The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-04-09
A NOBLE DARE DEVIL.
WILD FREAKS or Il IIUNGARIdN
HORSEMAN.

Some Traits Of Count NagySandor, the
Father of the Princess Metternich.
Count Nagy-Sandor, whose death
was recently announced, married an
elder sister Of Prince Richard Met
ternich, and by her was the father of
the i'll favored but fascinating lady
whom Prince Richard married and
who SO long le<l tho fashion at the
Court Of Napoleon III. Wayfair
Of March 13 thus sketches some
passages in his curious career
Not the least remarkable incident
in the life Of Count Maurice Sandor
was his connection with Prince
Metternich. The Prince was as
punctilious, reserved and measured,
in words and notices, as the Count was
brusque, reckless and harnm-scarum
When he applied to the Prince for
tho hand Of his daughter the Prince
said he did not care about having his
daughters neck broken but on
Sandor promising to abandon his
fcats Of ccntaurship, he at last gavo
his consent. The very same evening
Sandor rode his horse "rlrtar" up
two flights of stairs into drawing
room and cooily told the prince,
when he demonstrated with him for
breaking his promise, that con tue
contrary, he was keeping his promise
and accustoming his horse to polite
society,"
He was incorrigiblc. Ho jumped
anything and everything. At Il
cross road he once went over a
peasants wagon. He crossed the
Danube on the foes when the ice
was breaking up, gulloped up and
down the Pratcr backwards in his
saddle, and rivalled all the feats
performed in the great circusses.
In 1913 he was treated to churiUa.
ri by the enraged populsce, on ac-
count Of his connection with Prince
Mcttcrnich but stepping out on
the balcony with dog whistle and
two servants, each with Il sack
full Of eats, he quite out~whistl.d
and out~miaowed his antagonists.
Then, going down st,irs ;,nlonsl
them, lie seized = stone, and throw
ing it at one Of his windows, invited
the crowd to smash the rest. Taken
aback at his courtesy, they refused.
Thereupon Sandor cried "WclI,
then, let us go to my father in laws
and smash his" This proposal WAS
carlied by acclamat,on, and the
Princes were duI y smached. But by
this time Sander had got tho crowd
so under his control tilat no further
damage WAS done, and what might
have turnen out se,ious riot was
changed into Il convivill meeting.
One day u remarkable transforma-
ton took place. He became as ner-
yous and timid as he had been been
reckless and daring. He never
mounted horse again, refused to
take the reins when he went out
driving, and always warned his
daughter to be cautious. This
change, I was told by one Of his
most intimate friends, was due to
dream. The dream was to the effect
that the devil suddenly appeared
with q number Of mirrors, which
he hold one by one before tho Count.
and in which Sander saw the danger
he had run in each of his exploits.
Mirror after mirror WIS held before
him till the sweat poured from his
b. ow, and the last glass was reached.
But instead Of showing him this one,
the devil put it back with leer and
said, "This is the last one this has
yet to come At this moment the
Count awoke and vowed he would
never mount horse again, and he
did not.
A LoCp CALL FOR THE WHIpp1Na-
PosT.-The State which has the
whipping post and stocks is the one
in which crime Of every kind is least
frequent. Delaware, which has
stuck to what is called this relic OF
barbarism, is Stunned by the
criminal classes rs tho devil would
shun holy water. If now the
whipping post and a conspicuous
pair of stocks were held up before
our bank presidents and cashiers,
savings bank trustees and their like,
how long would it be before the
press found q dearth of news in the