The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-06-06
WHITNEY'S HORSE WON
ENGLISH DERBY CAPTURED BY VOL
ODYOysf<I, WITH l.. RIEFF UP.
Usual Crowd of Notablcs at EPSON,
count of the Mourning Period.

LONDON, June 5.-Whitneys Volodyov-
ski won the Derby at EPSON to-day in the
record time. 2:4O 4-5 The conditions of the
race were as follows The Derby stakes of
5000 sovereigns. by subscription of so SOW
ereigns each; for three-year-olds; the NOM
inator of the winner to receive 500 sover-
eigns the owner Of the second horse 300
sovereigns and the owner of the third zoo
sovereigns out of the stakes; about one
mile and a half There were 279 subscrib-
ers. Twenty-Five horses started.
The result in detail follows: William c.
Whitney's brown colt VolodyovsN H.
Rein). La Refine, first, by a quarter of a
length. The Duke of Portlands bay colt
William the Third. second Douglas Baird 3
chestnut colt Veronez third.
The trains took thousands of people to
EPSON from all directions. and later went
the coaches and carriages, dropping their
aristocratic occupants at the entrances of
the grandstands and jockey club inclos-
ure until they were filled. Such a display
of fashion and bright colors had not been
seen in England since the outbreak of the
war Many old and well-known patrons
of the turf were seen, though such fav-
orites as King Edward and Lord Rose
the official period of mourning for Queen
Victoria being still unexpired. kahki was
even more conspicuous than last year, when
the popular victory or the then Prince OF
Waless Diamond Jubilee was coincident
with Lord Roberts's entry into Johannes
burg.
were Mr. and Mrs. Perry Belmont, who
arrived in Leopold De Rothschild's coach
and viewed the race from the Jockey Club
stand the Earl and Countess or Essex dor-
the Duke and Duchess OF DeVonshlre, the
Duke and Duchess of Portland. the Marquis
and Marchioness of Londonderry. the Earl
and Countess of Derby Mr.. and Mrs. Fox
hall Keene OF New York, J. Z. Emerson
OF Baltimore. and party consisting OF
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Stuyvesant ana b
T. Kirkland of New York. Miss jenkins
of baltimore. DIR. John Cox of St. Louis
and Mai Edward Is. Cassatt, the military
attache of the United states embassy at
London, and William {. Eustis, the third
secretary of the embassy; Lady Curzon and
Prince Victor Duleep Slnsh.
After a couple OF minor events, the second
of which Maher won. the way was cleared
for the Blue Ribbon race, and the paddock
was soon filled with gay groups scanning
their respective favorites. Volodyovski
naturally was the center or attraction,
and host IF admirers surrounded Mr..
Whtney's crack colt. In the draw for
the place II was found that the favorite
had the middle of the field RUskin led the
parade and canter. There was lengthy
delay at the post, caused principally by the
righteousness of Orchid. Eventually fair
start was ef1ected. Foxhall keenes Olym-
plan was first away from Clacquer Osboch
and Lord Bobs On settling down Olym-
Lian retained the lead. After the mile
orchid closed up, Nolodyovsh remaining
tenth Down the hill Olympian was closely
pressed by Lord Bobs and Revenue. Then
Volodyovsh and William III rapidly i'm
proved their position. Around Tettenham
corner several horses dropped out. A quar-
ter OF mile from home Volodyovsh took
up the running and William III drew 10
second place. The favorite seemed TO be
winning easily. when William III came on
with tremendous rush. but Reiff pulled
the favorite together and landed him a
winner.
The betting was 70 against Volody-
ovski. loo 10 against William III and 40 TO
! against Verones.
After the race Harry Payne Whitney
beaming with delight, led the horse in
alternately patting the animals neck and
looking UP at Reiff, saying: Good boy
good boy" Mr.. Whitney subsequently,
said ''Of course. am more than pleased
and the only disappointment Is that my