The Derby was run on Wednesday, the winner being the
second favourite, Cremorne (Mr. H. Savile), and the favourite, Prince Charlie, appearing seventh, that is, "nowhere" in the race, and owing his defeat, it is said, to the steepness of the Epsom Downs, his lungs being his weak point. The greatest coup was made by the second in the race, Mr. Astley's Makeshift colt, against which the betting had been fifty to one before the race. The day was fine, though there was some rain in the evening, and the attendance was more of a crowd than ever,—numbers bivouacking behind the Grand Stand, content enough to be on the ground, and without any wish to see the race,—which, when the numbers are so great, it is not by any means very easy to see. The result of the race, received at the telegraph offices at 29 minutes past 3, was known at Lisbon and Gibraltar at 3.30, in Malta at 3.31, Suez, Aden, and Bombay at 3.32 p.m. Why is a minute lost between Gibraltar and Malta, and another between Malta and India ?
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