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* DEKBY. U6 DERELICT. •John Phral of tl.e Depart ment of the Pacitie fron. 1S54 to 18515, and d.d Xr e;,.ineerin, .ervicv, in the course of wh.eh he suffered the sunstroke that caused his death. He has a distinct place an.onj.. American hun.or_ isU for Wa-M ■>.■<- m. (18o.^) and the .s.y.-.fcob lwrr(1859). chielly burlesque sketches of h.s otli^faf eNperien.es fu'U of delif;httul wh.n.s.ca 1- Uv and i n,.ortant as introducing the rough but amusi g la n.or of the Paeilic Coast into Anien- ""n literature. Among his best squibs may be mentioned his Musio.l Jtevicc Extraordinary and his .,r Siistcm of Kiiglixh (irainmar. DERBY, Okville Ai.p.nEitT 0851-). An American geologist, appointed chief of the geo- eraphical and geological surveys of Sio P.u o, Brazil, in ISSf,? He Nvas torn at Kelloggsville, V Y and graduated in 1873 at Cornell I ni- Wrsitv, where he «as instructor in ?'-"lC>7 J;"™ lS-3 to 1S75. He visited the Amazcm alW n 1870-71. and was connected with P-;"'- ^, j ; Hartt's geological commission of Brazil froni 1875 to 1878. In 1878 he was awon^ted curator of the ^ological department of the National Mu- seum "He has pul'lished several papers on the geology and geography of Prazil. and has headed Siam hvdrogra,>hioal. geographical, an.l ge, logi- cal surveys. In 1801 he published the first de- ?a led to-pographical maps of South America based on'^c'tual surveys. In 1885 he organized the geographical and geological commission of 'derby day, der'bT or d-ir^u. The most important dav in the calendar of English horse- racing events. The name is derived from the 'Derby Stakes' race, run on the second da> (WeC nesdaV) of the Epsom Summer Meeting, wl.icli takes'place about the end of May. or. in rare in- stanceF, at the beginning of .lune. The race itself was in'stituted in 1780 by the Earl of Derby, whence the name. The course is 1 mile, ■♦ fur- longs, and 20 yards in length ; and. like all the great racecouises of England is '•"'"l"".'' ""; der the rules and regulations of the .Jocke> Club. Originally, the weights .arrie.l were 112 pounds for colts and 100 pounds for fillies, but after several changes they are now permanently se at 120 pounds for c.dts an.l 121 pounds for fillies. Entries arc usually made when the animals are yearlincs. two years bef.ire the >;"ee takes place The event owes its importance to the fact that the entries in the Derby race represent the high- est development of race-horse breeding, besides affording an indication of the probable winners of the subsenuent important races. The prox- imity of the racecourse (Epsom Downs Surrey) to London makes possible the tremendous and hetero"en.^nus attendance which is so conspicuous n feature of the race, and which, together with is value as a sporting event, has given the day its present importance. Parliament is ad.iourned over Dcrl)V Dav. though of late not without pro- test on the part of a few of its meml>ers, and business generally is suspended as far as T.on(lon is concerned. In America, the term Derby Day. preceded bv the name of the track or 'meeting, is freniientlv applied to the day on which the chief race of the vcar of such meeting is nin—ns, for instance, the llrifhlon D<-rby. run at Brigh- ton Beach E. T, See Horsk: IIoh.se-Racisc DERBYSHIRE. An inland county of Eng- 1,11,1 Imi... lulucen Yorkshire on the north and Leicestershire on the south (.Map; England. 1-' 3) Its area is 1022 s>|uarc miles. It is hilly in'lh'e north and level in the south, willi a very fertile soil. The IVrby lliglilands, which reach their maximum allitu.le in llie Peak, 1880 feet, and the Kinder Scout, 2088 feet, form the Peak District, noted for its beautiful scenery. esi>c- ciallv along the valleys of the Dcrw..nt and tb.' Wve" Matlock and Buxton, among the hills, au- fashi.mable health resorts on ac.ouiit of then warm mineral springs. Thr..ughoiit the county there are numerous Celtic an.l Koiiiau remains, mediaval ruins of abbeys, monasteries, and feu d-il castles, and among the many haiids.)me. nol>l. resiliences are Hadd..ii Hall and Chatsworth. the scat of the Duke of l>vonshiiv. Derbyshire is more a manufacturing and mining than an agricul tural county, though its agricultural industries are important. The chief towns "'■'> Derby Bux- ton, and Belper. Population, in 1801, o28,033, in 1001. 020.200. DERBYSHIRE NECK, See Goitre. DERBYSHIRE SPAR. A name given to the splendid .rystals of lUioritc found in Derbyshir.'. Kntrhuul. DERCYXT-IDAS (1-at.. from Gk. AepicuXXf- iSas, IhrLoUidas). A Spartan soldier of the fourth ami third centuries ii.c. He was sent in nc 411 to the Hellesp.int to arouse the cities to revolt against the supremacy of Athens an. in 3'l'» received command ..f the army stationc.l in sia for the .lefense of the Ionic Greeks .igainst the Persians. He took advantage of the hostility existing between Pharnabazus (q.v.) and Fissa- phernes (q.v.). con.ludcd a truce with the lat- ter, and siiccessfuUy invaded -Eolis, the satrapy of the former. In 308 he built a wall to gjiard the Thracian Chers.mese against the inroads ot the Thracians. He endeavor..d in 307, by threat- enin" Caria, to obtain the independence of the ].ini."Gr.'eks. an.l in 300, when Agesilaus (q.v.) had arrived in Asia, was one of the commission, ors for the arrang.mcnt of an armistice with Tissanhenies. In 304 he convey.'d to Agt'silaiis and the Greek cities of Asia the tidings of the battle of Corinth. DER'ELICT (Lat. tlcrrliclus, fr.un rfc- -f re- linnurrr. to abandon). Personal pr.iperty east away or al)andoned by the owner, es,.ccially at sea ' The seizure or 'occupancy' .)f dciclul prop- erty is one of the recognized m.)des of original, as "distinguished fr.mi th.' derivative, acquisition of title In or.ler to c.mslitute an arli.le derelict, so as to make it available to the first pers,in who chooses to make it his own. it is not sumcient that it should be lost, but it must have b.-.-n de- liberately cast awav or abandoned, without ex- pectation or intention of recovrinu' it. Goods thrown awav hv a thief in his lliglit. known as hona wariain. are not properly .lerelict, inas- much as he has no title to tbc-m. I be same thing is true of treasure trove. The .piesti.m of abandon- ment is one of fact, to be determined fr.un thecon- duct of the own.r at the time of the loss. A ves- sel or ".io.ls found abandoned on the high seas are presumed to l>e derelict, but not so personal prop- I.rtv found with. lilt an occupant on land or even in a harbor or river: and the presumpti.m in the f.)rmer case may be rebutted by showing the cir- cumstances nn.ler which the abandonment oc-