New-York tribune., 1868-03-20
THE. ENGLISH TURF
the royal daisl

THE BETTING AND THE "NoBLE" VICTIMS.
FROM ou' 0"H OO"'''OA''"N LONDON, Feb %, 1863
1t is a comfort to hear that this year prospects
of the Turf are not good Some OF the most vi
;ts noble patrons have come to grief and find them
selves obliged to sell ont in whole or IN part a
voune pigeon of o. the Earl of Jersey, has left the
country to avoid arrest. and his stud came to the
hammer this week. They say that some OF the
swndlers who make horse racing profession lald
hands on this poor devil when at school at Eaton,
sold him horses, and lent him money at sueh rate
that he was ruined on attaining his majority me ne
Jew bill dscounters got at him. and Kept az MN tlior
$4,000 cash advanced they held his pr0mSS0ry notes
TO the amount of 100000. When his horses came TO
be sold thev proved such a lot OF screws az 10 De
wholly worthless for racing purposes turi writer %
in the most aTistOcratc of Journals Ihe Morning fOo
describes the catastrophe III style winch u more
pebeian pen cannot hope to rival; Nearly the
whole of the animals" says this belgravian, aP-
peared to have been stuck into him in the most re,
norseess manner, and 1t was painful to see some OF
them knocked down for such wretched figures. When
the 5000 guinea Cork jacket was brought out, tne
laughter of the crowd at such an unshapely brute
having ever realized such sum was uncontrollable
This 900 guinea animal was sold forJust guheas
less than he cost his noble owner. -,
On the same high authority we are told that the
Duke of Beaufort, who is an ornament J. presume,
equally to the peerage and to the turf Is about 10 re-
tire from the latter. You suppose do you not that
this melancholy event occurs from heavy losses Ia
pamblingf Nothing of the sort. 1t proceeds
wholly from prudential motives OF the highest char
acter." which, further on we learn consist III de-
probation of mineral property. from which a con-
siderable proportion of his Graces ren-roll Is De
rived" But, at any rate, his Grace goes ana the
sporting world is to know him no more-or not TIL
mineral property becomes once more productive.
Next there Is the Marquis of Hastings, whose ms,
fortunes have long been too notorious 10 Oe ascped
to mineral property; oftS dhe vytSs ESTa which 'Oii #
is pleasure to quote, that sooner or
later if things go right of which there can scarcely
be any doubt, the whole of his racing obligations
he
culpating his personal honor" Yet our writer thinks
he NAV say, "without any betrayal Of confidence,
that the Marquis of Hastings Will not go TO any races
until the Derby There is q rule OF the Turf, en-
forced. il Is said. with stricness, which excludes
from every Grand Stand in England any person who,
having lost bet. does not pay 1t. Can TINS have
anything to do with the absence OF the NOBLE MARQUIS
till the Derbvf To this list of Withdrawals must he
added the Duke of Hamilton, who was so heavily Int
last year as to sell even his town house to meet hs
engagements. lIe too, can scarcely resume his
prominent place in the betting ring.
Earl Marquis, two Dukes and among untitled ad-
venturers a long list of ruined men-ths Is only one
years record of the dongs of the Turf, once there
was theory that hOrse-racing existed to improve
the breed OF horses Nobody thinks II worth while
to keep up that sham. The Turf exists for nothing
in the world but betting on the most enormous scale
All the world owns it, not one man IN nifty condemns
it, or would condemn any other vice which happened
to be fashionable at the moment. But do we not all
hold up our hands in horror at the hells which were
IL is cheap 10 moralize on Fox and Sewyn,
on the hundreds of thousands OF pounds
lost yearly at Crockord's and IN private
houses But declare that since have been In In
gland, have heard but one man speak out against
the Turf though the Turf ruins its thousands where
Crockfords and all the rest OF the gambling clubs
ruined their scores. High play at cards is now IN
common in any club or reputable house IN Ehglanu'
Fiyegunea points at whist were called extraVagant
the other day. by one OF the most Ss
lieve. a fixed high water mark Tar below that. Inc
''plunging7 is all done on the Turf. g. W. ;.