Year: 1868

between the top and bottom Oh tno o'"ii"a5' No' !"


few of those who after us were Kept All through


the race wedged in that passage rom "nion they


could neither get up nor down. Ii ever


Won fall into trouble of that sort. or of any


sort in England. remember that a half crown to q


nolicenan will do wonders-suppOSinR you can find


the nolceman Before the great event OF the day


one race WAS run of which nobody took much notice.


and we need not take any, The clearing of the


course was great sight. Here are half million or


less of people packed into space of a third of q


mile long by eighty yards wide. few dozen OF


police half on foot half mounted undertake to per-


suade them all outside of the barrier. In France
they would have done it with platoon OF infantry
| and fixed bayOnets in ten minutes. In England


there are no bayOnets, and John Bull has not


learnt to move out of the way nstinCtivey at sight


of uniform. The police slow and rather good


natured; they coax and argue the people Off Fancy


O French gendarme stopping to convince trespasser
| that he Oughtto get out of the way! Nor is your
English Bobby Slang for policeman over civil to his
victim. unless he happens to wear good coat. But
soon the green turf shows in patches and the patches
grow larger. and presently there is no solid crowd
anywhere but enly stragglers with whom the police
deal easily Finally the straggers go, all but KNOT
of privileged men in front of the betting ring VINO
gather take their final look at the horses they
are brought out for inspection and preliminary
canter.


The parade is very beautiful. Past the stand in
single file go 18Of the finest horses in England every
one of which is plainly the worse for his last years
racing. If anybody doubts it, let him wait two
minutes and he will see horse go to pieces in his


first dozen strides with the tendOns of his off fore
leg snapped. Let him wait ten, and two more will
have broken down. and there are three horses out OF
1s ruined in one race. They are simply raced so
old and fOaaf hat
it is chance whether they are barely fit TO do a
fixed task, or are destroyed in attempting it,


The shining silk jackets of the jockeys are not
handsome enough to outweigh the pain of seeing
these noble horses limp on three legs off the coarse
They are Pace, Samson, and Franchise neither OF
whom was supposed to have O chance of winning
At the head of the procession came Sir Joseph Haw-
leys three horses with jockeys all in cherry silk
Wells rides Blue Gown, and is second IN fame only
to Fordham, if indeed to him, since Wells has won
TWO Derbys and is about to win another. while Ford
ham lucky in every other race, is unucky in thus.
It is said that Sir Joseph Hawley would win for
tune with either ROscrucan or Green Sleeve, and
nothing with Blue Gown. Yet, he runs the latter be-
cause the public have backed him heavily and If this
be true, it is piece of fair dealing, or even oil gen
erOus sentiment in such striking contrast with the
usual practices of the turf that it deserves honorable
mention


Lady Elizabeth is a mare so uncertain in temper
that she is not saddled with the rest, brought
out with them for exhibition. She is the miracle of
horsefesh for whom the Derby has 80 long been
sure thing and who at one time has been backed
even against the field, though now the odds of to
are laid against her. She carries Cesar and his for
tunes She is or is not to redeem the lost revenues
and mOrtgaged estates of the Marquis of Hastings
and make that young prodiga once more the idol and
the banker of the Ring. But her ladyship is un-
luckily vixen and in the hope of bringing her quret
to the post her trainer keeps her away from crowd
that is ready to eat herand that after the will
declare she ought to be eaten. G.


For the same reason when the horses have finished
their canter and are marshaled for the start Lady
Elizabeth is kept in their rear. Her jockey prefers
to lose few lengths rather than risk his mares tenn
per by the side of her rivals. All these precautions
are of no avail From the stand, which is quarter
of a mile distant from the starting ground we can
see the Ladys head between her knees and her feet
in the air She pulls till she nearly pulls Fordham
out of his saddle, and plunges in way which at
least keeps everybody off but the boy at her head
The odds in the ring go mp against her. There
is no difficulty about getting the Others IN
line. and IL seems TO be agreed that the mare
shall wait till they off and then taks Sc hss & sbaps a
seventeen jump away together; the great cry |
"Theyre off" comes ringing along the line, and the
most exciting three minutes of the year before |
YOU. Exactly how each horse ran for every yazdmay
be read in the proper reports. What couid DC seen
from the roof of the stand with strong glass was |
this: An irregular oval course, tolerably leVel,
fenced in by thick lows of people, by whitewashed
rails. by furze bushes in some places. and |
for all the distance from Tattenham Corner |
home as clear as the sea, as Rotten Row |
ON Sundays Round this circle goes compact, CON
fused mass of heads of horses and men, and silk |
Jackets of every hue lying close together all ready
to be covered with the traditional blanket, II any
body had it at hand. The pace IS tremendous Du' |
for half mile the seventeen cling to eaeh 0tnel
IL shot ont of the same sling. The cherry ana Diue
and gold the rose and violet stili cluster OF
costumes borne in single carriage ohiy
the scarlet and white, which foroham "ears'
are in the rear, and they Keep III tne
rear of everything else past Ine hrs'
past the straight reach far opposite the stand
,ost the second bend. Tattenbam Corner is almost
REACHED before there is an opening in the flying
tbrone. and Fordham calls on his mare to go to the
front To the dismay of the thousands whose money
sbe carries she refuses to try The lash comes
down, and she still refuses She never once got
near the front and from the start to the finish was as
much out of the Franchise or See saw against


whom the odds Of 100 TO were offered without takers
Sir Josephs Cherry seemed to be all in front when
the horses came in full view round the Corner Two
of the three gave way: the dark blue Of Rothschild
was first Of all, and there were twenty seconds when
the crowd shouted with one voice, King Alfred
winsn But his jockey has made his effort too soon.
The King has done his best. while Wells still keeps
Blue Gown in hand. Opposite the stand the cherry
jacket ereeps up to the violet and the TWO horses are
rocino neck and neck In another second Wells is to
the front passes the post half length ahead, and
has won the soth Derby by knowing how to ride
I nAu Elizahefh NGaa last bnt one. IL i