New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-14
OPENING DAY At ASCOT
Many Americans See Races from
Royal Enclosure.
KING AND QUEEN PRESENT
H. P. Whitney's All Gold Second
in Big Event. R. Keene's
Cataract a Winner.

Asco. Heath. England. June l3-Never
has Ascot looked better than on this the
onen,nr dav Of the corpnation meeting
The weather was rather uncertain. but not
suff,c,entlv so 10 have any effect on the at
tendance which was the greatest in years.
The roval enclosure. club and other
stands. as we'll as the lawns. We're crowded
with fashIonably attired crowd while
along the rails about the course hundreds
Of motor cars ard carriages formed a solid
line.
King George and Queen Mary. with the
members Of their house party AT Windsor.
came IN sen1i-state in eight landaus. each
drawn by four bays. while three landaus
drawn hv pairs carried their suites.
Among the occupants OF the State car
riaees we're Count Mensdorff Poully-Die-
trichsteIn. the Austro- Hungarian Ambassa-
dor in London: Count Benckendorff. the
Russian Ambassador 10 Great Britain; the
Countess Benckendorff, the Duke Of Rox-
hurshe and the Duchess, who was Miss
Nav Goelet. Of New York the Earl OF
Granard and the Countess. formerly Miss
Beatrice Mills OF New York.
Accompanied by mounted eauerries the
procession proceeded slowly from Windsor
Castle to Ascot Heath and thence along
the course 10 the royal enclosure amid
cheering and the waving Of handkerchiefs.
Its strict rule Of their majesties that
the ROYAL enclosure must not he crowded.
and accordingly the Lord Chamberlain, the
Earl Of Shaftesbury. was obliged 10 refuse
thousands Of applications for admission
Among those present to-day besides the
Kings Windsor guests we're the colonial
statesmen and their wives. and many dis
tingushed persons from the oversee 40
minions Americans who had received In
yi,stions were Whitelaw Reid. the Amerl-
can Ambassador: Mrs. Reid, and the en-
bassv staff. with their wives: John hays
Hammond Special United States Ambas-
ssdor 10 the coronation. Mrs. Hammond
and her children: w. F. Dodge. Charles
p Taft. Mrs Taft and Miss Taft. n Rogers
Winthrop and Mrs Winthrop. Charles Car
roll and Mrs Carroll. Clarence Moore and
Mrs. Moore. Frank B. Wlborg and Mrs. WI
borg. Mrs. John Jacob Aston, Mrs. Joseph
Sticknev, Mrs William e. Leeds. Mrs. Kay
nal Bowling. Mrs. Taylor Smith. Miss Caro-
line REYNOLDS. ]. Ridgely Carter. American
Minister 10 Rumania, and Mrs. Carter. and
W. FOrDeS Morgan, f1tils iiHiiiS'''' -
Armstrong Drexel. J. Louis Weob ana
Major G. Creighton Webb.
Many other Americans were IN the stanns
and present as guests of English friends
The Americans who are entertaining house
parties include Mr.. and Mrs Bradley Mar
tin. Mrs. Walter Burns. Mrs. Corneha
Adair. Mrs Maldwin Drummond ana
Henry Coventry.
The American Ambassador was unable 70
attend the opening. as he has not fuzzy
recovered from his recent indisposition. put
he hopes to be present at the races on
Thursday.
The Prince Of Waless Stakes brought
out number of Derby cracks. This event,
which is Of ~ sovereigns each with 1.po
.overeigns added. for three-year-old colts
and gedings distance. the new course
about one mile FIVE furlongs. was won by
Lord Derbys steadfsst. who finished sec
ord in the Coronation Derby. II. P: Whit.
news All Gold followed In closely Skeets
Martin, the American jockey. having the
mount Helicon was third There were SIX
The Fiftv-fourth Ascot Biennial Stakes
Of 10 soveregns each with 800 soverelgns
added. for two year-olds, distance I'VE fur-
longs, was won By j r. Keene's Cataract.
Astra was second and Apprentice thlrd.
Thirteen horses ran.