Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-05

bets at about 10 to 1. and finally. the value
or Orby has increased to such an extent
That Mr.. Croker may, If he desires. sell
him for an immense sum. OF course 1t is
impossible to form an exact estimate of the
financial fruits of Mr.. Cookers triumph
but, one way and the other, they were
placed at about $50 600
Lord Rosebery's Bezonian, ridden by
Danny Maher, was fourth.
Rainfall Reduced Attendance.
Much of the customary gayety and pic
turesqueness were lacking in the familiar
Derby day scenes on the road to EPSON
this morning. Torrents of rain poured
down up to 10 o'clock and the muddy, dis
NAL procession bound to the downs looked
uncommonly like the return of the process
sion after the downfall of the favorite
The usual Derby day types were present
but they were sadly reduced in numbers
and the intermittent attempts of the holt
day makers to inject some of the old-time
hilarty into the scene failed to remove
the general gloom of the umbrella mar ed
crowds. All whose plans were altera BILE
abandoned the road in favor of trains. and
scores of specials took enormous crowds to
EPSON. King Edward elected to travel by
train The royal party included the Prince
and Princess of Wales. the Duke and
Duchess of Connaught and the Grand Duke
Michael of Russia
The rain cleared off before noon. and nv
the time the racing commenced the downs
presented cheerful and picturesque an
pearance. Trains from all directions took
enormous crowds to the course but the
throng was hardly up to the average MANY
coaches were sent down over night and
TOOK up positions at all the vantage points.
heaVfly laden with fashionable people
among Whom were many Americans
me greatest interest ever ma infested in a
morse race abroad since Pierre LorilIard's
Amer1can-bred IroGuois won the English
Derby, the undisputed blue riband'' of the
turf, was conferred In the event run at
EPSON Downs today, chiefly for the fact
that Richard Croker was confident of win
ming the classic with his good colt Orby
Hundreds of the friends of the former
Tammany chieftain in New York have been
watching the pointing of his Derby candi-
date with as much interest as though the
race were to be run at one of the New
York tracks. and good American dollars.
in large sums. have found their way to the
English bookmakers and pounded down the
odds against Orby until the Croker candi-
date was practically a second choice in
the betting. with Capt Greer's Sieve Cal
lion the odds-on favOrite.
Not only was the turf and large part Of
the political world in America Interested
in the most ambitious and cherished EFFORT
Of Richard Crokers life-a purpose said by
some of his friends to have largely infiu-
enced his self-exile from the city and coun-
try of his political achievements-but all of
Ireland. with a shilling to wager and a
place to bet it, backed the Croker colt for
the Derby.
In winning the Derby with Orby, Croker
has achieved lifetime ambition and won
a great fortune. If he had not he would
probably have given up his horses and lived
In modest Retirement for the rest of his
days. with a fortune sorely impaired by his
losses on this one race" said a close friend
of the former Tammany leader, who recent
ly returned from visit to Glencairn, at
Belmont Park yesterday I'm a word, his
fortune and future happiness was largely
staked upon the colt he bred himself
1t is reported that former betting coups
by American turfmen in England which
have been Of a highly sensation charac-
ter, were dwarfed by the tremendous sum
won by Mr.. Croker and his friends in New
York and abroad at the Epson, course to-
day.