The New York Herald Newspaper, June 3, 1876, Page 3

EPSOM RACES. The Contest for the Gaks: and: the Epsom Cupi) ” DEAD HEAT FOR THE FORMER. ——_--+—___ Camellia and Enguerrande Divide ' the Stakes. DALHAM WINS THE EPSOM CUP. Mate, the American Representative, Finishes Third. [SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD BY CABLE. ] Lonpon, June 2, 1876. ‘The Oaks, the great race that is more particularly ‘ander the patronage of the fair sex, was decided at Epsom to-day and resulted in a dead heat between Count La Grange’s Camelia and M. Lupin’s Enguer- Pande, the latter bred in France and the former foaled in thatcountry. There was no deciding heat, as the stakes were divided between these fillies and En- guerrande walked over the course. THE OAKS AND DERBY DAYS CONTRASTED, A greater contrast than Epsom Downs presents on the Derby and Oaks days cannot be imagined. ‘The Derby is a gigantic aaturnalia. It is seized upon by King Mob, and the Lord of Misrule prevails most thoroughly. It is true that at the Derby all the phases of English life are presented in one vast pic- tuire, but it must be admitted that the coarser element predominates. The lordly four-in-hand is swamped by the Whitechapel costermonger’s van, and in the uproarious drunken mirth of the British workmen there is occasionally a ferocity to be shuddered at. ‘On the Derby Day false noses are at a premium, as also are little dolls, and the proprietors of “knock tem downs” reap a fortune. There is little of this on the Oaks Day. The side of the hill looks, per- haps, lonely to what it does on the Derby Day; but yet you are often puzzled to find the particular car- Tage to which you have been invited to take lunch- eon. The Oaks is an elegant sele. For weeks past the poor milliners have been having a trying time of it, and many a consultation was there of the glass this morning. Beauty on such occasions likes to dis- port itself in an opencarriage, and beauty considers that it never looks so well as when it is toy- Ing at a picnic with a paté or a lobster salad, or, per- haps, flirting with a glass of champagne. On the Oaks Day the luncheon is first and the race second. Do not expect on the Oaks Day to buy a fine lobster in London for much less than $5, and for every “lover's egg that can be found there is a ready mar- ket at twenty-five cents. Paté de sole gras is ‘Weighed in scales of gold and pineapples rise to un- heard of values, Andalj{Because there is a gigantic Picnic on Epsom Downs. On the Oaks Day itinerant musicians earn more money by singing their love ballads than they do during all the remainder of the year. The gypsy finds many a fair hand held out to her and marks the lines with a piece of gold. ACCOMMODATIONS AND MANAGEMENT. Within the last few years the Epsom grand stand has been very considerably enlarged, and it is the fashion now to take a private box, a box that costs about five times as muchas one on the grand tier » at Covent Garden om a Patti night. It is a fine thing to be a sharehoider in the Epsom grand Stand. The original shares were $125 cach, but only last week a number were sold at $550, and even at that they pay six per cent. Though the Epsom races are so famous, the management ts Most niggardly, and owners of horses, who, as a matter of fact, pay the piper, say that the company, instead of quadrupling the value of their shares, might give a little away-in the shape of prizes. To the Grand Prize of Paris there 18 no jess than $20,000 of added money, but to the Derby, which is a much greater race, not one penny is given, and the same is the case with the Oaks. Nay, more than this, only a year or two ago they had the impudence to deduct from the stakes $200 for the judge, $250 for police expenses and $500 for champagne. Lord Falmouth, when he won the Derby, broke the neck of this. When re- minded of the champagne money he spoke out most indignantly. “No, I will not,” he said; “in a few minutes’ time some of these boys will be riding and hoiding their lives in their hands,and if anything were to happen to them I should feel morally guilty and responsible for it. I will give double the money to the local charity of the town.” RYSOM COURSE. - Epsom race course is one of the worst in England. It is of the shape of a horseshoe. The first half mile is up a severe hill ; there is then all of a quarter of @ mile of nice galloping on the top, which leads to a steep descent, round a sharp curve known as Tat- tenham Corner, The remainder of the distance is straight, but undulating and on the side of a hill. Tattegham Corner is a terrible place, and it is said Fordham is afraid of it, which is the reason why he has never won the Derby. He has won the Oaks several times, but the fleld for that race is never large, and, therefore, he can choose his ground. It ‘Was at one time feared that this prince of jockeys would never be able to ride again ; but it is antici- pated that he will be in the saddle once more at Ascot. CANDIDATES AND OWNERS. Bad as were the runners in the Derby, they were ®@ race of equine heroes as compared with the fillies that took part in the Oaks, In the One Thousand Guineas, which is considered a sort of trial race, the three foremost places were occupied by the French division, Count LaGrange furnishing the first and second with Camelia and Allumette and M. de Mont- gomery the third with La Seine, Both Count La Grange’s pair, however, were in reality bred in Eng- land, Mr. Naylor haying sold the mares in foal to that great High Priest of Honduras, M. Lefevre, who races in partnership with Count La Grange. If the French were dangerous in the One Thousand, they promised to be still more so here, The three animals named above were assisted by Enurrande, atilly belonging to M. Lupin, that won the French Oaks and finished second in the French Derby. Of the English mares perhaps the i¢ss said the bet- ter. Last year Twine the Plaiden, a daugliter of Blair Athol, was believed tobe by far the best, and she won many races. Inthe Two Thousand, how- ever, she looked like being a non-stayer. This race ig not, however, aiways a