The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-06-01
TOD SL0AN'S h|SHAP
His Mount at the London Derby
Broke Fetl0ck Joint.
FLYING FOX THE WINNER
DUKE OF WESTMINSTER'S BAY
COLT TOOK THE RACE.
Was Coming Down the. Stretch To-
gether With Holocaste, Ridden
By the American, When the Lat
ter Horse Met With the Accident
and Had to Be Shot.

London, May 3.-The Derby, other
wise the 219th renewal of the Derby
stakes, was won today by the Duke of
WESTMINSTER bay colt, Flying Fox. at
the second day of the EPSON meeting.
The conditions of the race were as fol-
lows:
The Derby stakes of 5000 sovereigns.
by subscription of 80 sovereigns each,
half forfeit or ) sovereigns only, if de-
clared by the first Tuesday in January.
1895, for S-year-olds; the nominator of
the winner to receive 500 sovereigns,
the owner of the second 800 sovereigns,
and the owner of the third 200 Sover-
eigns out of the stakes; about one mile
and half; 275 subscribers.
Glorious weather prevailed at EPSON,
bright sunshine and cloudless sky en-
livenihg the spirits of those who jour-
neyed TO the downs in order to be pres
ent at the race for the Derby classic
stake. The usual scenes were wit
messed along the roads leading to Ep-
som, and the familiar crowds assem-
bled on the downs.
The Prince Was There
The Prince of Wales and party. in
Guiding the Duke and Duchess of Con-
naught. the Duke and Duchess of York,
the Duke of Cambridge, Prince Francis
of Teck, Prince Christian, the Duke and
Duchess of Portland, the Duke and
Duchess of Devonshire, the Grand Duke
of Hesse. the Right Hon. Henry Chap
lin, president of the local government
board; the Earl of Coventry. the Duke
of Westminster, the Marquis of Lon
donderry, Lord Lurgan and the Earl
of Derby, left Victoria station on
special train for EPSON. Joseph II.
ChOate, the United States ambassador,
drove to the downs as the guest of the
lord chief justice. Baron Russell of Kill
lowen, from Tadworth court. Joseph
II. ChOate, jr.. was one of ]. Pierpont
Morgans coaching party; Major Cen
eral Samuel 5. Sumner, the new mill
tary attache of the United States en-
bassy, was also present.
Sloan's riding of the French horse
HolocaC ste, greatly increased intere st in
the Derby, which had previously been
regarded as an absolute certainty for
Flying Fox. The latter was exercised
on the downs at a walking pace this
morning. Holocauste was out early.
There were no signs of his suggested
lameness. The colt went six furlongs
steadily. There was the greatest at
tendance at the race in years.
Choate Had a Box.
Mr.. Choate occupied a box on the
jockey club stand. Consul General Os-
borne was accompanied by Colonel,
Mrs. and Miss Thompson of Ohio, Colo
mel and Mrs. Hunsicker and Miss Elton
of Paris.
Among the other Americans present
were Mrs. Alexander Barrett of New
York, Lady Francis Hope MAY Yohe),
Mrs. Edna Wallace Hopper, AL Hay
man of New York. Charles Frohman.
T. d. Marks, William Gillette, Edna
May, Frank Lawton, ]. a. Sullivan,
Richard Croker. Colonel Webb of Sc
attic and Loie Fuller.
Flying Fox. with a stable boy on his
back, and led by his trainer. Mouton,
was walked about the paddock before
the race course, followed by a large
crowd of admirers. He was quiet and
his quarters were mass of muscle. His
coat cleaned in the sunshine like
bronze. An enthusiast cried: THAT
horse must fall to be beaten" This
opinion was re-echoed by the crowd of
spectators.
Holocauste had few friends. being
light of muscle and having a dull, list
less look, which bore testimony to the
amount of work and travel the colt
has gone through during the last few
weeks. All the jockeys were very nerV-
Gus as they were waiting to enter the
course. Cannon. on the favorite, Fly
ing Fox, was paler than usual, and his
lips twitched. Sloan, on Holocauste,
sat blinking his eyes, and Cloates, on
Damocles, was persistently stroking his
chin.