Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-18
At ASCOT ON GOLD CUP DAY
Picturesque Scenes on a Famous Eng
lish Race Course.
WHEN ROYALTY IS RACING
Arrival OF King and Royal Party
All sorts of People ON Heath
Fine Gowns on the
Lawn.

LONDON, July 6.-12;5s is a great mo
ment at Ascot. 1t Is the moment that pre-
cedes the appearance of royalty. The royal
party is scheduled on the official programs
to appear at 1, and punctuality being
a royal virtue. there IL apparently no doubt
in the minds of the thousands OF spectators
that the delay will be brief. II there is any,
This belief is shown by a hurried films
Of the seats on the stands and In the chairs
and boxes Of the enclosures marked off.
as an American expresses 1t, for the half
sovereigns. whole sovereigns and the real
sovereign, the last or royal enclosure desig-
mated by the colors and its situation near
the judges stand-the finish Of the cir
cular course of two miles and a half.
o course they'll keep us waiting" says
an American girl to a young Englishman
with a squat cap and a squat pipe who has
tust announced that he has come up on
an excursion from Dover and It hasn't cost
him a blooming penny more than she was
forced to pay TO come from LONDON as
one railroad has the monopoly and charges
50 for a distance of twenty-eight miles first
class. He also explains that Ascot is crown
property, that the King Is present on every
one Of the five Ascot race days and that on
two DAYS he is accompanied by the Queen
and the royal party. This is one OF the
! Queens days. the famous Gold Cup day.
Another loyal subject leans forward and
answers the girls ejaculation:
''ue,s sure TO be on time, Miss, he al
ways is. He's a Jolly good sort and were
awfuily fond Of him. you know. He's a
fine sport, all right"
How the King Comes.
The Jolly good sort is coming from vino
sor. where he stays during Ascot week ~
is some five miles away. through a denshS-
full English country, the hedges Win al
aftermath of hawthorn. the meaoows
necked with daisies and primroses ana the
green OF trees and lawns, that living green
~ Scriptural description. 1t takes the elBhI
Windsor landaus with four bays TO eacn
three-ouarters OF an hour to make the ais
lance, and prompt to the second tnele -
sighted a cloud of dust picked out WIN
flashes Of scarlet and gold. A murIhu,
ripples along the enclosures, the hea.h wy
maddox. a murmur which suddenly oe-
comes a roar of greeting.
Won have a vivid picture OF outrluers III
brilliant liverIes, positions, ana on 'ne
high seats Of the landaus equerrleS' seln'"
Iatinq as the sun strikes their goio 'rlh'
u,nqs In the first carriage King EDWARD
looking so like his photographs Una SoU
cannot help being grateful TO him. IMAM
ouos % bestow a remarkable number OF
.o,,+.s considering the gait at which ne
ia carried mast. He is all in gray, win a
s,lk hat of the same dove tint ana a DIG
white boutonniere. =,
Az his right the queen is as facte IN
her greetings as her royal consor' ""s
bows gracefully to the line OF coaches ahu
other endorsed vehicles which marx inc
inner boundary Of the famous ASCOT Fnea'n.
Sbe Is in white, with a moderate slzeo
hat over which droops a long white plume
ava the one note of color is given by the
,oraso, which the American woman Wouiu
snooL ~ az purple, but which the English
woman designates as mauVe'
opposIte the king and queen SIT the
,.,aoa ~ wales and Princess Victoria, the
latter IN baby blue. hat and gown, and you
cannot help Wishing that the royai las'e
had selected a color more in harmony
with the mauve parasol, but sne seems
eirlishly satisfied, so 1t must be all risht'
other celebrities are pointed out IN QuicA
succession by the English bureau Oh IN
formation which accompanies the Ameri-
can party.
c I'm the rOn
.sae there's prince and Princess Murat
- hts excelIencv. the Count Mensdroff-
pouulv DIetrichstesn!" He pronounces II
without choking. Look at the march-
Ioness Of Londonderry in the third car
rage and the countesses of Granard ana
Gosford in the fourth. That's the Hon
Charlotte Knollys in the seventh
You don't follow the who's who chatter
of YOUR guide, but you do mark the dm-
tinsuished appearance OF the princess OF
P1ess, a tall, Interesting looking woman
seated alongside the princess OF Wales In
the second landau, gowned all IN white.
7 ater YOU discover that you have picked
a winner, for she is c~atalogued as a great
beauty.
There is only a half hour interval before
the first race is run and the crowd does
not leave the seats. You employ 1t by
listening to the observations and taking
mental snapshots, hearing tips and study
ing types.
When Minoru WOn'
There is another loyal subject who was
with Mlnoru, q S-year-Old who wins the
fourth race OF this gold cup day, the St
ames palace stakes, against three rivals
Mtnoru was trained at Newmarket.
present when the king won the Derby
"I didn't think he'd do It," he says with
a nod kingward.
The 1T" refers to the time honored Gus
tom that the winner OF the Derby shall
lead his horse to the paddock.
ut was a great surprise his winning
and so. we didn't know whether he would
or not. It might be a risk for some Of the
rules, the car for instance, right In the
thick OF the mess with tipsters and touts
and Jockeys, and the crowd Just pressing
IN. but he didn't hesitate q second. TOOK
hold the bride and walked there as II
he was a plain country gentleman. There's
nothing drab about him, not a bit raffish
Just a fine sort all through"
Among the BOOkies.
Your eyes fall on one Of the most inter
esting and picturesque features of the
Ascot course, the bookmakers, who, Xix
the king, look exactly like their portraits
only more so.
There are several hundreds Of them
scattered over the course, principally iT
front Of the five shilling grand stand and
at favorable places among the Heath
They arsSdiverse in costume, but all have
the mark OF the race course. hard lines
even IN the youngest faces that tell Of
strenuous momentsi every possible accent