criterion. Blink Bonny and Marie Stuart, two of the most famous mares of any time, were beaten in it before winning the > ’ Oaks, and they turned the tables on their con querors in the mest decisive manner. Mr Cartwright had a very promising filly in the entry out of Princess of Wales, the dam of his - Derby winner, George Frederick, but she is not so good as fromher breeding she ought to be, and she did not start, The veteran Marsyas, the sire of George Frederick, has just been laid low by a friendly bullet, and Mr. Cartwright, his owner, has raised monument to his memory. The Fytleld division, though they took seven nominations to the Oaks, had not @ flyer among them, and Lord Falmouth, who won last year with Spinaway, had nothing better to represent his splendid breeding establishment than the Flirt, and she did not face the starter. A very promising filly, belonging ‘to Mr. Baltazzi, called Corydalis, was at one time expected to do great things, but, unfortunately, when running in a race last year, she was driven against the rails and cut very severely, since which time we have not seen much of her, and she did not respond to the sum- mons. Gem of Gems, a very grand looking filly, also met with an accident, She hadwon at race at Don- caster and on her return home she got cast in a rail- way box and was severely hurt and her owner did not start her, Another smart filly, for whom $5,000 had been refused, was killed in a railway collision brought about by fross negligence. ‘This was hard on the owner, as, according to the law of England, the railway company are liable un- der such circumstances only to the extent of $250. Solitude, who cost nearly $10,500 as a yearling, and is half sister to Hermit, who won the Derby, was at one time believed. to be a wonder, but she was last in the One Thousand Guineas, and did not appear to-day. Her owner, however, can afford such dis- appointments, as he gets $300,000 a year out of Bass’ bitter beer. Pulcherrima, the daughter of Formosa, who won the Oaks in the year that Lady Elizabeth ‘was a competitor, cannot stay half a mile, and was not trusted. Levant, the property of Lord Rose- bery, had the merit of having won a race over the course, but since then she has showed the most wayward temperament. ROYALTY NOT PRESENT. The attendance was grand in every respect, but the representatives of royalty, usually in force to witness the decision of this interesting race, were absent, proving a great disappointment. THE STARTERS. Of the 165 subscribers only fourteen were thought fit to send to the post. These were Count Lagrange’s Camelia and stable companion Allumette, M. A. Lupin’s Enguerrande, Mr. Drummond’s Merry Duchess, M. H. Delamarre’s Filoselle, Mr. Saville’s Zee, Mr. Sommerville’s Liris, Lord Zetland’s Maga- rita, M. A. de Montgomery’s La Seine, Lord Rose> bery’s Levant, Mr. W. Day's Vittoria, Mr. Botterill’s Majesty, Mr. F. Douglas’ Catinga and Mr. Bowe's Twine the Plaiden. ‘THE BETTING. The betting before the start ruled 4 to 1 against Enguerrande, 5 tol against Camelia, 8 to 1 against Levant, 8 to 1 against La Seine, 9 to 1 against Liris, 15 to 1 against Twine the Plaiden, and 20 to 1 against all the others, THE RACE. The fourteen competitors assembled in good time and when the flag fell went away on equitable terms. La Seine first drew out from the cluster, and going to the front, maintained the post of honor for a mile, and the excited lookers-on felt assured that she would finish in brilliant form and prove the winner. Glover, who bad the mount on Camelia, at this point, of half a mile from home, called upon her, and, confirming her claims to be considered a speedy filly, she: te: in capital style and soon passed 1a Swift k the leaa. Prortiat- tenham Corner to the Bell, Camelia still showed in front, but here Hudson moved Enguerrande out of the ruck, and closed the daylight so rapidly that she caught Camelia in the last stride, and they went dash- by the jucges head and head and a dead heat was declared. The greatest excitement prevailed among the spectators, and a thousand,cheers rent the air. Merry Duchess was third, four lengths behind the leaders; Filoselie fourth, Zee fifth, Liris sixth, Ma- garita seventh, La Seine eighth, Levant ninth, Vitto- ria tenth, Majesty eleventh, Catinga twelfth, Twine the Plaiden thirteenth and Allumette last. The race, from start to finish, was run at a capital pace. The time of the mile and a half was 2:60, being six seconds slower than the Derby. The dead heat was not run of, the owners dividing the stakes, each receiving $10,812, and Enguerrande walked over the course. Only once before in the history of the Oaks has the result been a dead heat, but on the first occasion, 1858, Mr. Grat- wick®’s Governess and Admiral Harcourt’s Gilder- mire ran off the heat, which Governess won. It will be remembered that Camelia won the One Thousand Guineas, and Enguerrande recently secured the French Oaks and was only beaten a head for the French Derby. THE GRAND PRIZE AT PARIS. Both Camelia and Enguerrande are in the Grand Prize at Pans, to be run the 11th inst., for which Kisber, the winner of the English Derby, 1s now favorite. SUMMARY, Ersom, Exc., June 2, 1876—The nincty-eighth re- newal of the Oaks Stakes, of 60 sovs. each, half for- Sit, for fillies then three years old, 122 Ibs. each; the owner of the second filly to receive 300 sovs. and the third 150 sovs, out of the stakes. About one milo and a half, starting at the new High Level Starting Post. Closed with 165 subscribers. Value of stakes to each of the Jead heaters, $10,812, Count F. de la Grange’s ch. f, Camelia, by Macaront, out of Araucaria (/oaled in France), 122 Ibs. (blue and red), Glover teeeeeecerses cesses be M. A, Lupin’s b. 1. Enguerrande, vy Vermout, out ot Deliane, by The Flying Dutchman (bred in France), 122 Ibs, (black, red cap), Hudson........ * Mr. Drummond’s br. f. Merry Duchess, by The Duke, out of Mirella, 122 Ibs (black, crimson, white sleeves)... 