The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-06-18

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fa1ege.4eace nothing Rad hargvac*
so &, exalt America ~ common HTt
opinion r. Is ~Gt - Tie question
Tor one 81 ; s. Haf a fADc3eF u rAc4Ns
horses u comprehend shat i means
10 win the Derry and ( - df11uit
for the most ardent 6rvetee ~ De
turf u fu4ls understand 81 unless nc has
lived IL Eng "a and iusbtbed the Der
by atmosphere ana spirit ~
81 the racing calendar 81 the
English Iteutc II 81 the ktux =
custom ~ tnAite the winner ~
&Ine Ftth him on Derby LAY k.stab-
lishe2 in 1850 oy Lord Derby Nth =
prize of 500 soyereigus. u j. anteiat-
ed by only two Englsh iurr nrars fhe
-. Lsg-r ~ three years and the oaks
by one-both Ions ago o~utolassod ~
the Derby This srcat event - reEu
Iarly attended by royalty and fashion.
and on the eve II the races a great
assemblage OF coaches ladcn with the
eayety and fashion q England take
up positions 81 vantage over night
At his years Derby the le5th. King
Edward. the price and Princess -
Wales. with dukes and tuchessos AMI
grand dukes and other nata0lcs ~
royalty. were preset 10 witness tho
races.
Before such a cloud - witnesses
who would not Ike 50 to run a 70 ab-
tain the prize And - be the owner
and. more than that. the breeder u
the winning horse and lead the fine
demb thing proudly out before the
King
All of these self-same honors are
the very ones which came Richard
Croker's way last week when his
three-ycar-old Orhy proved himself q
classic in horse-nesh and placed the
blue ribbon or the worlds greatest
racing event 10 the credi, OF Tammany
Hail AUd Af0ktT idl a A&k4tN ~
be proud There are a great many
very respectable people who can not
think II many things in this man
Croker's career that ne has any right
to be proud Of. and there are a few
who can even start a small catalogus
with things he has done which ought
10 BE viewed by him with feelings COM
trary TO those Of conscientious satsfac-
ton. But of his Derby achievement
the man we used to see pictured "a
the apers as a bad. bad striped old
tiger has just cause 10 be proud.
You remember the story or Il alp
How he moved to England not many
years ago and set up TO live at Want
age? He took some Of his fayorite
horses along. among them n dashing
Kentucky nlly named Rhoda B. who
won some pretty distinctions. Later
he old his interest in the Belle Meade
stud Farm near Nashville. Tenn. and
transferred rs entire stable Interests
to England. He wanted to Try for the
Derby. and SO ne looked 10 Rhoda -
for the colt to win II with But his
English neiEhbors didn't regard Crok-
er as a ct person To associate with.
And they Wouldn't associate with him.
Oh. that was their right. maybe. II
they wanted to exercise It, And they
snubbed hm-a way some people have
Of doing other people when they don't
like 'em. There was the Jockey CLUB
Who excluded Croker and his horses
from the great semi public training
grounds at New Market Hcath-gave
no reasons. just shut him out The
Vantage folks didn't want 70 associate
with Croker and didn't want their
horses to associate with Cookers turf
Founders. So the man who used =
wear the tiger clothes n tiger claws
n the pictures. pulled VI his belong
ings and moved across the divide over
into his beloved ireland The folks
werc more sociable IN Ireland and At
Baldoyle he re-established himselft
He also set his heart on winning the
Derby. Rhoda B's cblt by the great
English stallion Orme was now a year
old. Arby was his name And for
two years they trained Orby 70 give As
good an account Of himself a. possible
in the most famous race on the cal
endar OF the racing world.
Derby day came last week al EPSON
Downs. The famous young thorough
breds Of England were on the track
The favorite Of the English hackers
was the Irish horse. Sieve Gallon.
ridden by an English jockey This
horse had just won the New Market
stakes Il month before. Orby was rid
den by an American jockey. Johnny
Reif. Wool Winder. ridden BY an Eng
Ush JOCKEY. was in the number hat
started. "a were Lord Roseberry's
B~ensonian and John Bull and others
nine in all.
Orby. the odds are against you You
are unknown. You have American
blood in YOU. only one American
horse has ever won the Derby. You
have no big reputation to spur you
on. The odds are against YOU. that
right. but youll do your best They'v@
done your boss, mighty bad and AL
that. and If YOU sin II brings him tho
stakes OF $4,000. and II viii bring you
the blue ribbon and add enough 81
your fame and price 70 run il ali =
a quarter u n million-and many
a proud EnglIshman would give hall
a million 10 win on your hoofs today
But that's ali right. Orby, just do yog'
best and therein be no kick COMING
from your IIishman boss.
The track is a horseshoe shape
mile and a half long Epson Down.
IS its name. but the first mile Is over
a long uphill slope. the riders ras.
out Of sight on the crest. but reappea'
coming dOwnhil at the famous Tat.
tenham Corner" and then finish on AZ
uphill furlong-so II is sometime.