Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-12-27
The Marquis Of HaztIngs-KIsfOr-
tumes Of an English Tnrfman.

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tunes Ofan English Turfman.
The London correspondent of the Turf,
Field and Farm writes as follows:
''rhe great turf sensation of the day
! is the collapse of the Marquis ofHastings,
the prince Of 'plungers,' and leading
spirit Of the Young England school,
whose magnificent studs UfthO-ough breds,
perhaps the nue5t in the kiDgd0m, Is
advertised to be sold by public auction,
at Danebury, on Saturday next. During
his short stay on the turf, his ambition
has been to possess the best stud Of racers
in the whole country, and be has certain
4 ly spared neither money nor trouble to
achieve this object. He has given fab
ulous prices for the fashionable bred,
yesrlings; he expended thousands on
trial horses he has secured the services
of the best jockeys Of the day, regardless
Of expense-an6 to his credit be it said
though after ali it sounds but faint praise,
when spoken of an English nobieRan-
zll his dealings on the turf have been
marked, from first To last, by sCrupUlOus
integrity, aud unblemished honor, Such
enterprising conduct deserve its reward
and II must be confessed that, take It as
8 whole, fortune has not been unkind to
him. It is true, he has met with several
brute kangaroo, for whom be gave the
enormous sum of Gl2. 900 but on the
other hand, some of the richest prizes on
the turf have fallen to his share. 1 have
ns hesitation in saying that during the
past twelvemOnths he must have won
in stakes and bets over three Of his horses,
viz Lecturer, Lady Elizabeth and the
Earl, little short OF 900 eco, and yet
now, with a fair prospect Of winning
next years Derby, he is compelled to
pull up abruptly in the middle of his
career and offer the whole Of his valua-
bic stud forssle, Every one who knows
anything of the Marquis character, and
his lOve-I had almost written passion
-ior the turf, must be satisfied that
nothing short Of the most urgent necess- ]
ity could have induced him 10 take this
step. And yet, in the face of the enor-
nous sums he must have WON'T does
not seem at first sight passing strange
that he should be reduced so soon to
such position. But when we take all
the circumstances Of the case into con-
sideratiOn, the fault will not surprise US. !
When young man Of . Whs can
possess no great experience Of the worlds |
ways, Undertakes Ito keep up a racing |
stud OF % !)auimGls and several costly /
establishment on comparatively small |
income for, considering his statue in |
society, the Marquis is by no means a
rich mani, il stands to reason, under /
such circumstances, that nothing short /
of the DEVILS own luck would suffice /
to make both ends meet, for auy length
Of time. Add to all this, q weakness for i
amateur book-making,' and a fancy 4
for 'peppering' to the tune Of some $40. /
900, the horse, who, as il happus, wins 1
the Derby, and you have portrait, and /
unhappily no ideal sketch Of the fine
young English plunger'-one Of the 4
present time. OF course the expenses of /
maintaining such a colossal racing es-
tsblishment must have been eRoormus-
not less, st the lowest computation,
than $50, 600 year, assuming the cost /
OF each horse to be 81 500 per annum,
which / believe may be taken as a fair /
average, aud to this mainly attribute
the necessity Of the sudden step he has
taken"