The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-04
DERBY DAY ON EPSON DOWNS.
THE PRINCE OF WALES PERsIM-
MON WINS By A NECK.

Odds Against The W inner . 10 l.
The odds on 81. Frusquin I3 to 5.
Earxvig Finishes Third.
London. June s-Derby day opened with
a cloudy sky and sultry atmosphere, but
otherwise 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 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; when was
greater than any that mad been seen On
EPSON Downs since 1889. The track was
so hard that several owners expressed
doubt about starting their horses.
The royal train left Victoria station
al 1890 o'clock, conveying in the saloon
the Prince and Princess Of Wales and
their daughters. Princesses Victoria end
Maud; Prince Carl of Denmark, Princess
Maud's fancee; the Duke and Duchess Of
York, the Duke and Duchess of Fife, The
Duke of Cambridge, the Duke and DuGh-
ess of Devonshire Lord and Lady Ca1o-
gan and Sir Horace Farquehar member
of parliament
of Wales PersimmOn, despite the asser-
ton made yesterday that the horse was
disabled and his chances Of overcoming
the mighty speed OF Leopold de koth-
childs ST. Frusquin were practically de
stroyed. St Frusquin though beaten for
first place, gave a good account OF him
self and finished second. II. L. Bedding
toms Earwig was third.
The horses got good start Tamarind
and TOussant were the first TO get away,
but after the first hundred yards, Bay
Ronald drew to the front, followed by
Bradwardine and Tamarind. After these
Dame Earwig, Spook, Gulistan, IeuIel'
Toussant and knight of The Thistle,
with ST. Frusquin and Persimmon as the
''Whippers in"
Shortly afterwards Gulistan went to
the front and held the lead, passing the
mile post, followed by Bay Ronald, Spook
and ST. Frusquin. Then came Bradwar-
dine. Teufel and Knight Of The Thistle,
in front of Earwig and Persimmon, with
Tamarind failing off.
Ciulistan seemed TO be in trouble upon
arriving al the top of the hill and fell
back. Bradwardine then went TO the
front with St. Frusquin next Entering
the straight Bradwardine yielded to Bay
Ronald and St. Frusquin
A quarter of a mile from the finish, Bay
Ronald was done and St. FruSquln took
the lead. followed by Persimmen.
Opposite Tattersalls Persimmon got on
even terms with St. Frusquin and there
was a most exciting hn-sn, resulting IN
PersimmOn's winning by neck. ST
Frusquin beat Earwig by four lengths
Teufel was fourth and Bay Ronald fifth
Gulistan, Bradwardine and SpOok followed
home in the order named, and Iamarind
was last. The betting at the start was
5 to 1 against Persimmon, l3 to on St
Frusquin, 80 to against Earwig, IL to
] against Teufel, 10 to each against BAY
Ronald and Knight of the Thistle, 81 to
! against Gulistan, 40 to ] against brad
wardine 100 to l against SpoOk and Tous-
SAINT. and 1000 to against Tamarind-
The Duke of Westminster's bay colt
Regret was scratched upon the advice OF
Jockey Cannon, but it was not untI /
o'clock that it was decided not to start
The afternoon was free from rain, and
there was occasional glimpses of sun
shine The Prince of Wales was heartily
congratulated upon the victory OF ms
M O
pleasant things that were shouted TO nm
as he personally led Persmmon to the
The Standard says that St. Frusquin re-
turned to the weighing room with brok-
en- stirrup leather. His. jockey, I. Loates,
however, says that the leather was broken
at the last stride, and its breaking ala
not affect the result in the least Tama-
rind was started merely as pacemaker
for Bay Ronald, both being Mr.. Brassey
The Prince of Wales gave a dinner to
the Jockey Club at Marlborough house al
$50 O'Clock this evening.
The EPSON town plate handicap of los
sovereigns, for 3-year-olds ana upward,
five furlongs, was won by r.. Wishard's
chestnut mare. Helen Nichols, by lro-
quois, out of Orphan Girl Royal Flush
was second and Marble third. Eight
horses ran. The betting was u to each
against Helen Nichols and Royal Flush
and to l against Marble
New York, June S.-The tenth Brooklyn
handicap is to be run tomorrow at the
opening of the spring meeting of the
Brooklyn Jockey Club, at the Gravesend
track In the nine years of its history,
the race has been but once won by faV-
orite, that successful one being Tenny.
The field for the race will be a small
one, nine at the most, Mr.. Dwyer, presi-
dent of the club, having decided not to
start Handspring IN the race, as the morse
was very sore after his race against Hast
ings at Morris Park, on Tuesday.
The handicap, which is at mile and
Y1rfaF will hn II
afternoon and will be run at O'Clock.
Clifford, on the strength of his two races
at Morris Park, and the fact that he was
never a better horse than he is to-day,
will be the favorite for the event. On
form, it looks as if he should certainly
win. Perhaps the most confident are the
9Iessrs. Fleischmann and their trainer,
Bob" Tucker who think that they have
a good chance to win with St. Maxim,
Sims to ride him. Billy Lakeland, too,
thinks that he has a chance to win with
Hornpipe Lakeland has another string
TO his bow in Counter Tenor, but the last
race of Col. Ruppert'S horse was so poor
that Hornpipe will be the chief depend
ence for the race
with Sir Walter who has twice run in to
third place and who will be again backed
~ R s race 6ers by Sir %aeT is ii
good trim as ever he was, in the opinion
of his trainer, and with his light weight
and ridden by that master among jockeys,
Taral, he certainly seems to have a
chance for a part Of the money
keenan, will carry the Blemton stables
colors in the absence of Henry of Ma
varre; Nanki-Pooh those of the Erie sta
BILE, whose candidate, Lazzarone, ran sec
ond to Hornpipe a year ago. and Paladin
and Lake Shore complete the list of prob
able starters.
St. Louis, June 3.-In spite of the sloppy
track, three favorites won to-day-Satyr
in the second, Helena Belle in the third,
and Sunburst in the fourth. The ca ,ly
morning rains blew away and left
beautiful day but a bad track. good
crowd was in attendance.
First Raee-Six furlongs. Mordotte, 100,
Vandusen. to l. won, with Hush second
and Dennis third Time 1:1912.
Second Race-F'ive furlongs. Satyr, 1OS,
Garner, 2 to l. won, with Dunmore sec
ond and Prince Loormis third. Time l:O6.
Third Race-SeYen furlongs. Helena
Belle, SO, Bayless, 7 to ;, won, with Pc
trarch second and Albert S. third Time
1;33.
Fourth Race-One mile. Sunburst, 1O7
Martin, even, won, with Battledore sec
ond and Mopsy third. Time 1:46l2.
Fifth Race-Six furlongs. Sligo, los,