SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

West Coast Times, Issue 4658, 3 July 1884, Page 2

SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

THE DERBY RACE.

The race for the Derby on May 28 resulted in a dead heat between St Gatien snd Harvester. Sir J. Willougbby'a filly, Queen Adelaide, came in second. The other starters were Mr Gerard's St Medard, the Duke of Hamilton's Loch Rauza, Mr Osborne's Waterford, Mr Price's Bedouin, Mr Watson's Richmond, Mr M'lntyre'a Beauchamp, Mr Warden's Borneo, Mr Long's Condor, Mr Houldsworth's Dutchman, Baron Rothschild's Talisman, M. Lefevre's Brest, and Baron Rothschild's Woodstock. The betting before the race was 2 to 1 agst Queen Adelaide, 5 to 1 agst St Medard, 13 to 2 agst Talisman, 10 to 1 agst St Gatien, 12 to 1 agst Beauchamp, 12 to 1 agat Waterford, 14 to 1 agst Borneo, and 18 to 1 ngst Richmond. There was an excellent start. After three strides Richmond assumed a slight lead, and after a quarter of a mile bad been covered Woodstock took up the runaing, Richmond second. They went through the furze in front of Bedouin to the mile post, where Bichmond again took command. They ran thus to the top of the bill. Going down the hill Borneo assumed the lead, followed by St Gatien and Bichmond. Entering the straight Loch Ranza joined Borneo, Queen Adelaide and Harvester close up. When a quarter of a mile from home Borneo was still leading, followed by St Gatien. The leaders continued in these positions to the distance post, where Borneo was beaten. St. Gatien was here joined by Harvester, and a tremendous race home took place, the pair running locked together, Queen Adelaide third, Waterford fourth, Brest, Talisman, Borneo, and St. Medard, follow, ing in order named. Bichmond was ninth to cross the line, Woodstock and Dutchman last, The race was not run off, the stakes being divided. Time— 2 minutes 46 1-5 seconds.

The New York World's London special of May 18, says :— " It has now transpired that the real owner of St. Gatien is a builder at Epsom, the mtimate friend of Fred Archer, the jockey who rode St. Medard. The popular belie f among sporting men is that Harvester was never ill as was reported, and that the circulation of the report was meiely a trick to rig the market and obtain long odds. When Harvester appeared on the track, his perfect eoundness wae so patent to all beholders that he was very heavily backed, and large sums of money must have been landed by her owners and backers. It is probable, however, Sir J. Willoughby will have some awkward questions to answer about alleged trickery in the report of his horde's condition ; also about pulling by the jockey Webb, of Queen Adelaide, who would undoubtedly have won had sbe been allowed." Mr Walton, the American " pluDger," has been badly smashed by. the defeat or Bichmond. An objection has been lodged against St. Gatien on the ground that the description of his pedigree is deficient. Rover, his sire, was purchased at a ridiculously low price ; now £2100 is offered for him.

THE OAKS.

Mr Bird's bay filly Busybody won the three year-old fillies* race on May 30. After several false starts, all got off fairly on even terms. Queen Adelaide led for 200 yards, when Kinfauns took a slight lead, Wild Shot and Superba right behind. At the Furzes, Pinta and Legacy passed Kingfauns, Quilt fourth, Queen Adelaide and Wild Shot next. At the mile post, -Wild Shot took third place, with Busybody close behind. Bounding Tattenham corner Busybody drew to the front, Queen Adelaide and Superba following. After Busybody had shaken Queen Adelaide off, the former was challenge by Superba, but Busybody always had the best of the struggle. Wild Shot came in fourth, Quilt and Kingfauns next, while Panta finished last. Busybody won by half a length, Superba a length before Queen Adelaide. The weather was delightful and there was a large and fashionable audience.

The Earl of Aylesford got into trouble with an employe on the course on Derby Day, was thrown heavily to the ground and had his leg broken in two places.

EXPLOSIONS OF DYNAMITE.