3 Mr. H. Deiamarre’s b. f. Filuselle by Vermout, ow of Fidélite (bred in France), 122 Ibs, (chocolate, red sleeves, black cap)...... Mr, Savile’s ch. f. Zee, by The Palmer, out of Lady Blanche, by Voltigour, 122 Ibs. (yellow, red cap), Goater .. Mr. Sommerville’s br. £ Liris (late the Victor's Wreath), by King Victor, out of Scylla, by Vedeite, 122 ibs, (scarlet and white stripe)........ 6 Lord Zetland’s b. f Margarita, by The Duke, out of Tosmania, 122 Ibs. (white, red spots), Snowden, M. A. de Montgomery’s bf, LaSeine, by Tourna+ ment, out of La Tocques (bred in France), 122 los, (tartan, yellow sleeves and cap), C. Woods, ose 8 Lord Rosobery’s br. f. Levant, by Adventurer, out of Repulse, 122 Ibs. (rose and primrose), Consta- Mr, W. Day's b. f, Vittoria, by Arthar Wellesley, oat of Dewdrop, by Mildew, 122 Ibs, (black and orange stripe) . . seevecsccscecssess 10 Mr. BR. Botteriil’s br. &. Majesty, by Knight of the Garter, out of Honeycomb, 122 ibs. Mr. F, Douglas” br. 1. Catinga, by Paul Jones, out of Ding Dong, 122 Iba, (white and green)......... 12 Mr, Bowe's b, &. Twine the Plaiden, by Biair Athol, cout of Old Orange Girl, 122 ibs. (black and gold), Grifiths... sreveeee 1D Count F. de La Grango’s ch. f, Aliumotte, by Caterer, out of Fea do Joie, 122 Ibs, (blue, red sleeves, blue cap), Morris... 1 Time, 2:50, * *Dead heat; owners divided the stak rande walked over the course, CAMKIIA AND RNGUERRANDR, Camelia, one of the dead heaters, is a bay filly by Macaroni, out of Araucaria, was foaled in France, 1873. Araucaria, at time carrying Camelia, was sold for $7,000 ut the breaking up of Mr, Naylor’s establish- ment, at Hooton, May, 1872, Mr. T. Jennings buying her for M, Letevre, the French speculator, Camelia, a8 a yoarling, became the property of Count La Grang' her present owner, In 1875 Camelia fulfilled four et gagements in Kngland, She mado her first public ap- Pearance in the July Stakes at Newmarket, when sho ran a dead heat with Gilestone for third place, Levant and Farnese coming in first and second. On the following day she contested the Exeter stakes and finished second to her stable companion, Allumette, with whom Count La Grange declared to win, She scored her first victory at Goodwood, winning a sweepstakes of 200 sovereigns each, for two-year-old fillies, Solitude run- ning second and Fame third. Journeying on to Brighton in the following week, she won the two-year- old Corporation Stakes, carrying 125 Ibs., Gilestone, 117 Ibs, boing beaten a neck; Majesty, 118 Ibs., third, close up. This was her last performance of the year in England, and a fortnight afterward she contested her only race in France, winning very easily the Grand Cri- terium, at Vichy, with 123 lbs,, her nearest opponents being Le Drole, 126 Ibs., and Marmion, carrying 119 Ibs, She wintered well, and grew into a good muscular filly, and im her first essay as a three-year-old fully proved that sho was not an overrated animal. . This was for the One Thousand Guineas, run on May 5, when she landed the winner by a head, her stable companion, Allumette, being second. La Seine was three lengths away, Majesty a good fourth, Zee fifth, Twine the Piaiden sixth and the others beaten off. This victory secured $15,500 for her owner, Since the One Thousand Guineas victory Camelia has been in preparation for the Oaks, with what success is here reported, Camelia has engagements in the Don- caster St. Leger, Grand Prizo of Paris, the All-Aged Stakes at the Newmarket Houghton Meeting, Twenty- fifth Bentinck Memorial Stakes at Gookwood an. th Zetland Stakes and Doncaster Stakes at Doncaster. She is also engaged in the Champion Stakes, to be run for at Newmarket the Second October Mecting in 1877+ Enguerrande, the other dead heater, is a Frevch filly by Vermout, out of Deliane, the property of M. Lupin. Asa two-year-old she was thought highly of, and when sho ran in the Prea- dergast Stakes at the Newmarket Houghton meet- ing was considered quite invincible, Ina field of ten she started favorite 4 to 1, and wus only beaten by Lord Dupplin’s Kaleidescope by a neck after a rattling finish, Kaloidescope was giving Enguerrande § Ibs, but as there is no doubt he was a very good horse just then, the performance was a most meritorious one on the part of the filly, That great fine filly by Scottish Chief, out of Gong, belonging to Sir A. de Rothschild, was third, beaten a nock, at level weights, trom Enguerrande, and in the defeated field, among others, were Julius Cwsar (third for this year’s Derby), giving her 5 Iba, Father Claret, giving 8 Ibs. and Fetterlork, giving 2Ibs “Enguerrande,” said “Augur,” in the London Sporting Life, last January, when gossipping about tho “young ladies” engaged in the Oaks, “gives every indication of being an improving filly, and I cer- tainly class ner among tho dangerous division.” How near “‘Augur” hit the mark, to-day’s great race clearly shows. This year Enguerrande won the French Oaks, and was beaten by a head only for the French Derby. She has engagements in the Doncaster St, Leger and the Grand Prize at Paris. ad Enguer- HOW BETS ARE TO BE DECIDED. The rule of English betting, which covers this case of the Derby and all similar ones, 18 as follows:— When horses run a dead beat for a plate or sweep- stakes and the owners agree to divide, all bets between such horses, or between either of them and the eld, must be settloa by the money betted being put to- gether and divided betwoen the parties in the sume proportion as the stakes. I! a bet is made on one of the horses that ran the dead heat against a beaten horse, he who backed the horse t! wins half his bet if his horse received halt the prize; it the dead heat be the tirst event of a double bet, the bet 18 void unless one horse received above a moiety, which would constitute him a winner in a double ovent, DEAD HEATS. In reviewing the English racing season of 1875, so far as referring to the number of dead heats made in the almost innumerable events decided, the Pall Mall Ga- zette, last winter, thus discoursed :— sail a boat—to apply tho Moratian dence—with @ man who can seo w wed a dead hes between good hors Not that such a result always, or even generally, proves that there is no more than a pin to ckoose