New-York tribune., 1901-07-28

J there being no more than eight starters on
that occasion Sainfoin was the victor from Sure
loot, but if the last named had been a stout
hearted horse he should have won. The making,
of this guarantee has without doubt e,ivcn The
necessary fllip to the Derby Stakes for there is
no sentiment in racing" and though the Derby
could for some time afford to live on its reputa-
ton, the more valuable prizes to be won would
Probaby have done it no small amount of harm
in time to come.
a whole book might he written without half
IN IStLllG me interesting incidents surrounding
the Derby, but with the limited space al un-'s
disposal ii is Impossible to do more than recall
one or Two famous years. The first irt.rra-
tohdI eNhihitIon was, as every kroAs
opened IN 1871. the opening ceremony taking
TidJe IN hyde Park about three weeks before
Derby Day. In 1881 it was that Sir Joseph Hlv,-
iey won his first Derby with Teddineston ,tlfs
other Derby winners were Beardsman i'm / -iS
3,usji1 III the following year and Blue Gown in
i"".''' Representatives. of all countries had
. com" to England for the exhibition and na1rIl,
/ All or thon remained to witness the great ED
som race, Tho day being very fine. Never up to
IIat tlac mad such Il crowd collected on EPSON
Towns Tor though railways were then in their
infancy, 50 10 speak. continuous lines of v,-
ne mmicies c"nVerGed to the course from an points
me summer sun shone such a variety #
costumes and head dresses as had never before
I,tH seen at EPSON, and the people who were
. mere ana are still alive viii never forget the
5IEnt on me hi packed with thousands Of
human beings or the course from Tattrubar
'U'inf To the hnISh with its crowd dozen deep
an me way. Sir Richard Mayne, who was then
at the head Of the police force astonisbed a
member Of the royal family by announcin-; that,
III ms OPINION about five hundred of our foreign
/ NISlJorS carried rerolvcrs OF daggers on Epsuui
/ raccCourSe that day
In olden days, indeed not long before Ted
din&ton Won, the task of getting horses from
thelr training grounds to EPSON was a very
serious business. Before Lord George Eartinri,
had his horse van constructed, all racehorse. to
De strictly correct, nearly all had TO go bv road
ana Were walked from Place to place at the rae.
OF ABOUT twenty miles day. When the frst
morse van was used il is difficult to saw Colonel
/ g heHys famous horse Ectiuse which did m
. CahonS' on the Edsware Road in 1883 at Tn,
. VI ~! -"Nt years - said to have been
. conveyed thith"r in a van. In the carI, part IF
/ Ihe iaet century there lived at Red Marley. near
l-'C"IIH; Il MI I"rrett a noted cattle hre der.
ana he had been accustomed TO send fat Iu-
t"oNS I" ihr 'SmithheId show by van, and when
ms morse sovereign had to 20 to Newmarket
+ Tor the Two Thousand Guineas in 1916 Doe
Wh" trained him, suggested that 4 bullock va,
should |c put ON springs for the conyey.t1c, cf
thr horse. which done In his life. Sir VIII
lam Gregory writes that Lord George. f3cntlncl
was the n1st man who eyer rIIt = rae .b,re int
Van. and Whom the U7ackI-afs at Dorc.ls.a-
thought his famous horse. Ellis was safe on IN.
HH,s"N downs. and were betting against MIN y
II ne were q. ad ne trottinE in his van L.,
days 1ftcrward"
SOME FAMOUS VICTORIES
hrfor" 81, trains and vans were invented how
eyer. IN r" was no little risk in akn, the favor
! I'' Tor a great race about the country. chit
I ney's Priam. the winner OF the Derby Of 1N:;1
ana Tour other horses left Newmarket on the
J FRIDAY week before the rae" at / o'clock in the
/ morning. and on the evening OF the first dav
reached Newport. in Essex, distance of
. t"ehty-"u" miles staying the night an inn
kept by Mis-, HcICham. whose Eooscberry pies
enjoyed a reputation which extended beyond the
/ county bouLcaries The second day found the
. horses at tho sun and Whdleboue. on Harlow
/ common. a sporting house even in the dAyS Of
! long ago; London was reached the third day
when the horse was visited in some stables near
/ Sloane-s St by some OF the prominent racu., men
Z OF IN" day; then he proceeded to Mickleharn
and thence to EPSON. At the present day \
racehorse travels comfortably in his box
I EcrmlfS sensational win in 1867. when III.
started at GG to l. is well remembered and an
4 other famous hero of the Derby is the Duke If
Portland's Donovan USS9). horse which dur
/ ing ms two and three year old career won no
] less sum than close t.ri.OUO. while IsinglaSs
/ the Derby winner of 1880, in four seasons
/ he ran as a five year Old-about t.S. 300 Anv
! one who has studied The Racu; Calendar
viii not need to be told that George " when
/ Prince Of Wales. won the Derby in l1SS with
carried first uast the post in the Derby until
the Kings Pcrsimmon won i'm 1896 ana those
! Who We're at EPSON will never forget the re
! CcPtion accorded the winner How many of The
| mats thrown up in TN" air We're lost for good ai<
/ all cannot he imagined. The Princes Derby :
as the race Of that y, was called will ever be
/ one Of the landmarks of the turf. and there is
! no doubt that Iersimmun a wonderfully
/ 30 d horse from IN" beginning. Fortune havin,
/ knocked once at the Kings door. made another
! visit in 1900. When for the second time the
Jubilee, a younger brother OF Persitrmun. 1t is
! sincerely to b, hoped that the King has not won
| his last Derby.
! Mention must he made of the Duke Of West
! minister's victories in the famous Epson race
! because the four Derbys 10y the late duke
| carry on q sequence of turf successes a EPSON
which began in 1890. when Lord Grosveuor',