The English Derby. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] London, June 1.

Waikato Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1392, 4 June 1881, Page 2

The English Derby. [REUTERS TELEGRAMS.] London, June 1.

Bevewal of the Dkhbv Stakes, of 50sovs each, h. ft. ; for colts, Bst; lOlbs., and fillies. Bst. olbs., then three years old ; distance, about a mile and a-half. The owner of. the second horse to receive 300sovs., and the third loOsovs. out of the stakes. (243 subscribers). The Derby Stakes were run for at Epsom to-day, cind resulted as follows :: — • Mr P. Lorilhird's br c Iroquis, by Leamington, out of Maggie 8.8. .. 1 Mr Mance's br c Peregrine, by Pero Gomez, out of Adelaide . . ... 2 Lord Roseberry's Town Moor, by Doncaster, out of Euxine . . . . 3

The Derby — the greatest sporting event in the whole world— was brought to an issue on Wednesday afternoon last, on the far-famed Epsom Downs, and in the presence of one of the greatest crowds that ever assembled. It seems somewhat strange, taking into consideiation what a sporting community there is in the Southern Hemisphere, that so little interest is manifested in this great event. Here we have consultations on the Melbourne Cup to the tune of a couple of thousands, but in India and other Continental cities sweeps are got up of £4000 and f 5000 each, and the race for weeks prior to the eventful day is the all - absorbing topic. In Australia and New Zealand just a brief cable message is received ; the dailies devote only a few lines to the race, and the affair is ended. The greatest number that ever faced the starter for the "blue ribbon" of the turf was thirty-four, which was in ISG2, when Caractacus, who left the saddling paddock at the odds of 40 to 1, bowled o\ er Marquis, the favourite, by a head. This year it has again been a surprise, and the nmch-coveted trophy has been won at last by the Yankees, lioqms having also been placed in the Guineas. The Americans have on more than one occasion made a determined stand for the Derby, more especially so \\ ith Umpire, who wab a great favorite in. Thormauby's year, and also with Brown Piincp, who ran second in 1577 for the Two Thousand. Mr P. Lorillard's Iroquois was bred in America, and secured second honors in the race for the Two Thousand in May last, Peregnne being the winner. In the race for the Derby Stakes the tables have been turned, and the winner of the Two Thousand lias had to play second fiddle to the Yankee. From the latest English papers I clip the following with reference to the winner :—"lroquois: — "Iroquois is a very sound and hardy-looking colt,' observes the Special Commission of the London Spmfsiiunt, " but he lias not sufficient quality for a Two Thousand Guineas or Derby candidate. Last year he ran m t\\ elve races and won four, but his form was not consistently good, and lie appealed to train off toward the end of the fii&t season." Bluk Gowtf..