The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-28
TENDERFOOT AT THE DERBY
THF EN6IISH RACE As CHtRIES
RATTELL IOOHIS san ~.
BeEgars, Lords. Boob NenderS
and Al Oaber ksnds sf People On Ep-
som Downs Two sHiiiings ReckleS-i,
uaKered Impressions of the DaN

uakered Impressions oI 'ne baN r
The reader will hope pardon NJ" per
.nnaI tone IN what follows AN not
" NAT yJu call racing man. nor am ! a
n4ifln.. man. Gov Hughes attack IN
20 betting evil did no, san me to 'reuzlss
4 Indignation, because I don't frequent
poolroorns don't even play pool
poar game - English billiards. once m a
usy. yes; nut pool no.
And haven't been ~ race s,nr"
as a boy. IN. yes. I have. TOO. Been
80 lo,A of them in Madison square Garden.
Ru, mean an outdoor race wh"r" Won
het and get excited and couI home happy
or Godiforsaken as the casa NAV he
~ when daring a sOJutIrn IN l.uud "a
! found that IN the ciub wh"r" ! r..''aIy"
iny mail thus giving IA" impression that
I lodged there whereas | really lodged
m humble Bloomsbury that th"r" were
sheets that they called sSeeT~t axes
AND that the members were h"tting On
tie forthcoming Derby ! felt II would
NJ 10 \ had IDEA - go ~ 500 this Derby
lin II saeus they don't trut Derbies
m England they rIn them We'll -
ro,Ir-a Tt read that Wendell Holmes
thal's fngIrsg fur Oliver Wendell HOLMES.
est A. RUSSELL Lowell ~ English for James
f.ileseli Lowell had to say about the
,Srrhy he went 10 just City wears after
- first Derby, but my impressions we're
II literary once and NOT al all sporting.
Sv~rv on. said ! ought TO go and -
.'.rid.i - take every Ins = advice. and
r.rhtrs Z ! could stop thinking ~ Gov
Hughes I1nC enough I might pat up q
slv hot uu N-Il Cow n- l"Wburg ms, -
'"s' MAT was part - the atmu-pher.
-sS.Idisgly o. came over me that ! had
re"n iny Tod - lunch with an fnglishman
.lE ~. an" AMI anlv Derby Day by this
l4ina / MS qult" excited abnui gong. and
u 1Sa- - d.-ap, prominent 10 me to thlnk
t.ta, - "n 80 pheasant a thing "a "a luncheon
was 'n and ~ the way OF my gratifying
nav desire 81 bs sporty.
t.sad ano'her English friend what
~ hs''"r 80 and 10 aid Why. tell him
yoA q forgotten the Derby Probably
%. forgot ~ t"o aud is wiShin he hadn't
invited you
The thought Of the two ~ us eating
lunch together while each was in
waFdly wishing he was ~ tho Derby was
100 much for me and jumped on q bus
and went IN see the man who had given
He WAS glad 90 see me and after We
Rad shaken hands I said. I've come 20
ash your advice
Naturally that pleased him. II would
pleaae me " q man came To AJAX my adj
vlce-but they never do. then went
n: what would you do II q man had
gwen you q pleasant Invitation 20 lunch
con and You suddenly realized that It fell
"a Derby day.
why sassi he. smiling eeniaIly. I'D
say there are times for mncheons a-plenty
rIR Derby dAy comes but once a year
,'o n the Derby ~ all means and we n
riach later On
And - took iIis advice and went and
Was pleased 70 Observe that | was not
the only one going u would b. ~ drsarv
% he like the late King Ludwig who liked
- see things by himself and stand there
all alone while Neil Cow and Jemburg
and Cog and Cardinal Beaufort and
Admiral Hawke went laundering by
~ was an ideal day for a race or FOR
almost anything else Clouds that held
rain hut held il securely. PASSED idly
over lovely EPSON Downs To- 10 sucC,..,iai
hv Young clouds that had no rain A. all
And then thsr" would 10 patches ~ blue
. ~ and the sun would come and do a
litt'n co'nring on 'ha woods near and
defiant. making half a dozen Landscapes
,ut ~ tho sam. materials IN halF "A dozen
minutes
" was early when ! arrived hours
before me first raca was 'o b- run hut
Tho undulatIng plain n ! NAV ~ call II
was dotted With peopl. - the lower
middle and the lowest Glasses all on, for
= holiday and most - them mindful Of
mo fact that their King had lately died for
r'i"-c was very little color except that
contributed by Eypsias wearing red and
yellow kercniafs
\ httle b"Rgar approached me FEEL
IN your lucky pocket for n penny. sir
! haven't strictly speaking lucky
pocket bat ! felt m 'ha only pocket that
! GrA~e with money and We both went on
our wav lv-t a shade = mere nuanca
hnprler
Here l. brDn1ed old veteran with
silver nustRch" British sailor N.
ln-"r. rtIon On M" organ by which he }.
r""hrrug He needs q Tenny also or el-..
Ne would not hav" "om" 90 tho Derby Tor
y : hardly NLnly h" will 80" the race
Thor" ar" w. young lads sound asleep
prilowsd on each other They probably
walked N" 'w"n'v miles from London
IN" night hefor" and are PAVING toll 10
Morpheus hop" they wont ov.rsla.p
We're comes q Eirl from m. Fast End
With her pam httl" straw hat She -
not on" ~ tho-" VINO never tell their love
h~~au-e on her bare arm - ta'tooad the
honest statement ~ least hopa u -
honest i low" & Wesley
But there - something cl-.. IN her arm
J tax" stop nearer and read i low. "
Mandham
Oh LIN ovid YOU fsrncv Awkins
for your married nyrne.-
She oatch"~ sight - my interest and
laughIngly draws her arm to her SIDE but
81" cant hid" tho damning evidence.
She 10 hckl". - Liza And all alone
ANONO THE TESTS AID BOOTHS
The cuur-" - free 10 all Unless Won
wish ~ ~ m a grand stand IN" rac" neei
cu~t YOU nothing
A. first sight the array ~ tents and
ho1'h- - not unlike an American country
fair buf Their" - n difference The hook