The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-22 00:00:00

THE HON. ARTILLERY COMPANY.

This ancient civic force was inspected yesterday,
by command of Captain-General and Colonel his
Royal Highness the Prince Consort, by Lieutenant-
Colonel Lord Frederick Paula, of the Coldstream
Guards. Major-General Lord Rokeby was to have
performed the duty of reviewinr, officer, but he is
suffering from a slight indisposition, and the sub-
stitution of Lord Frederick Paulet at the last
moment somewhat delayed the conunencement of
the proceedings. Shortly after 1 o'clock, when the
regiment was to have paraded, the esplanade be-
tween the:Armoury-house and the Artillery-ground
was crowded by hundreds of spectators, including
many members of the Victoria and other Rifle
Corps, in full uniform. Before the arrival of Lord
Frederick Paulet the Artillery Company, under the
command of Major Robinson, went through some
of the more simple military manoeuvres with a
steadiness and precision which seemed to afford
universal satisfaction, while their fine band grati-
fied the visitors by playing a few popular airs.
The reviewing officer was received with a general
salute, after which the regiment formed into open
columns,
right in front, and marched past in slow
and quick time. It is hardly necessary to state
that the dressing of the men and the wheeling of
the companies were as nearly perfect as they could
be. By the desire of Lord Frederick the ordinary
manual and platoon exercise was dispensed with,
and the more difficult and elaborate movements
were immediately begun. The line advanced, and
then passed from the right of companies by fours to
the rear, re-formed, and again advanced by wings,
the left wing being commanded by Captain W. H.
Snell, late of the 19th Bombay Nativelnfantry, and
the right by Captain Jay. The firing by wings
was remarkably steady—quite as much so as that of
regular troops, while the evolutions were performed
with an ease and expertness which long and assi-
duous drill could alone have produced. Quarter
distance columns having been formed, it advanced,
wheeled to the left, deployed into line, and ad-
vanced. again. The line then wheeled to the
left into open columns, which advanced, wheeled
to the left, and formed line to the reverse flank, a
rapid and well-sustained filo firing from the left of
companies protecting the formation. One of the
best executed movements was that of forming quar-
ter distance columns, followed by some excellent
street firing, which seemed to impress the spec-
tators with a very vivid notion of what would be
the fate of an undisciplined mob when opposed to
such a body as the Artillery Company. The
column next countermarched by sub-divisions round
the centre, deployed on the leading company, and
the parade ended with an advance in review order.
Lord Frederick Paulet then addressed the corps in
a few appropriate remarks. He had been, he said,
astonished and delighted by the admirable steadi-
ness with which the various manoeuvres had been

performed by the regiment collectively, as well as
by the individual intelligence which had been mani-
fested on the part of both officers And men. Although
the Artillery Company had been in existence since
1609, yet it was composed of the same materials as
the vo'unteer rifle corps which were now springing
up in all directions, and ho could not but think
that the high state of efficiency to which it had at-
tained augured well for the success of the present
movement for the internal defence of the nation.
The. gallant officer concluded by stating that he
would have much pleasure in reporting to his
Royal Highness the Prince Consort the unmixed
satisfaction which he had derived from the proceed-
ings of the day. The regiment dined together in
the evening.

THE LATE LORD HENRY SEYMOUI?

The following particulars of the turf career of
his nobleman, in France, will be perused with

Interest :

