3 JUNE 1865, Page 1
The Derby was won on Wednesday by Gladiateur, a horse
folded in a French stable, with an English dam but a French sire. He was ridden by an English jockey, but the French are naturally delighted with their victory, as is also the owner, to whom success Las brought a fortune and the honour of an invitation to dinner With the Prince of Wales. A rumour was current on the course that, Gladiateur's age had been misrepresented, and that he was six months older than his rivals, but it seems to have been founded only on his unusual size and power. The race was as thickly attended as usual, London and Yorkshire alike pouring to the scene, the latter in special trains thirty carriages long.
