Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-06-03
WALLS TIE WINNER.
THE ENTHUSIASM UNPARALLELED.
No Prince Of Wales Has Won the Der.
by 10 the LAST Ons Hundred and
Eighty Years.

EPSON June 3-Pefslmmons won
tho DIuy; ~. Ftusquin was sccJndi
Earwig tnifu.
The weather was hot and oppressive,
although there were showers during
the morning. The rain hal not eiloc,-
ed tho cOurse TO any approoiaulc
degree, ana II was pronounced The
barlCat on record. There was the Gus.
iUmaty procession by the road aud
familiar gathering OF vehicles, but the
majority came by train, specials l1sv.
ing Victoria and Waterloo railroad
every low minutes. On tho downs,
from dayhfUHk, the often pictured
crowds assomJlci and the nlWays Joy
Gus tcrnts we're enacted.
Nha report circulated yesterday by
the Fan Mall Gazette that Pcuimmou,
the puuco ~ Walos's entry iUr the
DarUy, hal been Injured was entirely
uniOuudCd. Tho prince colt dii we'll
~ tho exercise this morning aud
looked ~ 20 give ~. Fusquiu, the
Invotitc, hard push. Tho Prince OF
Wales arrived by train from Victoria
station lust before the first race aud
was greeted with much enthusiasm.
In the opinion " the Oldest race gocfr
there was mover 30 little betting ON the
Derby us this year. The Duke Of
Weslminister'a Regret was scratched
a. poon. Tue betting a. noon was l3
10 on ~. ffutquln ami . 10 against
Pcrslmm1ut, o g. / against Tuluil.
Among tho hmeriuaus present was
Henry Rose Of San Fnncitc9. Tho
Americans b came gulhusiastic when
Mr.. Wishgfd's Helen Nir0ll ridden ~
Roll, won the EPSON town plate,
distance OF i've iuflouRf, fit nrso.
yCst.aIdf and upwards. Helen NtcIll
was firti; Royal Flush suc0uu; Marble
miro. Eight homes TAN. The betting
vac 10 TO 5 against Helen Nolll.
Helen Nic1ll made the whole Of the
running anu won by hall a length,
A head separated tae second nud tLifd
horses. Eleven hofttH came 60 the
post Tor the Darby stakes VI G,UOO
soyerslgus fcr thioe-ycar.0ld colts, 10
carry l.O pOuuds, nuu nllius III; the
uumiuatOr Of the winner % receive
800 and the owner Of the HucOuI horse
10 receive 200 sovetcigus oui Of the
stakes, about one anu % halt miller.
rhc horses getaway At3:-a p. M.
The Prince Of Walos's Bay colt Per.
Summons by 81. Simon out Of Petdita
auu; Loopuld du Rhlsohiid's Is.
FTusquin. = brown colt by st. Sim0t
out VI lsabella, second; II, T.. Boo
dingtOn's colt ErWiy, BY Hampton
Gus OF Wugglr, third. Pefsimmon
was ridden by !. Waits. Betting AZ
the post was 0 10 against Por'imm0u,
10 10 S on 81. Frusquln, anu 33 to GU
Etwig, Eleven horses ran.
Tho Victory OF Pofslmmon caused n
scene VI unparalleled enthusiasm
about the race cOurue. The Prince VI
wa,ts was greatly pleased. IL was
with difficulty tho police ana others
were nble 10 make way ior him TO meet
the returning horse. The prince pet.
sonally led PefslmmOu 20 tue weigh.
inn room amidst the greatest excite.
mont aud loud cheering. lilo started
racing In 1877, but was never very
successful until 1895. A hundred ana
eighty years have elspsud tiuco
Prince Of Wales has won the Derby.
PoTslmmon won by q neck. Two
lengths separated ~. Ffutquin, the
second boue, aud ErwiR, me thiru
horse. Tou 81 was tuu fourth. The
time was .:i2, very fast considering
that tho courso was the hardest on
record. LORD Rosobtrry's Sir Vis,o
won last year over "a much better
course In 2;i3 rs.
Since 1867 Perslmmons time has
only boon beaten In 1898, When w. II.
Meta months lsinglAss carried of the
blue ribbon In 2;33. Gullistan led u
the top Of the hill, where the bay Rsy.
nolds showed In front. Ga entering
the stretch 3. Ffuequin heated the
mon. The nnisu was 30 close that
only the Judge was In position 10
tell accurately which horse was the
winner. Many persons thought 81.