The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-07-22

sponsibility. One of the most cOnSpicu-
Gus of these bore the nominal biogra ply,
"Issy Isaacs," and from one you may
know all, the bookmakers of less racial
distinctness having their betting-stands
within the inclosure at the grand stand.
Showmen's booths are ranged along the
hill slope within the horseshoe. the
monster fat woman" being advertised
in gaudily painted pictures on bellying
canvas in rivalry to Punch and judy
pantomime and other forms Of the art
of mimicry and deception dear to the
holiday heart.
Then there are swings and merry-go-
rounds. besides such pastimes as throw
ing at cocoanuts. striking with mallets
on automatic machines to test your
force. watching girls dance on the turf
to the quavering lamentations of Il
hand organ. or forming ring about
rather buxom young woman In lilac
colored tights and close-fitting sleeve
| less red bodice, who engages in few
bouts at boxing with a chap who seems
| to have come from Whitechapel for the
purpose. When she has done boxing
| she slips dress skirt on over her head
and. subsidihg into her aboriginal state,
becomes " plCdl leIlitiit to'hHCS' NV
bad looking There are rings too about
men here and there who make rather
good thing out of the eager crowd by
giving tips at shilling per on the i'm
pending races, and stimulate desire by
crying: Il gyve it to 80 roisht enough
| lawst tyne didn't l? Come on, now:
I'm only a charging ye a bob TO nyme
the winner in the next ryce. Who wants
d card? Lively now: the 'osses won't
| wyte for ye to myke up yer minds, ye
know"
MANY GYPSIES.
The gypsies tell fortunes at theirvans,
| or make themselves importunately un-
| useful about the grounds, or give their
indolent attention to refreShment-
stands, to paroniZe which requires the
uncrtical appetite of a navy" All
these dwellers in vans are not gypsies.
| however for goodiy percentage of the
lower British public lives and breeds
| families in the cooplike houses in order
| to have a home of their own, and yet
| escape the payment of rates as house
holders There is always Il hopeful
group of these folk i'm the vicinity of the
brakes and coaches of the blessed rich,
|
other things precious to the stomach.
and who improve the times between
races in gastronomic merriment.
| When these nomads have suspicion
that their social superiors are quite
light of heart they feel emboldened to
discharge verbal challenges to vanity
and benevolence. Wont the pritty
lydy throw me down copper? I'm
sure my lord can spare body trifle.
The mendicancy of England will be as
troublesome ere long as that of Italy II
travellers do not take the time to realize
that the promiscuous ''chucking about
of brass" is the nurse and propagator
of pauperism. Why. in addition to the
countless ragamuifins and tatterdemal-
ions of every age that hover along the
| roads leading from town to the downs,
| saw shoals of school children, at In
frequent intervals under the care OF
women teachers, drawn uD In line be-
hind fences. begging in chorus for the
pennies showered among them by the
passers, who thought only of the run
of seeing the youngsters scramble FOR
the coppers. and did not know OF care
| to remember that the pauper and de-
pendent classes are increasing In Eng
land in direct proportion to the growth
of charities of all sorts, pocket and sys-
tematized. The Derby not only attracts
every beggar who can get within range.
but it draws from London every thief
and pick pocket who is able to stand
the fatigue Of elbowing his or her way
through the crowd Nowhere Is more
motley assembly to be found in all the
world than at the Derby. From prince
to coster is the confine of all social de-
grees. and it seemed to me / saw repre-
sentatives Of every race under the sun;
and the experienced patron of the turf
knows that betting brings odd eX-
tremes into contact just as politics
makes strange bedfellows. There was
such a mingling when the Derby was
| won.
WALES WON.
AS / have said. the fact that Persim-
mon, against whom odds of five to one
had been laid not an hour before. shot
50 smartly to the fore after an uncom-
monty well-run race, set the people wild,
and they came rushing onto the track
behind the horses like black deluge
roaring their joy and bearing down to-
ward the judges stand, where the po-
licemen were already forming their
circle to keep clear space into which
the horses should be ridden before un-
saddling. I'm the meantime the excite
ment in the royal box was even more
intense than that elsewhere. The prince
flushed and then turned pale like a
schoolboy receiving his first prize. and
then made rush to the ring to lead in
his victorious colt. The Princess of
Wales quite discarded dignity to ap-
plaud with genuine heartiness and to
shake hands with her daughters, who
were as fluttered as ever young prn-
cesses were. The sight of the joy in the
royal box was new inspiration of rap
ture to the crowd. 50 that when the
prince, followed to the gate by felici.
tating friends, took Persimmon by the
bride, not attempting to conceal his
pride of triumph. a cheer that might
have reached London swelled out from
half a million throats.
And it was genuine. ! imagine that
even the heaviest losers on the result
were gladly sympathetic with the prince
in his good fortune in the achievement
of the highest of Englands sporting
honors; and as for the public at large
we'll, if the radicals have any doubt that
the people of Great Britain are welded
in love and fidelity to royalty let them
say why there was such a convulsion
of happiness because the Derby stakes
were gathered in by the Prince of Wales.
No one was more radiant than our
friend Willard, who had stubbornly re-
fused to yield assent to the prevailing
opinion that st. Frusquin was preor-
dained the victor. He backed his con-
fidence in Persimmon literally with the
bookmakers. nor did he hesitate to
double his bets after the horses had
come onto the course for the parade and
it was learned that the royal colt was