The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-06-05
ENORMOUS CROWDS At EPSON
Brilliant Throng Assemblies
ON the Downs.
KING AND QUEEN ATTEND
Members CT Jockey Club Dined by King
Edward at Buckingham Palace in
Honor of Event = How the Contest
Was Decided.

LONDON. June 4.-The Derby race.
the blue ribbon event of the English
turf. was run today at EPSON Downs
and was won by Mr. j. Gubbins' brown
colt Ard Patrick. by st. Florian-Mor-
gazette. Col. H. McCalmont's bay colt
Rising Glass. by singlass-Hautesse.
was second, and the Duke OF Portland g
brown colt Friar Tuck. by Friar's Bal
sam, dam BIZ Notwithstanding, third
Eighteen horses ran.
The American jockey. Sheets" Mar
tin. rode Ard Patrick. the winner. Nc
Call, who met with bad accident in the
Craven Stakes yesterday. had the mount
on Rising Glass. Cannon rode Friar
Tuck
The betting was leo to Il against Ard
Patrick, 40 to ] against Rising Glass.
and 100 to against Friar Tuck.
Ard Patrick won, easing up, by three
lengths. There was the same distance
between Rising Glass and Friar Tuck.
Sceptre, the favorite. finished fourth.
Ard Patrick's time was 2:42 is.
Hl1tC III L tOAl.
Fowlingpiece jumped off in front at
the fall of the flag. with Cookers Lance
wood and Robert lie Diable and Ard
Patrick following. Cheers. ridden by
Naher. ard Royal Ivy. got off last. On
fairly settling down to work Csardas
cut out from Fowiingpiece. Ard Patrick.
Royal Lancer, Mr.. Keene's Kearsarge,
SceDtre. Duke of Westminster, and Mr..
Whitney's Intruder.
At the one-mile post Ard Patrick went
into second place and Sceptre and Fowl
iagp,ece were third and fourth. At
Tattenham Corner. however, Csar6as
was beaten, and Ard Patrick came on
clear of Sceptre, Rising Glass. Csardas,
and Pekin.
Sceptre failed TO stay the distance,
and when fairly in line for the winning
post Ard Patrick sh5t out and. making
the remainder of the running. won in a
canter. Csardas was fifth, Robert lie
DiabIe sixth. followed. respectively, by
Prince Florizel. Royal Ivy. Intruder,
Pelin. Fowl;ngpiece. Cheers Royal
Lancer. and Water Wheel. Caro- fin
ished last. Mr.. keene's Kearsarge fin
ished in The last four.
Enormous Crowd Despite Weather.
Derby Day opened inauspiciously. but
a solnber say AMI intermittent rain did
not prevent enormous crowds from leav-
ing at the earliest hour for EPSON
Downs in vehicles OF every description.
There were more motor carriages than
ever before and thousands of bicyclists.
Most of the vehicles were decorated
with flags
The King and Queen. with the Prince
ard Princess of Wales, the Duke and
Duchess OF Cornaught, the Duke of Cam
bridge Prince and Princess Charles of
Denmark. and Princess Victoria. went
TO EPSON on a special train. An earlier
special conveyed a number of distin-
guished Indian potentates, who are here
for the coronation; the Duke and
Duchess of Dev0nshire. Earl Cadogsn,
lord lieutenant of Ireland; Lord Roth
schild, and Mr.. Choate. the American
Strong American Contingent.
A strong contingent of Americans was
present. Half dozen coaches from the
leading hotels held numerous Transact
antic visitors. Joseph II. Choate, the
United States Ambassador, and Mrs.
Choate took down coaching party, in
,luding Mr. and Mrs. Westinghouse, Of
pittshurg. Foxhall Keene, Lawrence
X. L. Agassiz. William Cor
,oran Eustis. third secretary of the
United States embassy. and William
Woodward. Mr. Choate's secretary, were
on the lawn.
Richard Croker of New York wandered
lbout the paddock. evidently finding
yreat pleasure in his surroundings. He
TO reporter:
These gatherings rid one of so many
and other cares
But twice in the 100 years the Derby
mas been run has an American jockey
Diloted the winner to victory-last year,
when Lester Reiff rode William @.
Nhitney's Vcledyovski. and today. when
Martin rode Ard Patrick. Pierre Lori.
ards American cclt Iroquois won the
race in 1851, but the famous English
Jockey, Fred Archer. had the mount.
The victory of IrcQuoiS ard that of the
french horse Gladiateur. the latter In
$50, were the only occasions when for
sigE-bred horses carried eff the blue
'ibbon OF the English turf. The race Of
SG5 was known as the French year and
hat of 1881 the American year. Robert
)ne Thousand and Two Thousand Gui-
leas. was the fayorite for today's race
n the latest betting at to against.
The Summary.
The summary of today's results fol-
ows:
The Derby Stakes. of 5000 sovereigns,
y subscription OF so sovereigns each:
aif forfeit. or sovereigns only if de-
Jared by the first Tuesday in January,
90t; for three-year- ODDS. colts. . stone,
nd FLIES S stone 3 pounds; the nomin-
tor OF the winner to receive 500 SOW
reigns. the owner of the second. 800
overeigns. and the owner of the third,
90 soyereigns out of the stakes; about
ne mile and one-half (2S2 subscribers,
/ of whom pay sovereiSns.)
The King tonight dined the members
the Jockey Club at Buckingham Pal
ce in honor OF the Derby. Afterward
is majesty went to Devonshire House,
here the Queen had been dining. and