VICTORY DERBY
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OF WORLD
LONDON, June 5 (Correspondence
of Associated Press).—Hundreds of
American soldiers and sailors will
have another good story to tell to
the home folks when they get back—
the story of the Victory Derby. This
was their chance to see the world’s
greatest racing classic, and every of
ficer and man who had the day free
joyfully seized it.
In popular interest the Derby is to
England what the annual baseball
championship series is to the United
States. But no national event over
there is anything like it. The race,
of course, is the climax, and it fo
cuses everybody’s attention, but
Derby day has so many other elements
of interest, beginning with the long,
i gay pilgrimage from London to Epsom
Downs, and including a public picnic
and carnival on the grounds, that the
only thing one can faintly compare
it to in the United States is what bar
becue day used to be during a big
race meet at a Southern county fair.
It is a great festival shared in by
all Linds of people, from king to beg
gar. Interest in the Derby, which was
revived at Epsom this year for the
first time since 1914, was nothing short
of remarkable. The war-worn people
seized upon it as an opportunity for
a kind of peace celebration. For weeks
they talked about it and read columns
about it in the newspapers. The fever
ish excitement probably was due to
the pent-up nervous emotionalism gen
erate! by the war. But Derby day
was the safety valve.
Never in the history of the race has
there been such a huge attendance. An
old bookmaker who has not missed a
Derby in twenty years said that the
number of vehicles alone was not only
a record, but “a record twice over.”
The Victory Derby differed from the
Derbies of other years not only the
size of the crowd but in the presence
of so many men and women in mili
tary uniform. Tommy Atkins was all
over the picture. Also- demobilized
’Arry, wearing his silver service badge,
with ’Arriet on his arm. There was
a large sprinkling, too of the Dominion
troops, particularly Canadians and
Australians, and not a few French and
Italian uniforms were in evidence.
None enjoyed themselves more thor
oughly, however, than the American
soldiers. For one thing, the Derby
was more of a novelty to them than
to their overseas cousins, and their in
terest was piqued in a hundred ways.
They were a trifle awed, perhaps, by
the immensity of the thing. Only Lon
don could furnish such a crowd. Al
most as far as the eye could reach
the great sweep of the downs was a
surging mass of people.
Sixteen big stands and the mam
moth grandstand, which were all
packed and running over, held only a
fraction of the enormous gathering.
The mile and a half course of the
Derby race was lined solidly with spec
tators on each side every foot of the
way. Scores of thousands congested
the infield, swarming like ants among
the gaudy tents of the sideshows, the
bookmakers’ booths, gypsy caravans
and vehicles of all descriptions, from
aristocratic coaches and glistening
limousines to Irish jaunting carts and
costers’ donkey-barrows.
By 1 o’clock it seemed impossible
to squeeze another wheel into the vast
tangle, but the roads from London
continued to sprout their endless
stream of traffic into the enclosure.
With horns blaring their melodious
call, the smart coaches and drags
dashed up the long hill, and with
shrill cries of mock alarm the multi
tude scattered to escape the flying
hoofs.
Good nature reigned. Even the cold,
driving rain that set in about noon and
lasted until the time for the Derby
failed to daunt the crowd’s high spir
its.
The humble folk eyed with respect
ful curiosity the grand folk from May
fair. Munching stale sandwiches con
tentedly, they watched the lords and
ladies and millionaires attack the
tempting cold collations spread by
servants on the coach tops. One par
ticularly inviting luncheon of lobster
salad and champagne claimed the at
tention of hundreds of eyes.
“A fair old tuck-in they’re ’aving,”
remarked the father of a large flock,
directing the children’s eyes to the
feast. “Wish,” he added wistfully,
“I could squeeze into a beer tent.”
The English equivalent of the Ameri
can tout is known as a tipster. He
doesn’t edge up to you softly and whis
per in your ear that he has the “dope”
direct from the “feed box.” The tip
ster bawls out to all and sundry that
he knows what’s what, and that you
can have his priceless information for
a “measly ’art" crown.” Much of his
harangue will be devoted to malign
ing other tipsters in the neighborhood,
“lliey calls themselves tipsters,” , he
exclaims indignantly. “Why, they
couldn’t tip their own mothers out of
a wheelbarrow.” And, after drawing
a laugh from the crowd, he becomes
very, very solemn, and talks in hushed
tones about the “stone certainties”
you can acquire from him for your
beggarly two and six.
The raucus cry of the “bookie,”
“Have a run! have a run!” is mingled
with the siren call of the gamester
plying his ancient vocation, which is
perfectly lawful on Derby day. The
soldiers swarm around the “Crown
and Anchor” outfit. They knew that
game in the trenches. It is played
with dice and a square of canvas
painted with various symbols. Other
games that prove highly attractive to
the eddying crowd are “Find the lady,”
“Spinning Jenny,” which is a sort of
roulette, “pricking the garter,” and
our old American friend, the three
card trick.
From time to time all eyes rested
on the royal box in the white club
house adjoining the grandstand, and
the appearance of the king and sev
eral of the princes was the signal for
popular rejoicing.
“See the prince of Wales,” cried a
London street urchin, whose quick,
sharp eyes were the first to pick him
out. “First time ’e’s seen the Darby,”
he announced „importantly.
The victory of the king’s horse in
the second race raised the crowd’s
spirits 1o a pinnacle of delight. But
the defeat of the Derby favorite was
a facer hard to endure. All the joy
seemed to leave the crowd. Glumly
and silently they began the trip back
I to London.
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