The evening world., 1901-06-05
HOW THE GREAT
RACE WAS RUN.

LONDON, June 5.-Foxhall kcens's
Olym?ian. Henry up. led until u quarter
Of mile from home. when Voloiyo ski
drew to the fron:. followed by William
the Third and won BY ,hre.-duarters OF
a length. Four lenst tbs separated second
and third horses. Tortorm was fourth.
II Was n Tight Finish.
voiodyovski won In record time.
minutes and t0t-5 seconds. Mr.. Whit
ney's horse seemed to have the race
well in hand. and the immense crowd.
which. almost to n man. had backed the
horse. joN.ully yelled "Voiodyovski
w.ns!'' when Morny Cannon. on Will
lam the Third, came on with rush.
Challenged. and. for u moment. seemed
to be In front. But Rcin. by the viHor-
Gus use OF hLs, whip. managed To regain
the lead and won Dy nara" quarter
Of a length.
Very Little Cheering.
The crowd had too much OF scare
to be very enthusiastic. and seldom has
less cheering been heard for winner
OF Derby. Young Mr. Whitney led
the horse In. beaminv with delight. al
tcrnatc!y tI,tt!ng the tavor!,c's neck
and looking m at Rciri. saying Good
boy! Good boy
Mr. Whitney subsequently said Ia q
representative OF the Associated Press;
"Of course ! am more than pleased.
and the only disappointment IS owing
to my father not being here 20 enjoy
OIL. triumph II vas very pretty
race. but ! must say thought the sec
ond horse was going to catch Va,
Crok~r's Con9rntuIntion..
At this po,n, Richard Croker came
up and enthusiastically congratulated
Mr.. Whi,ne,.
trophy to America once mere. said
telegram 10 his father.
Coaches about the gfindstand w.r.
crowded with Americans. but they were
very undenonstra;ive.
The betting was : to z: against Vnlody-
ovski. 100 TO : against William the Third
and 40 TO ! against Voroncsc.
The starters were: Volodyovski a.
Rcifr). Flori.orm. Handic,pper Martin
Revenue, William the Third Royal
Rouge, vcrorcsc. SANG B!cr!, wargra.c
Pictermar!;zburE, II. Il. IL. N.icS. Ian.
Royal George, C,t,aScr. Olympsln ticn-
,y). Orchid. Tantalus ,Mahor. Lord
gobs, s.. Maclou. Ruskm porci,s
ClnIueur Prince Charles II. iTarn.1.
and Oshoch.
Crowd n KccOrh-BrrnLrr.
Although |, was clear that the war In
South Africa still keeps many anh'ues
away. to.day's contes; Tor the Blu. itih-
bon OF the Turf WAS Witnessed hy mi u
greater crowds than for spna years
las, The weather .as AL TINT could r.
wished for this. the peoples picnic tn.
vehicles FIRST rolled In BY twos and
,hrccs, and then by dozens and scores
until the white road leading To the
Downs smoked with the iust ~ III.
vast heterogeneous cavnlcade. ana the
air was fllei with a weird medley frUn
tin trumpets. barrcl-orsans and cornci-
Trains brought thousands OF people
from all directions. and. later. came
the coaches and carriages, dropping
their aristocrat!c occupants at the en-
frances OF the grand stand and jockey
club Enclosure until these we., allei.
Such display o. fashion ana bright
colors had not been seen In England
since the outbreak OF the war. Many
old and widely known patrons o. the
D turf were seen, though such .ayot.,es
AZ King Edward and Lord Ros.bery
: were necessarily absent, Khaki was
even moro conspicuous than last year.
T WHEN the popular victory OF the then
Prince OF waies's Diamond Jubilee was
e coincident with Lord Rober;s's entry
Into johannesburg.
Americans take but n mild Interest IN
s. the Derby. as rule. Few American
8 horDes or owners have ben Interested
81 elaes the time when Iroquois went over
go beat the cracks OF al! England.
~ 81, M year. however. the event takes on
5z{aRainternat!onal aspect. William c.
: hllnsy. whose princcly patronage o.
In America made people open
81 eyss In amazement, Is represented
derby. very iargely this year.
ghitnsy had set his heart or
fhes Derby. His colt. Prince