between the two or more borses that run the dead beat; but there is the possibility of equality, and to that element of interest ure added cousicera- tions of another sort—sheer rise, admiration for ajockey’s judgment and tactics; apprectation, if it be a bandicap, of the handicapper’s skill; and, if you hap- n to have made a bet, the reflection that you may ave another chance for your money, At the first blush it might seem “likely that there would be more dead heats in bandicaps than 1m other races, because, it might be argued, that the handicapper bas to make the competitors as equal as possible; but, on the other side. 11 may be said that the handicapper, having to adjust the supposed ine- quaiity in the giits of nature, bas to conten’ uot only against his own human failivility, but against the craft aud subtlety of many an evil one whose interest it 15 to make the worse appeur the better horse. However that may be the greatest of the annual races do not produce many dead heats; but whether so many as might be expected must depend upon the extent of any particular person’s expectation. There may, of course, be dead bea's on the flat or in the steepicchase for first, second or third place between two horses or apy bumber of them. Ax regards the flat apd the first place only a tolorably caretul investigation reveals on!y two-and-twenty dead heats out of the almost innumera- ble races of the past season in England, and not one of them in any race of importance. In 1828 there wus a dead heat between Cadland and The Colonel for the Derby; in 1858 there was a dead heat between Gover- ness and Gildermire for the Oaks; ip 1839 there was a riterion of coufi- between Voltigevr and Russborvuzh for the St. Leger; and 1m 1863 there was adead heat between Mosiem and Formosa tor the Two Thousand; but if on any other occasion these foremost events have yielded a dead heat memory fails to recall it. There was a dead heat in 1967 for the Grand Prix de Paris between Fervacques and Patricien, and it 1s memorable trom the fact that Fervacques, notoriously the worse horse by nearly a stone of the two, won U: httie mor ahead, The explanation was that tricien had been unable to keep u tion tm which he had been brought out for the French Derby, which he had won after a tremeudous and pun- ishing face. The French Derby, by the way, offersone of the most striking instances of the uncertainty which not untrequently attaches to dead heats, In 1856 Lion and Diamant a dead heat for the French Derby ; but wien the dead heat was run off Diamant was beaten out of sight No doubt the dead bi had come to pass for some of those reasons which do not readily occcr to the public, bat which will account for many an unexpected result; a jockey is over confident or caughi napping, or vain of his owner has given ipjudicious in- 8 been a scrimmage and a difl- etting through. On this account a deciding ways more satisfactory than a walk over aud division of stakes, except, no doubt, to the poor horses betters, And the authorities bave could to secure such satisiuction; for, ‘in order to pro- mote sport,” says Admiral Rous, “and to prevent stakes and piates trom being compromised alter dead heats, the horses are penalized in all future events to carry any extra weight which the winner of the wiole stake would be entitled (sic) to carry.”” one what they Judgment, based upon an actual pertormanee belore their eyes. Sometimes they are very wide of the mark, notably in the cases of Buckstone and Tim Whitlier aud Ely and General Peel, ou two memorable occasions at Ascot, though, of course, they were not bound to know that “the General’ would “catit" This year out of the score or so of dead teats, one was a match between Lizzie Pistin and John Day, at Don- casier, in September, and came to nothing. Six ended ina walk over. Of.the remaining fifteen, that tor the Bushes Handicap, at Newmarket Craven Meeting, pre- sented the rare spertacie of three horses incapable of being separated by the judge; they ultimately took the foliowing order:—-Tromboue. Hermitage, Cat's Eye, the vetting having been rightas regarded the first and wrong as regarded the other two, Uncom- Mon as a dead beat between three may be, whether for the Orst piace or for another, there are examples of it ready to hand, ag when, in 1857, Prioress, El Hakim and Queen Bess ran adead heat for the Cesarowitch, and when, in 1860, Normanby, Moumt Pleasant and Indian Ocean ran a dead heat for second place’ to Barrier in the Corporation Stakes at Donvaster. Other instances may ocenr, to olwer memories. After the dead heat tor the Esher Stakes at Sandown Park this ear between Munden and Grey Palmer the layers of to4 on Muncen After the doad he Glasgow Stukes, the betting won by three iengths, The 6 to 4 | who had ran a dead heat at Newto was fully sanctioned vy the event; and so was the 6 to 4 on Bay of Naples against Craig Millar Oulya neck saved sof 9 to 4 Cliftonville ance judg. red CEdipus to nh the ratio ot'6 to 5, at Tebace, For thy Alexandra P, Handicap at Alexandra Park, Martint and Wieck Me Up fan a dead [ heat; they Inid 11 to 10 on Martini, though or a horse is more sloggish then he was | and thelr riders, and sometimes to one portion of the | There are few persons Patri would like to } the splendid condi- | | | NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1876,—TRIPLE SHEET. in tho first race it had been even on Pick Me Up against the fleld; Pick Me Up came in first when the dead heat was run off, but ‘was di-qualitied, and the race awarded to Martini,’? so that it becomes rather dificult to decide how far the judgment of the betters was correct, At Stockton and ut Streatham two email aifairs produced dead beats, and the layers ot Odds hit the right nail on the bead 1p voth cases; but at Oxtord, in the case of the Isis Selling Stakes, (hey were three-quarters of alength out im preferring Paul- ime to Prima at 6 to 4, and at Lichfield, on the 6h of October, toy wero two lengths out in laying G6 to 4 on Optimist against Black Joe, The Queen’s Plate at Lincoin produced dead heat between the oniy two