A tremendous explonon of dynamite occurred outside the Detective Office in Scotland Yard, London, at 9.30 on the evening of May 30. The corner of the building, which was composed of. thick brick work, was blown otf'to a height of 30ft, taking with it a portion of the side walls, and revealing an aperture 15ffc wide. A brougham standing opposite the point of explosion was wrecked, and the coachman injured. A policeman was blown across the yard against the wall and severely injured. So far as is known, 13 persons were injured, including five women, and several will die from their wounds. The explosives appear to have been placed in a pipe let into a wall at the rear of a large building occupied by detectives. A canister of nnexploded dynamite was afterwards found in the yard. n

The individual who lighted the fuae in St. James' Square was pursued by an indignant and excited crowd, but managed to make his escape by jumping into a cab which had been in readiness, and which was lost sight of in the darkness of the night and great confusion. Sixteen packages of dynamite, with fuses attached were also found at 10.30 the same night under the Nelson Monumenf, in Trafalgar Square. An hour before the explosion there was an outbreak of fire at the War Office, supposed to be incendiarism It was speedily extinguished. The explosion created great havoc in the Junior Carlton Club, and numerous cases of wine were destroyed. The dab house «mSd closed for several days. A crowd of excited people visited the scene of the explosion, and policemen were drawn nn inline to prevent the access of the multi? tade. At St. James 1 Theatre, 300 yards distant, the explosions sounded like two afe/'i T ier i- ft 8 audience becan « alarmed, ladies fainted, and a panic ensued. T "

A second bomb in St Jaroe.s 1 square ex, pjoded against the residence of Sir Walter Wynn, and produced a huge wide fracture, four feet in height and three in breadth. A number of windows were smashed and furniture damaged. The appointment of

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Vigilance Committees on the Western American plan has been seriously discussed in hitherto Conservative quarters, and extra guards were placed around Mr Gladstone's residence.

The St James' Gazzette of June 1 asevr'bes the outrages to Mi 1 Gladstone's recognition of explosion as a political force. The Pall JTall Gazette advocates the immediate formation of a Dynamite Assurance Company to insure people against the steadily growing class of casualties introduced by Irish malcontents, at a premium of say 3d for £100. Mr A. M. Sullivan, Republicist, is loud in his denunciation of dynamiters, and says " Ireland has no enemies so bad as those Irishmen who commit these outrages." The Conservative Press and public men -say that this revival of the policy of murder is an act of intimidation designed to coerce the House of Lords into passing the Franchise Bill. The Liberals believe the explosions to have been the work of Irish extremists, who hope thereby to disgust English wellwishers of Ireland, and discredit the Irish Leaguers in Parliament by showing that they cannot compel, and do not even know the plans and movements of their own countrymen, and tb«B bring about an open warfare between England and Ireland.

TEN GIRLS KILLED

The most lamentable explosion that has yet taken place in the history of Nobel's Dynamite Manufactory, near Irvine, Ayrshire, occurred on May Bth, when ten employes were killed. From information at present received, it appears that an explosion took place at 22 minutes to 9 in No. 7 cartridge hut, which blew four girls, who were the only inmates, to atoms. The adjoining huts caught fire, and great fears were felt that it would spread over the whole works ; but plenty of water being at hand, the fire was got ■under about a qa&rter of an hour from the timo of its outbreak. The material in the hut did not explode, but burned slowly away. The scene is described as heartrending, six girls being burned to death before the eyes of their employers who could render no assistance, and' out of the fifteen girls employed in the four huts, ten were killed, being either blown to atoms, or burnt to death, three escaping, and two receiving such severe injuries that they are not expected to recover. The disaster is at present unexplained, as the foreman of the department visited the cartridge hut shortly before the explosion occurred, and found all going on well. Although fully 2^ hundredweight of cauridges exploded in the structure the damage is very small not extending beyond £80. The report caused by the explosion was very great, the houses in Irvine, Troon, and other neighbouring towns being seriously shaken, aud in the former place the goods in several of the shops were thrown off the shelves.