Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-08
STILL TALKING
OF THE DERBY.

London, June S-London Is still talk
ing of the Derby and the oaks. The
discussion Of the relative merits OF
American and British methods OF train
ing aAd ndthg has bl3kon out aneN
II must be confessed that the British
comments are generally very fair
They sorrowfully admit the superlori-
ty Of America on every point. The
Sporting Times says:
THE Derby has been won by a
French horse and an American horse,
but never until Wednesday was 1t won
by horse that had other than an
English jockey in the saddle. What
ever our horses might be, the suprem-
ucy Of our Jockeys was deemed com
plete. But that fallacy 10 now eX-
ploded Thus two records were broken.
viz: a victory for a jockey who was
not q subject Of the king and the run
Mig nof the race In the fastest time on
record.
"The Derby was an Anglo
triumph, but not so that Of the Oaks,
which was American pure and simple.
II is a fact that rivalry ran high IN
America last year between Mr.. Whit
ney and Mr.. Keene, almost amounting
TO bad blood when a colt OF Mr.. Whit
ncy's beat Olympan for the Futur-
ity. Under the circumstances II Is not
a little singular that Mr.. whitney
should have won the Derby and Mr..
Keene the oaks To add to the Amer
lean triumph. the Tammany chieftain,
Croker. ran third In the oaks, while an
American Jockey rode the winner OF
the Derby and the first three an the
oaks were ridden by Jockeys of that
nationality. Henry, who was import
ed by Mr.. Keene, who brought Sloan
to this country has made a rare be-
ginning"
The papers have printed New York
dispatches saying that Mr.. Whitney
would take yolodyovsh to America.
but he cannot do that. He has simply
leased the horse for $4,000 cash and
half OF what the horse might win al
three and four years OF age. after which
he was to be returned. Had Lady Meux
cared 10 sell the colt outright on an
offer that was made he would now
stand al $4,000 the offer being el5,-
600 down and 10000 more II he won
the Derby.
In these matters she has not looked
on money at all. Her great desires was
that as Higgins had borne the heat Of
the day he should reap the reward.
For that reason she accepted an offer
that would admit Of NOlOdyoyskis re-
naming In his stable. The only thing
that miPht have altered all this was II
King Edward had continued 20 be
Prince Of Wales But for his accession
% the throne we would now see him
credited with what no living man has
been credited with. viz: three Derby
winners. Lady Meux Is very public
spirited woman She paid fully for
battery OF guns. and the public Is little
aware Of the tons Of stores and COM
forts she has caused 10 be sent TO the
troops In south Africa She has a
splendid collection of Nelson relics. in
Guiding Lady Hamilton's. jewelry
When temple bar was removed. Lady
Meux saved the materials from being
broken up for sidewalks. had every
stone numbered. and now old Temple
Bar. exactly as Il was IN the Strand
forms the pr'n rlpal approach OF her es-
tate at Thcobqld's Park
Fabulous sums were won on Cap and
Bells Irs victory IN the Oaks The com.
miesIoncrs had literally unlimited or
dcrs to back the illly as lone as a de-
cent nrlce was obiainahle and every
American won end the woman thet
saw F0xhan Keene for a week was ad-
yised to back the horse