runners, Lily Agnes and Figaro I., and only by a head did the former prove the misjudgment of those, who, having Intd > lo #aguinst her in the first imstance, went so far as 6 to4 in thosecond. ‘At Lewes, in November, Lalage, Pe i run a dead heat with Miss Jetfrey for the Guy ling Stakes, justified by a neck the 11 to 10 ; bus the layers of 7 to 4 on Wigwam sfaction after the dead heat for the Alt iter Handicap at Liverpool must have felt that they had put the saddle on the wrong horse. It will be found, then, thatout of the fifteen causes we have noticed ‘the layers of odds have been right once, if not twice, oftener than they have been wrong, which Is, perhaps, quite as often ax could be expected, It 18 not improbable, however, that the layers of odds are sometimes guided not so much by their knowledge of horse flesh as by their confidence im a certain * jock," and there ure certainly circamst es under which it would be far safer to back rider than horse. To see two or more horses run two or more suc- cessive dead heats, is not likely to happen to even @ constant atiendant of races during an ordi- mary lifetime; but a careiul search among the records reveui several curious would probabl fneldents of tio Kind... Whether there hus been such @ thing as a dead heat followed by a second dead heat within the last two years nay be known to some oracle of Sporting circles; but certainly 1n 1873 such a singular spectacle was witnessed at Epsom on the Oaks day, when Arcesilauy and Cranbourne ran a dead heat for the Darduns gz Stakes, and on essaying to run it off again ran a dead heat, Arcesilaus winning the tbird tine of asking Ly two lengths; but the course was only five furlongs. “How a very pretty quarrel about a bet may be occasioned by a dead heat is to be gathered the ofilcially reported caseof A betting B 25 to 10 that in a certain sweep- stakes Reuben and Caliph would not be first anf second. Reuben came in first, but Calph and Skutgolee ran a dead heat for second place. The irds, to whom the bet was referred for decision, “were of opinion that this caso must be pnt on the footing of two events or matches. where the lirst event was won and the second event terminated by a dead heat; they therefore recommended that the money should be put together and divided.” The decision md ave been equitable enough to dissausfy both A uu B, but it affords ground for about a month’s argu- ment. Nor is the wording of the bet quite clear; it ts not plain whether Reuben and Caliph were to bo res- pectively first und second, and a dead hout for first place between Reuben and Caliph might have raised an- Other difficuit question. As the case is stated, it does not appear that there was any money for the seo. ond horse; if so, the stakes were not aifected by the dead heat, aud this would seem to take it out of the category of those dead heats which cause a division of the betiea money in accordance with the division of the stakes, and to make st a simple question of whether the judge did or did not assign the firstand secoud places to two specially named horses, It would appear, moreover, to bo of the very essence of the bet that the two events should be inseparable, which, no| doubt, rendered an Alexandrian solution of the Gordian knot appear easicr than any other. THE RACE FOR THE EPSOM CUP. TWELVE PROMINENT HORSES COME TO THE POST—DALHAM THE WENNER—MATE, THE AMERICAN REPRESENTATIVE, FINISHES THIRD. (SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD BY CABLE, ] Lonpon, June 2, 1876, ‘The Epsom Cup, a handicap of one mile, was also Tun to-day, and among the capital performers which it brought to the post was Mr. M. H. Sanford's Mate one of the American horses now in England. Though he was beaten, Mate finished third, the race being won by the Duke of Westminster’s bay horse Dalham. THE STARTERS. Of the fifty-one nominations for thé cup twelve came to the post, the more prominent being the Duke of Westminster's Dalham, carrying 112 lbs.; Lord Wilton’s Wisdom, @ creditable runner for the Derby, 93 lbs.; Mr. M. H. Sanford’s Mate, 114 Ibs, ; Captain Prime’s Trappist, Lord Rosebery’s Con- troversy, Mr. R. Howett’s Lady Mostyn, Mr. H. Baltazzi’s Stray Shot and five others. THE BETTING, “The rates on the course ruled 6 to4 against Wis- dom, 3 to 1 against Dalham and 12 to 1 against Mate. THE RACE. Mato gob away slightly in advance, and, running in good form, held the position of houor until within @ hundred yards from home. Here Dalham and Wisdom came with a rush, and, fighting for the lead, they passed Mate, who began to show signs of “fatigue. Inch by inch Dalham and Wisdom strug- gled for supremacy, but Daiham had a little more speed than the other, and landed the winner by a head. Mate was third, two lengths behind Wisdom, and, some distance In the rear, were Trappist, Con- troversy, Lady Mostyn, Stray Shot—all recent win- ners—while the balance were far away. An objec- tion was made against Dalham’s jockey for foul riding, but it was overruled. MATE'S CONDITION. Mate, in his performance to-day, demonstrated that he is in much better condition than he was when he made his first essay on English turf, and, with further improvement, he will surely win some races. SUMMARY Evsow, Eng., June 2, 1876.—The Epsom Cup (handi | cap), of 10 sovs. each, with 500 sovs, added; the dead heat between Charies XII. and Euclid, and in 1850 | second horse receives 50 sovs. out of the stakes; win nersextra. About one mile. Duke of Westminster's b. h. Dalbam, 5 years, by Cathedral, out of Gertrade, 112 108 ......66++ ated 2 Lord Wilton’s b. ¢ Wisdom, 8 years, by Blink- hoolie, out of Grand Coup’s dam, 93 Ibs... s Mr. M. H. Sanford’s b. bh. Mate, aged, by ausira- lian, out of Mattie Gross, 114 Ibs........... a Capt Prime’s b. & ‘trappist, 4 years, vy Hermit, out of Bunch, seeceeccccccesececses O Lord Rosebery’s b. bh, Controversy, by Lambton or The Miner, out of Lady Caroline. ssevesesesees O Mr, R. Howett’s ch, 1, Lady Mostyn, 3 years, by Lord Chiden, out of Annette, by Scythian. 