The evening times., 1896-06-03
PERSIMMON WON A PLUM
Prince of Wales Speedy Animal
First in the English Derby.
RothschIld's St. Frusquin, the Favor
lite, Ran a Good Second, and
EarwIg Third.

London, June 3.-Derby day opened With
a clouded sky and sultry atmosphere, but
other wise the day was pleasant enough.
Light showers occurred during the night,
which had the effect OF laying the dust on
the highways, but the rainfall was not suf-
ficiently heavy to soften the race course.
The early morning arrivals by road and
rail were far in excess of the usual Duniber,
and the crowd in attendance atthe start or
the great race was even larger than last
year, which was greater than any that
bad been seen on EPSON Downs since
1883 Most of the starters in the Derby
were out bright and early for their morning
gallops on the Downs, PersimnoD speed
ing for six furlougs, st. Frusquin and GuiiS-
tan each going mile, and Knight OF the
Thistle five furlongs.
At noon the betting was 4 to Z against
st. Frusauin, 4 TO ! against Persimmon,
Il to / against Gulistan, 10 to 1 each
against Teufel and Regret, and 33 to 1
each against Knight OF the lnlstie anu
Bradwardine.
There was n steady exodus of race
goers from London throughout the fore
noon. Hundreds of four-horse coaches start
ed from the various West End hotels, car
rying among their passengers large num-
ber OF Americans, and the roads were alive
with race goers in every conceivable kind
of vehicle, from the gorgeous drags Of the
swellS to the donkey carts OF the cOster-
uongers, making their way to EPSON
Gowns.
An unusually large number of prominent
society ladies were Included in the almost
nnumerable racing parties, and jheir su-
perb toilets contributed to make the scene
one of brightness, despite the lowering
skies. At noon there was slight driz-
Zle of rain.
oI in Iaf ba G atipr,
at 1880 o'clock. conveying in the saloon
the Prince and Princess OF Wales, and their
daughters, Princesses Victoria and Maud;
Prince Carl of Denmark, Princess Maud's
fiauce; the Duke and Duchess of York, the
Duke and Duchess of Fife; the Duke Of
Cambridge; the Duke aud Duchess of
Devorshire; Lord and Lady Cadogan, and
Sir Horace Farquehar, NJ. p.
The great race was captured by the
Prince of Wales Persimmon, despite the
assertion made yesterday that the horse
was disabled, and his chances OF overcom-
ing the mighty speed of Mr.. Leopold lie
Rothschild's st. Frusquin were practi
cally destroyed. st. Frusquin, though
beaten for the first place, gave good ac-
count OF himself and finished second, Mr..
81. E. Beddington's Earwig running third.
The other starters were W. G. Stevens
brown colt Teufel, by Despair. out of Cloo-
tie; Mr.. Leopold de Rothschild's bay colt
Gulistan, by Brag. out of Guinevra; Mr.. j.
II. Platt's bay or brown colt Bradwardine,
by Beraldine, out of Monterosa: Mr.. p. A
Harrison's brown colt, Knight of the This
tie, by Rosebery. out of Empress Maud, ~
Beaucerc; Mr.. T. Phillips bay colt Bay
Ronald. by Hampton, out of Black Duchess.
by Gaillard Mr.. John Wallace's bay colt
Spook, by Oberon, out of Lady Lothian.
The Duke of Westminster's bay colt Re-
gret was scratched upon the advice of
Jockey Cannon, but it was not until one
O'Clock that it was decided not to start
him.
The Derby stakes were worth f6, 900, Ivy
subscriptions of ESQ each, half forfeit,
or CO only If declared by the first Tuesday
in January, 1895, for tbree-year- -olds,
colts stone and fillies 8 stone 8 pounds,
$500, the owner of the second $500, and
the owner of the third f20O out of the
stakes about one mile and half $50 sub
scribers, 68 of whom declared forfeit.