The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-30
THE ENGLISH DERBY.
Rosebery Wins Again, This
Time With Sir Nist0.
...ny DUKES ATTEND THE RACE.
Premier and Prince or Wales
cbeered for Their Horses sake
American Winnings

.,,s,ca Downs. May 2..--Lord Rosaoery's
e. visro son the derby 5. Loates rode
- ,,,sso Il caanon's Curzon, ridIen by
Ss.Iloaer. was second, Sir j. Bluaae!l Ma
80 cir Eirkcounell, ridden by Bradford
,hg,d There were fifteen starters. as
,ss.,vvs. Beck Hampton. curG0n. Gallo
-. sir KirxconneIl. The owl. Iaveno,
g~sr Reeonteur. sir Visto. Slows.sp. So
=. ~bftiahos. The Brook, Where's and
sass,,y,ou. Betting at the stat Was to
.-.r.tn~s Sir visto g 10 ! against ssurzon,
against Kirkconneit. SIR. Erassey's
s,ss,TgaIzas led until the horsese were de-
.eanafug the hill. when Gen. Randoiph's
r. brook took slight lead. On turning
- straight A u. Cochrane's Beck Hamp-
-. ,oak No the running. followed by r
,-.r,or.s curzon, bat inside the distance
,ors uosebery's Sir Fisto came along
.t,h rattle and won IN 2s2i 2-5- Fairies
salaro was fourth. Lord Rosebery won the
dsrg,y In lssi with Ladas.
gsr yls;o. the Derby winner. was trained
bv AaTt Dawson. BE ran well IN the
90 r,,lnssas. but was two lengths be-
- gareuo at the finish Kkrkconne5I,
- t,Irsi horse. was originally the prop
-, ~ " A. Cooper. but was purchased
..ez,ttv bv Ssr John BIunsiea Maple for
/. ~. sutrs4sas, Tie won the 2,9o) glilneas and
49, Nr n McCaimont's R4conteur
- r,,rs RogAbery's Sir NisIo. This
80 fhe race Of today to be one of the
-. irar.artapt Der bys in years. All cal
800 ts,rss were upset by the performances
- Ksrk cs1nfell, Sir Nlstc and Raconteur,
ri whers Kirkconneh ran unpla.eed IN the
Seu-rnarast stakes. and that event was
sses.s captured BY afso4her morse OF OF
pnsrslell Naples. The Owl, the prophets
.s.ra more at sea than ever.
M. victory OF SIR NLsto was the ocea-
-, sar a demonstration e-anal 10 that
-s,leh greeted the victory of Lord hsose-
49,. fadas hast year. The Prince OF
49, was chsered when has 2-year-old
- coaufaer. by Hampton, out II Mar
80 u.,n the CseteFham plate earlier
:. she day. The Csaterhhm plate = -,1O
s.,~reigns. for 2-year-olds and mines.
oa9inallv slr Richard CrokerS Beaie
Meade siontauk. Hoeert III. ana Many
rsfrnn dead were entered Tor this event
All the American horses were s.fs'lesiesi-
.nertcaus held a foremost place today
.. ,se crowds which turned out TO Wit
~ u ,he derby race. II is estimated there
-. eo1 men and women from America
- the grounds when the fist race or
- dsv was called The most prominent
:, the Atlantic visitors chose the
IA uay OF reaching EPSON travelling IN
saaches which started from Trafalgar
.srsre and from the front OF the Savoy
ha.eI The Americans were unusually
soytuuate In today's betting. Richard
srnker won on the first race by backing
conrtier. simply because he had heard
,hs, the Prince of Wales backed one OF
The Croker horses at Newmarket. Mr..
Croker. however. lost his winnings on
carrier by backing The Owl for the
Derby. Mr. Joseph Manley presented
litter OF Introduction from the late Sec
retary Gresham To Lord Rosebery on
Monday last. The premier received him
most cordially and chiefly owing 10 this,
Nr. Maniey selected Sir Visto TO win the
derby and won enough money TO pay
large portion Of the expenses Of his Euro
psan tour Probably the most fortunate
on the Americans was Mr.. Osnard. the
sugar millionaire of Nebraska. He said:
Il had the same belief In Lord Roseberys
mck that ] had in President Clevelands
i1ck. hence backed Sir Visto."
Congressman Mccall, OF Massachusetts,
backed Curzon for the place. lie select
sa curzon owing 10 the marriage OF Right
Hon George Curzon to Miss Mary Letter
a Washington City and Chicago. W. S.
Ferguson OF Tittsburg, ex-Mayor Grant Of
New York. Peter Morris and Foxhali
Keene were also big winners on the
derby