0 Mr, H. Baltazzi’s b. f, Stray Shot, 4 years, by Tox- ophilite, out of Vaga. THR WISSRR—DALIAM. The winner was bred by Mr. F. Carr, and is by Cathe- dral, out of Gertrude, Asm two-year-old Daluam made his début in 1573, im the great Yarmouth Two-year-old Piate, without success, nor did he do any better in the Stratton Perk Nursery Handicap at Bediord. For tho Blankney Nursery, at the Lincoln autumn meeting, he was second, and the next day he won the Brownlow Nur+ sery I’late, balt a mile, from a fleid of nine. As athree” year old Daiham was bedten for the Lincoln Handicap the Chester Cup, the Great Cheshire Stakes, the Royal | Hant Cup at Ascot, the Goodwood Stakes at Goodwood A deciding heat is especially interesting as giving the | betting fraternity an opportunity of showing ther | but managed to secure the Chesterfield Cup, one mile and @ quarter, carrying 82 lbs, from @ field of sixieen at the same meeting. His lust appearance as a three-year-old was for the Great Ebor Handicap, when he failed to obtain a place. In bis four-year-old form he ran seven times and won but once, that being his first essay last year, the City and Suburban, which he captured with v9 ibs up froma field of twenty-three. The betting was 1,000 to 15 against him. He was them beaten for the Esha Stakes, one mile, Sandown Park meeting; the Great Cheshire Stakes, in which he finished fourth, carrying 106 the Cesarewitch Stakes, Newmarket second the Cambridgeshire Stakes, New- market Hoaghton; the Liverpool Autumn Cup, and the Great Lancashire Handicap, Liverpool Autumn, whero with 108 Ibs up he finshed sccond to Mr. A’ Butwood's Peto. KISBER AWARDED THK DERBY STAKES, Loxpox, June 2, 1876. An objection was lodged to-day at Epsom agamst Kisber, the winner of the Deroy, on the ground of 1 formal nomination. It was overruled as frivolous. PIGEON SHOOTING AT HARRISBURG. Hagrwnvao, Pa, Jane 2, 1876, Captain Bogarcus kilied 29 virdx out of 0 here, to, day, in one contest, and suvscqueutly brought down 27 1b three mingtes, THE CENTENNIAL REGATTAS. | WESTW ARD HO ! CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY OARSMEN TO ROW AT PHILADELPHIA, [SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD BY CABLE. } CamBnincr, England, June 2, 1876. The members of the first Trinity Boat Club have decided to send the following four to Philadelphia, viz. — J. Jameson, bow. G, H. Mann, second, B. Close, third, J.S. Penrose, stroke. THE TIME OF EMBARKATION. The crew will leave England early in July, and commence training on their arrival in America. AMERICAN JOCKEY CLUB. OPENING DAY OF TIE SPRING MEETING AT JEROME PARK. The much wished for day, the first of the spring meeting of the American Jockey Club at Jerome Park, has at last overtaken us, and this afternoon at three o’clock the Hag will fall for the start for the first event. Never, since raciwg was inaugurated in this country, were the prospects better fer good sport than now, and nover were there congregated so many horses in fing condition on any race course ip America, Five races are on the card for to-day, the first being a dash of three-quarters of a mule, the second, the Ford- ham Handicap Sweepstakes, for which pine or more will come to tho scratc), comprising a lot of really good runners, Tne third event will be the Withers Stakes, for which, probably, eight or nine clippers will face the starter. The favorites seem to belong to Messrs. Belmont, McDaniel and Lorillard, but as favorites do not always win there will not be much | surprise should the winner represent some other stable. The fourth race will be a dash of a mile and a half, for a purse, with maiden allowances, and the fifth a selling race, a dash of a mile and a quarter. As there aro (wo races of a mile and a quarter and one of a mile and a half, where the horses start a long way from the grand stand, wo would suggest that before the horses aro tuken to the starting place they be brought before the peopio and there paraded for a few minutes, so that they and their colors may become familiar to the spee- tators, Thus the spectators may be abic to keep them in sight understandingly daring the ranoing and until the ead of the race and know whicb was the winner, without having to wait to be told the fact in the papers of the following morning. The following were a fow of the first pools sold last might at the American Jockey Club rooms. They are a fair indication of the estimation in which the horses were held by the experts in such matters and will serve as a guide to those who may wish to speculate on the several events at the race courge:— THREE-QUARTERS OF A MILE DASIL, Leander, 4 years old, 118 Ibe. . $30 $20 Tord Zetland, 4 years old, 115 Ibs. seed 5 Syril, 3 years old, 103 Ibs. 20 otal Probability, 4 years old, 11 Son el Madge, 5 years old, 11 40 29 Field. Ce THE B NILES. Leander, 4 yeurs old, 1 Se 4 2) 15 15) 5 5) 5 5 5 5 | Invoice, 4 years old, 104 Ibs. Bhones| Egypt, 5 years old, 115 tbs aed Shirley, 3 years old, 97 lbs. 30 20 THR WITHERS’ STAKES—ONK MILK, 5 O'Douneil filly, 10 6 P. Lorttmrd. ~» 10 PURSE RACE—ONK AND A HALF MILES. Madge, 5 years old, 119 Ibs.. Rappabanock, 8 years old, 97 Ibs. One Knot, 4 years old, 118 lbs. Adelaide, 3 ‘8 old, 92 Ibs. Field... sees Serge, 3 years old, 100 Ibs Metieo, 3 years old, 97 Ibs id SKLLING RACK—ONK AND A VOURTH MILES. Spindrift, 117 lbs, Lelaps, 11Libs. Durango, 91 Ibs, Exchequer filly, 105 ibe THE OANADIAN TURF, Toronto, Ont., Jane 2, 1874 The programme of the Woodbine meeting to-day was devoted to trotting. The first race was for threo- minute horses for a purse of $500, The following horses trotted:—St. Patrick, John A., The Queen, Welland Girl, Lookout, Ludy Julian and Fulton. Lady Jatian and TheQueen were distanced, St, Patrick won the race, taking the first, second and fourth heats; Fulton second, Time, 2:40-2:41 4g—2:303, -2:30 49. Alter the race a Boston mau offered $3,500 for St. Patrick, which was reiused, ‘Tbe second trot was for 2:40 horses, for $400, and the follow ug partictpated:—Gray Ei Black Mack, Toronto Boy and Little Ethan, The latter won the race, taking the second, fourth and fifth heats. Black Mack took the firet a Eddie the third neat, ‘Time, 