The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1896-06-09
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Juno o.--DefDy day
opened With q clouded sky and
sultry atmosphere, but otherwise
the day was pleasant. Light show
ers occurred during tho night
which had the effect of laying the
dust on the highways, but the rain
fall was not sufficiently heavy to
soften the race course The early
morning arrivals by road and rail
were far in excess of the usual
number, and the crowd in attend
ance at the start of the great race
was even larger than last year,
which was greater than any that
had been seen on EPSON Downs
since 1889.
The track was SO hard that sew.
eral owners expressed a doubt about
starting their horses.
The royal train left Victoria
Station at 1890 O'clock, conveying
in the saloon car the Prince and
Princess of Wales and their daugh-
ters, the Princesses Victoria aud
Maud, Prince Carl of Denmark,
the Princess Maud's fiance; the
Duke and Duchess of York, the
Duke and Duchess of Fife, the
Duke Of Cambridge, the Duke and
Duchess of Devonshire, Lord and
Lady Cadogan and Sir Horace
Farquhar, M. p.
The great ace was captured by
the Prince of Wales's Persimmon,
despite the assertion made yester-
day that the horse was disabled
and his chances of overcoming the
mighty speed of Leopold de Roths-
child's st. Fruisquin practically
annulled. st. Frusquin, though
beaten for first place, gave q good
account of himself, and finished
second, III. E.. Beddington's Earwig
running third.
The horses got a good start
Tamarind and Toussaint were the
first to get away, but after the first
hundred yards Bay Ronald drew
to the front, followed by Bradwar-
dine and Tamarind. After these
came Earwlg, Spook, Gulistan,
of the Thistle, with st. Frulsquin
and Persimmon as the "whippers
in" Shortly Afterwards Gulistan
went TO the front and held the
lead, passing the mile post, fol-
lowed by Bay Ronald, Spook and
st. Frusquin. Then came Brad
wardine, Teufel and Knight Of the
Thistle, in front of Earwig and
Persimmop, with Tamarind failing
off. Gulistan seemed to be in trou-
BILE upon arriving at the top of the.
hill and fell back. BradWardine
then went to the front, with st.
Frusqufn next. Entering the
straight Bradwardine yielded to
Bay Ronald and St. Frusquin. A
quarter of a mile from the finish
Bay Ronald and st. Fruisquin took
the lead, followed by Pcrsimmon.
Opposite TatersalPs Persimmon got
on even terms with st. Frusquin
and there was a most exciting fin
ish, resulting in Persimmon win
ming by a neck. st. Frusquin beat
Earwig by four lengths. Taufel
was fourth and Bay Ronald fifth.
Gulistan, Bradwardine and Shook
followed home in the order named
and Tamarind was last.
The betting at the start was 8
to 1 against Pcrsimmon, 10 to 8 on
st. Frusquin, SO to 1 against Ear
wig, II to l against st. Taufel, 25 to
1 against Bay Ronald and Knight
of the Thistle, 33 to ] against
Gulistan, 40 to l against Bradwar-
dine, 100 to 1 against Spook and
Toussiant and 1000 to 1 against
Tamarind.
The Duke of Westiminsters bay
colt Regret was scratched upon
the ADVICE of Jockey Cannon, but
it was not until 1'o'clock thasit
was decided not to run him.
The afternoon vas free from rain
and there were occasional glimpses
Of sunshine. The Prince of Wales
was heartily congratulated upon
the victory of his horse and seemed
to fully appreciate the pleasant
things that were shouted to him as
he personally led Persimmon to the
weighing room.
The standard says that st. Frus-
quin returned to the weighing
room with a broken stirrup leath.
err. His jockey, II. Loates, how
ever, says that the leather was
broken at the last stride and it's
breaking did not affect the race In
the least. Tamarind was started
merely as a pace maker for Bay
Ronald, both Brazey's horses.
The Prince of Wales gave a din
ner to the Jockey Club at the
Marlboro House at $3.50 this eve
ming.
The Epson town plate handicap
of 103 sovereigns for 3-year-olds,
and upwards, five furlongs, was
won by Mr.. E. Wishard's CHI m.
Helen Nichols, by Iroquois, out of
Orphan Girl. Royal Flush second
and Marble third. Eight horses
ran. The betting vas IL to / each
against Helen Nichols and Royal
Flush, and 2 to / against Marble.