| Show I VOLOUVOVSKIWINS THE ENGLISH DERBY ltl Made Record Time of 2 M 40 4 = 5 S l i Owned by Hon W C Whitney Betting = Bet-ting Was 5 to 2 Against Him t I Ion JunciiThe widespread In In this years Derby owing ton I character of the race waa tes t by the vast numbers that left throughout the morning forEp nce an early hour the roads antiS Is southward Woie densely I id with a strange medley of race lhe road as usual was favored V one able to secure room in 1 of conveyance and a con UD stream of every conceivable B I 11 luxurious four Lilt hide from the 0 the costers donkey cart ard the famous downs An I number of motors evidenced ng > popularity automobll e crowds gathered at the i is along the route to watch scenes only witnessed on vy Ladlne colt Maher won the plate of 200 sovereigns for 2 I distance five furlongs Twelve 1 iCIONS OF THE RACE tlons of the race were as fI stakes of 6000 sovereigns i let m of GO sovereigns each l the nominator of the Ive 500 sovereigns the cond horse 300 and the I third 200 sovereigns out lL about one mile and a 1Zi S 279 subscribers ctall was as follows 7 ys brown colt Yolo Florfizol IILa ands bay colt Wil t it SimonGravity inr t I tJstnut colt Vero third I n record time I I Yf y tfVNS ugh it was clear that the war in South Africa still keeps many habitues aWay todays contest for the blue ribbon of the British turf was witnessed by much I greater crowds than for some years past The weather was all that could be wished for this the peoples picnic Vehicles firSt oiled in by twos and threes and then by dozens and scores until the white road leading to the downs smoked with the dust of the vast heterogonous cavalcade and the air was filled with a weird medley from tin trumpets barrol organs or-gans and cornets The trains brought thousands of people from all directions find later came the coaches and carriages car-riages dropping their aristocratic occupants occu-pants at the entrances of the grandstands grand-stands and Jockey club enclosure until these were filled Such a display of fashion and bright colors had not been seen In England since the opening of tho war Many old and well known patrons of the turf were seen such favorites as King Edward and Lord Rosebery were necessarily absent owing ow-ing to the official period of mourning for Queen Victoria being still unex pired Khaki was even more conspicuous conspicu-ous than last year when the popular victory of the then Prince of Wales Diamond Jubilee was coincident with Lord Roberts entry Into Johannesburg Foxhall Kcenes Olympian Henry led until a quarter of a mile from home when Volodyovskl drew to the front followed by William the Third and won by a quarter of a length Four lengths separated second and third horses Fl rlfonn was fourth The betting was 5 to 2 against Volo dyvosklj 100 to 7 against William the Third and 40 to 1 against Veronese The starters were Volodyovskl L Reiff Forlform handicapper Martin Mar-tin Revenue William the Third Royal Roy-al Rogue Veronese Sang Bleu War grave Pletermarltzburg H R H Veles Ian Royal George Cottager Olympian Henry Orchid Tantalus Maher Lord Bobs St Maclou Ruskin Rus-kin Dorlcles Claquer Prince Charles II Turner and Osboch |