2:35—2:41—2 36, THE PELHAM COACH, It is an old adage that ‘fortune favors the bravo,” and it has of late received a new illustration in the case of Mr, Delancey Kane, whose startling innovatidn in the gentlemanly sports of this country, in tho face of the raillery some people anticipated, has received so much favor from the public and encouragement from wind and weather. The commencement of the trip to Pelham opened a new era in American coach- Ing, and gave an impetus to the manly recreation which, in spite of efforts to promote it, seemed to lag, Men of means, who bad already had their attention called to the favor which high-borm amateur Jehus and their cquipages met with on the other side of the Atlan- tic, and would willingly devote their leisure to cultivat. ing a taste for the sport, shrunk from mak- | ing what secmed a bold yenture, and | hesitated to become themselves introducers of such a novelty. But now that Mr, Kane has taken the initia- tive they are ready Ww fullow him. At the present lime the moet celebrated coach builders of England aud this country are in receipt of orders from American gentiemen for just such equipages as the Pelham veticle, and there is every reason to believe that they | propose turning them to similar uses. Tho excitermeut wl every day marks the departure of the Pelham coach promises well for the interest, it is creating among sporting men, and lately every little item of bews Col ‘ning the drive is eagerly sought for. Tne precise distance of Pelham from tho Hotel Brunswick, among other things, has lately become a subject of dis- cussion among the crowd who daily attend the couch’s start and return, and to satisfy var: inquiries touching the matter, Civil Engineer Charles Has- | well has sent the following com.nupication to the Spirit of the Times :— In coinpliancs with your request, I have determined the distunes between the Brauswicy Hotel and the front gate at vel with all the accuracy that work in tl A measurement by wchain. 11st should be ing ow this result was attained, I submit the following :—The dist between the Bruuswick Hotel aud the entrance a " Park and irom the exit from the Park, at 110th street, to the north side of 13h street and Third avenue, were com: puted trom eustern drive threngh tu Areulariay’ by repeated readings of Jowete v0 vertical el sand asions ot the road being determined by th iuge ob- served upon & base line of two miles. Yours, &e. CHARLES H. HASWELL, Civil Engineer. Yesterday, when the cdfich started, it carried on the trip Mr. H. Taylor, Mr. J, Henkard, Mr. J. W. Smiib, and Messrs. James, Wilkins, Sherman, John and iter Kane, together with several ladiea The day (sopra) an occasional breezo stirring to counter. e sun's warmth, and the whole party seemed well satistiod with the drive, The Arcularius Hotel at Petham, and on the return trip the Hotel Brunswick, were reached precisely on time. ROWING, On Monday afternoon next an exciting race for the championship of the Police Department and a gold medal will take place on the Hariom River. The cone testants are Officers Hatton, of the Sixth precinct, and Pinkerton, of the First, Much interest is taken in the race not ubly in police but in sporting circles, as both men are adepts at the oar. THE SLAVE TRADE. UNITED STATES MAIL STEAMERS CARRYING SUMAN CHATTELS, Wasnixoros, Jane 2, 1876, Rey. Emanuel Vanorden, an American clergyman of Rio Janeiro, accompanied by Mr. Seelye, of Massa- chusetts, called on the President to-day. Mr. Vanorden said to the Presidevt that the United States mail steamers betwoen New York and Rio Janeiro were continually carrying slaves trom one Brazihan seaport to another and that they have carried as many as 106 at one and the same time, The President assured Mr, Vanorden that the matter would be investigated at once. COLLEGE BOAT RACE. Brunswick, Mx., June 2, 1876, The four-onred shell race, three miles, straight away, between the Juniors and Sophomores of Bowdoin Cok ege to-day was won by the iattor in 18m, 66% a Progress of the Transcontinental Express Yesterday, From New York to the Mississippi im Twenty-Four Hours. Bee sate a AT CHEYENNE AT 10:20 LAS! NIGHT HPSS Curyenxe, June 2—10:20 P, M We arrived at Sydney at eight P. ML, 414 miles trom thé Missouri River; three hours and fifty-two minutes ahead of sehedule time, and Cheyenne 1020 PM, All well. We made forty-five miles per hour between North Platte and Cheyenne, We shall be at Ogden tomorrow at noon, Several of the me:nbers of our party used theme selves up with the excitement of tne journey to Chicago, and from that point they had to submit to the demands of tired nature and take a long rest The journey thus tur has been so successful, and all along the route we have been so enthusiastically received, that Mr, Jarrett has determined to put off all appearances of fatigue until after our arrival and reception at San Francisco on Sunday. TIE PLATTE VALLEY. Weare now rushing through the Platte Vailey at double speod, and the trip across ihe continent is an assured suceess, The party on board are all well and in excel- lent spirits. The excitement manifested along the route is simply amazing. It matters not whether we pass a city, town or village, or station, at midnight or noon, the crowd is nt onthe platform to greet us and Lid us “God speed”? on the remainder of the trip, ‘That we shall reach San Francisco at dinner time Sun- day there is now but little doubt, for we are ahead of time, and goingat a higher speed than called tor by the schedule as arranged by the roads’ this side of Chi- eago, As I write these lines we are bounding across the valley of the Platte, the prairie is under our feet, and yelwe are riding as smuothly as thougn the speed was only twenty-five miles per hour instead of filty, as I telegraphed last night. TIURTY MINUTES’ STOPPAGE IN CHICAGO, Our reception in Chicago was a hoarty one, Our de parture at 10:30 was exciting, for despite the rain thousands of speetators persisted in standing in wet clothes to cheer the men who bad come from New York in less than twenty-one hours, A delay of thirty minutes was