The races on the Champ de Mars and the royal
prizes had been established some years when Lord
urf,
Henry Seymour made his debut on the French t
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in 1827 ; the most formidable rivals that he had at
that time to contend against being found in the
stables of the Duke of Guiche, the Duke of Cars
and Rieussec. The Bois de Boulogne was then the
principal training ground, it being then a wide,
sandy track, and not the maze of wooded walks
which it now forms. Lord Seymour's first essays
were with horses of a respectable class, brought
over from England, his first importation being Lady
Borysthenes. This was followed, in 1828, by Link-
boy and Turcoman, horses of a much higher order,
and whose running in matches, &c., created at the
time considerable interest, but who have since gone
the way of all horse flesh. Linkboy was a moderate
horse, of the third class in England ; but Turco-
man won the Two Thousand. It was at this
epoch that the Haras at Meuden contained a
mare, Vittoria, that was destined afterwards to
obtain a place in the stud-book equally as important
as that which she occupied in the Racing Calendar,
she having hitherto evinced a very decisive supe-
riority over all her French rivals. Linkboy, on being
first matched against her, giving her 91b, was beaten
easily. A second match was then made, this time,
however, at even weights, and for 12,000 f. a side, the
mare again winning by a length. Three days after-
wards, Vittoria and Turcoman ran a match, but the
four yr old horse carried 51b more than the five yr
old mare, the result being in favour of the latter.
After the race, Lord Seymour offered to " fight the
battle o'er again," at weight for age, but the chal-
lenge was not accepted. It must be observed, that
Turcoman although a winner of the Two Thousand,
could scarcely be rated more than a second•class
English horse, and probably at the time when he
was sent to France, he had lost much of his primi-
tive " form." These races, we are of opinion, are
both interesting and instructive, being the most
important that took place before the establishment
of the Jockey Club, the results showing that French
trainers do not lack skill to developo the power of
horses descended from a good old English stock.
Lord Seymour, therefore, from that time turned all
his attention to the breeding of horses, and to the
encouragement of French produce, and at the
period immediately preceding the formation of
the Societe d'Encouragement, he brought out
Lionel, Egle, Cyrus, Clerino, Tiberius, Fra Dia-
volo, &c., all of which which were winners of
considerable stakes,Egle having the good fortune to
have never been beaten. In 1833, Lord Seymour took
a very active part in the establishment of the Societe
d'Encouragement, and commenced operations as a
turfite on a more extended scale. Till then his
stable had been conducted under the superinten-
dence of his trainer, he being content to engage
Boast or Buckle, from England, to ride in the great
races, the matches above alluded to being all ridden,
however, by W. Weston. It was in 1833 that the
line stables at Sablonville were constructed, the
horses placed under the direction of Mr. Thomas
Carter (then a young man of great promise, a pupil
of Mr. Robson, one of the first of Newmarket
trainers), and T. Robinson, and subsequently Flat-
man (not our Nat) were regularly engaged as
jockeys; and in 1835 he imported Royal Oak and
Ibrahim for his stud. Lord Seymour was then in
the heyday of his prosperity, Miss Annette having
been for many years the recognised champion of the
French turf, while Morotto, Lampo, and Ellisondo,
new importations from England, carried off all the
prizes for which they ran. Miss Annette, however,
found a conqueror, at' Aix-la-Chapelle in Young
AmptLion, but mho was then approaching the termi-
nation of her career, and with this single exception,
Lord Seymour's stable was as successful abroad as in
France. The Prix du Jockey Club, on being
founded, was carried off for three years in succes-
sion bylLord Seymour, who was then in constant
competition with the stable of the popular
Duke of Orleans, and almost always to his
own advantage, as George Edwards had not then
quitted the employment of the Earl of Jersey to
seek his fortunes on the French turf. Franck,
Lydia, and Vendredi were the names of the three
first successful candidates for the French " blue
riband." Franck was never beaten, and Lydia was
only once defeated by Nautilus. Tho other great
winners that he at this time turned out were Donna
Maria, Fortunatus, and Chip-of-the-old-Block, and
Britannia and Royal George were about the last
competitors trained by T. Carter.
We had almOst omitted to state that some years
before Lord Seymonr had established the liuras at
Glatigny, near Versailles, under the direction of R.
Carter the elder, who is now engaged in the same
capacity with Count F. de Lagrange, at Dangu.
Towards 1839, if our memory serves, Lord Sey-
mour ran Scroggins, and one or two other horses in
England, then inaugurating his acquaintance with
the brothers Boyce, who soon afterwards migrated
to France, where they established themselves as
trainer and jockey. Lord Seymour's stable was
then transferred to Chantilly ; his star, however,
was already on the wane, the stable of the
Duke of Orleans, under the able direction of
George Edwards, now taking a prominent po-
sition. Primefit and Evelyn had less success than
the other importations of Lord Seymour and
Oakstick, although a great victor in France, made
a fruitless journey to Goodwood. The successes
of Florence, Gavotte, and Poetess (winner of the
French Derby in 1841), are the next records of the
last years of his lordship on the turf. Immediately
after Versailles Races, in 1842, his training esta-
blishment was sold, and since that time his colours
have never re-appeared on a race-course although,
in 1858, Christina and Colax (purchased by Lord
Seymour, at M. Pescatore's sale) have been in train-
ing at Carter, senior's, and have run, without
success, under the name of the latter.
Few turfites have had a more prominent position
in French racing than Lord Seymour, and taking
into consideration the difficulties with which it was
beset in his time, few have rendered the sport
greater service.—Sunday Times.