SOW
ereigns for 2-year-oldl colts and filies.
Originally Mr.. Richard Croker's Belle
Mead Monead. Montauk, Hobart III and
Matte Bump fdead) were entered for this
event. All the American horses were
scratched.
The great changes that have marked
each succeeding derby for several years
past were more marked than ever Goday.
The glory of the road to Epsom when
everybody used to make their way there
on coaches and in all sorts of styles of
carriages. is a thing of the past. Of
course the road today, all the way from
London. was alive with vehicles of all
descriptions, but now all the English
swels avoid the long, dusty, noisy jour
ney which necessitates start from Lon
don before a. M. and instead they
breakfa st quietly at their usual hour, take
their usual airing in Hyde park and at
II or O'Clock they proceed quietly to
Victoria or Waterloo railway station and
are whisked down to the race course in
half an hour. The bright sunshine and
gentle breezes brought a very large crowd
of people to the downs Nasrulla Khan,
the second son of the ameer of Afghan
stan. who accompanied the Prince OF
Wales and his suite to the races. was the
center 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 tn. Duke and Duchess of Teck and
other members OF the royal family
were also present The royal party
came to the downs on special train
brilliant one and among those who
were present in the enclosure when the
races started were Lord Rosebery, the
premier, the Earl Cork and Orrery, the
duke OF Westminster, the duke of St.
Adams. the duke OF Devonshire, Prince
Coventry, the marquis of Ietland and
the earl Of Durham. The summer cos
TUNES of the ladie formed magnificent
blaze OF color and in every way the
scene was one of which must have bright
cned all present. Americans held fore
most place today in the crowd which
turned out to witness the Derby race. 1t
is estimated the grounds held 1000 men
and women from America when the first
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 wers unusually fortun,
ate in today's betting. Richard Croker
won on the first race by backing Courtier
simply because he had heard that the
Prince OF Wales backed one of the Croker
horses at Newmarket. Mr.. Croker. how
ever. lost his winnings on Courier by
back ing The Owl for the Derby.
Mr.. Joseph Nancy presented letter
of introduction from the late Secretary
Gresham to Lord Rosebery on Monday
last. The premier received him most cor
daily, and chiefly owing to tins Mr..
Manley selected Sir Visto to win he
Derby and won enough money to pay a
: large portion of the expenses of his
European tour
Probably the most fortunate of the
Anne ricans was Mr.. Oxnard, the sugar
millionaire of Nebraska. He said:
II had tie same belief in Lord Rose
bery's luck that | had in President
Cleveland's luck. hence backed Sir
Nisto.'
Congressman Mccall OF Massachusetts
backed Curzon for the:place. He selected
Right Hon. Curzon to Miss Mary Letter
c. Washington and Chicago.
MI W. 5. Ferguson of Pittsbure. ex-
Mayor Grant of New York. Mr. Peter
Morris and Mr.. Foxhall Keene were also
big winners on the Derby.