necessary to renew supplies of ice and provisions, We brought plenty of irait trom New Yor market, which still remained. At Chicago we loft the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago road, and came under care of the Cuicago and Northwestern Railway as far as Council Biuifs, lowa Their time- tabve fixed our departure for 10:45, but having made so grand a run between Fort Wayne and Chicago the start was anticipated by Hfieen minutes, Mr. Edward J. Cayler, superintendent of the Galena division, was in charge of ihe train as far as Clinton, Iowa, The distance was 140 miles. Mr. Augustus H. Preston was engineer, und had orders to reach the Mississippi River by one A. M. CROSSING THE MISSISSIPPL “He obeyed orders and made such good time that we reached C.inton at 12:58, making our run. ming time from the Hudson River to tho Mis sissippi River twenty-threo hours and fifty-tive mia, utes, Worn out by the exzitement of our journey to Chicago wo were all glad to seck our beds, so that none were awake when the train crossed the Missis- sippi. The conductor told us, however, that the train was welcomed by a large crowd. We were too tust asivep to hear their cheers. From Clinton, 138 miles trom Chicago, we entered on the Iowa division of the road, J. 8. Oliver, the superintendent, put on engime Hooksett, Thomas Keefe driver, as far as Belleplain, 116 miles. We gained a few miuates at the latter piace, hat lost them because of a broken branch pi tart ing again with engine W. A. Booth, the driver being John Jackson, Boon station we passed at 6:31, with engine L. Holbrook, driven by Phillp Pickering, reach: ing Dunlap, a distance of 102 miles in two hours and hineteen minutes, AT COUNCIL BLU¥FS, Here John Boynsenn put on his engine, the Charles Dow, and off we went for Council Bluffs, arriving there at ten A, M. precisely, or forty minutes ahead of schedule. Distance from Chicago 488 mules, in eleven bours and thirty minutes, From New York, 1,896 miles, in thir- ty-three hours and twenty-seven minutes; an average of forty-two miles per hour. Crossing the Missouri River to Omaha we found the depot full of people who cheered themselves hoarse over our safe arrival, GREAT DEMAND FOR THE MKRALD, Your correspondent had the pleasure @ presenting yesterday's Hezatp to Mayor Chase. The regular dealer had his bands tuil delivering a number that bad been ordered, and could have sold two or three hundred more could we bave spared them. The representatives of the local pross went on as faras Fremont to gather detafls of our trip. Enginoer E. B. Wood, with locomo. tive No, 146, started for the race across the Plains at 10:12 Mr. P. J. Nichols, Superintendent ot the East ern division of the Union Pacific, intending to change engine at Grand Island, distant from Omaha 153 miles, whero we arrived at 11:48 P. M. THR RUN TO NORTH PLATTE, With engine No. 166, Engineer W. Lloyd, we started off again at 2:03 for North Piatte, distant 133 miles, ‘The e'ghteen minutes’ interval was occupied in supply: ing our cooks with fresh water, When we washed for | dinner everybody was surprised to find the water yel- low with the mud of the Missourl, The London artist on board raised a laugh by comparing it to “bitter beer.” He was told to take it mild, as the supply was limited, Though we rushed along at fifty miles an hour, and on one stretch of sixty miles in as many minutes the cars glided smoothly over the Plains, and it was difficult to realize our speed because of au absence of trees or mountain gorges as on the Pennsylvania Central yesterday, As on the other side of Chicago, crowds were at every station, and here and there a belated horseman could be seen gal loping in the distance, although his mustang’s legs could not compete with the driving wheels of our irom horse. Indeed, by this time these crowds have be- come monotonous, and we no longer check conversa- tion or drop our papers to notice them, The only va- riety is now and then when a group of enthusiasts begin firing a feu de joie from their uavy revolvers. I find that in the hurry of writing I have forgotten to say that we crossed Eikhorn River at 10:46, and I daw the River Platte soon after, At Columbus we passed the Pacific express bound East, which started on Mon- day morning from San Francisco, to errive in New York on Monday morning again, While these passengers were four days from the Pacific and three from the Atlantic coast, we were less than thirty-six hours from the Empire City and not fifty hours from San Frame cisco. These figures will give the readers of the Haratp aclearer idea of our speed than any amount of word painting can afford. At Columbus also we passed the Loup Fork of the River Platte, Tho ronto North Platte was made iu six hours and fifty-cight minates, ADVANCE COPIES OF THK HERALD, Ever since leaving Omaha your correspondent has been furnishing the local press with Hexanp files of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, all in advauce of the regular sygtem of delivery, Thus the Jarrett & Palmer train roils four days into one by its marvellous speed and power, and this hasbeen done without that bugaboo of all railroad mon, « hot journal. We delivered mat! letters at Pitts burg, Chicago and Omaha, the latter city, with commendable enterprise on the part o the Postmaster, sending a huge pouch of letters by the tram to San Francisco, Willow Island, 260 miles irom Omaha, was reached at 4:16 P. M.—six hours and three minutes running time. MALY WAY ACROSS THR CONTINENT. Willow Island was an interesting point for our party, as it is jast by ‘Across the Continent. The dis- tance travelled 1,646 miles in thirty-nine hours twelve minutes, was ity good for an experi. ment The of the HxgaLD will thus see that we made an average of over forty-two miles an hour ince starting. Crossing the North Platte River at 6:14 P.M. we were 290 miles fr Missoarl CONSCIENCE-STRICKEN, On Decoration Day Dr, J. ra ot a gold watch ana chain, which had lately been presented to bin. ho received calis from a namber of when they were gone he tound bis wateh wrapped 1u paper on the mantel