The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-02-20
Death Of lie plarqris Of Ha..inr.

The cable d-ratchce from Eu.ari c,uiliu fi.
announcement % thc death 90 H'urv Nrs-taul
Charlie llsnta-enet E.wd1n Ha-tir.-. Iari ui
EaTgi.u and Marquis 90 Hl-tiu--- byIE- Il ll-
tweury-Ixth yelr. worn cu- with G-'44elerv. he
we % bad -IccIsucn 90 tie Mrl-n young British
noble.
Sc eighteen years "fa-e tie lar44i-owuc tLc
finest Yacht Boo Eurpre. and strange --rrIe- were
told Vi -ie Y4sie- hell ou board ellis vessel as Lcr
noble ovucr slilel tie -a- with BE mi--lc-e
AMI BON eImrauiJu=. AZ nineteen be Wu- very
iari-.ue. and lis hcttiu--b1ak wac gre wonder
p. tac E-Il-I METROPOLIS. One las De- would Doe
in tic F.cuel capital, making De 'ctlr--hlak.
and taking great odds 20 t.c end ut tire week he
would be- Dn tie Mole ci Maple With g pretty
i.iicr giri. watching the lYliiu. rl li- pleasure
Yacht with Italian wines and fruits ~ tte south A..
then be would make @ trip 90 o., CaTltailn- A..
aud b. again ou the great Derby Day 90 Lf-lm
Downs. sanding before the Grand stand. tie OBJ
served 0falI oi-crver=. his book good for twenty
Jr thirty thousand pounds. sometimes all wagerei
on one bore. Three day later the keel Of his
yacht would he c.eaying the waters 0f tire Baltic
90 search Of adventure. and - back again q enjoy
the uvroar Of the LYnd u fashionable world.
Ills family i one If the o!Se-t and n0Jiesr in
England. and he inherited "a vast fortune. bis rent
roll being over a hundred thousand pounds vet
j. died poor. his estate IN JLc hands Of tie jews,
and In revenues lost among blackl.gs and sport
iug turfIneH. For racing ana blJyded horses lie
lad "A great passion. His stable was filed with
fine horses, and one or more Of these horses he
entered at nearly every race which occurred in
England, betting upon them against the advice Of
his friends, and losing large sums. In 1867 he
appeared at the Derby in very embarrassed CIR
cumstances. His horses We're beaten IN every
race, and young Tasting lOst 100000. This
sum. however, be Iaid, and in October Of the
same year DEE lost S2JU.uUO additional. owing 70
the uneyucctei failure Of his horse Lady Elizabeth.
who had won everything but the one race on
which her owner had 80 great a stake. On still
another race that same year he los S.uu COG, and
this iast sum broke him down.
He cJutTived, however. 20 compromise his az
ilirs in some manner. and IN May last again ap-
reared at the Derby with Lady Elizabeth and
some other horses. Lady Elizabeth was entered
for the race. and up o. the hour Of starting stood
iayOliJc 80 large OId-. Her owner had backed
hcr % rle extent 81 500 GOO. and this sum in
v1lycl not ONLY liz .oiyencv. but hi- honor. credit
aud good name; II his horse were % fail him.
then he would be branded ~ a deilultcr through
out all England. When Lady Elizabeth came To
tie score it was evident that she was in no cUudi-
tiDu 10 rim, and that she had been drugged.
That such was tire case Was subsequently proved
satisfactorily. The race was run. and tire horse
uT0u which was staked - large q sum. and n
mans reputation III addition, not only lot, but
Wa di-taucci.
NotwitI-taudin. al this he appeared within n
month at tie Paris race, where his horse, the
Earl. won tie grand IrIzc-an object Of art pre-
scented By the EInVcrDr-twO hundred thousand
dollars in gold. AMI n SWEEP stakes Of 500 for
each entry Returning 10 England he attended
tire Ascot races in June, where the Earl was
again a winner, carrying oil tic -. jaime Palace
stakes, although heavy odds were laid against
him. Another horse Of his, Athens. won another
race on the same occasion. The winnings Of the
Marquis on this occasion. however, were cpmpara-
lively small, and went but q little way among his
numerous creditors. These were BIZ, last racing
ventures, as the Jews speedily c0ui-catel M that
could be reached of the little property remaining
under his control.
During the investigations Of hs affairs. some
mot dssraeeful proceedings relating to horse
racing were disclosed, and tie Marquis Of Hast
ing was not the only titled person whose Tcputa-
tipn suffered IN consequence.
Thus IN les than ten years from the beginning
Of his career Of proligacy the Marquis OF Hastings
in losing lis fortune. health and his
honor, and in every possible way di-g-acing the
name lac bore and the class he represented. He
had married the Lady Flora Iagct, who was at tie
time engaged to another gentleman, and his do
nestle life was - -eaudalous AZ lis sporting
career.