, 1880-03-14
AN IMPERIAL HUNTRESS.

Ine empress OF Austria III 1Ie1aA0~
Hard Riding and Frequent Tnmbies-
The Surgeon Busy and the Coroner
Expectant-IIer Majesty in the Mud'
Correspondence tse1u FORK Tsmes
DUBLIN, Feb. l7.-1f the Empress Of Austria
doesn't give the Coroner for the County or
Meath, or the officer In tha sp1ne grim line OF
business for the County of Kildare, some work
to do, it will greatly surprise many people. 1t
Is an even chance which Coroner shall have the
first death. for her Majesty, since she came to
ireland some weeks ago, has been hunting alter
nateIy in both counties, leading the hunt al
ways at breaki.cck pace. The wonder to city
people, whose personal experiences Of the pig
skin - are OF the mildest and most limited char
Rcter, is how on earth this gentle lady is able,
physically, to keep up such a rapid round OF
headlons racing. Actually, her Majesty. when
In Ireland, spends about three-fourths of her
time In the saddle Out Of the County Of Gal
way. where the sporting Squires seldom think
Of anything but steeple-chasiHg over the coun-
try. in scArlet coats aud top-bpota, after the
historic pack of hounds known as 1.-The Blaz-
crs," there is nothing like it. On Sundays and
holidays, when the county hounds are sleeping
In the kennel, the Empress improTiscs priva te
chase over the grounds attached to her residence
at Summer Hill. She cannot get on without q
daily burst of riding. It is all very tine sport
forthe Empress. WHO may be said to I'VE and
havchcr being on horseback; but what Il time
Of it some Of her household must hare during
these Irish hunting trips! There's poor Prince
Lichtenstein. who Is brought out every day !" to
enjoy the delights of the chnse." He looks about
rs happy at the end Of weeks hard hunting as
puppy with its tail newly docked. His I'm pe-
rlal Hlghness was very near providing job for
the Coroner for the County Of Meath the other
day. While enjoying the delights Of tho chase,
he met with what hor5ey men call "trcmen-
dons cropper"; that is to say, the Prince, when
ctargin: tutl speed at stiff fence, over which
in flying fashion, suddenly vacated his saddle
and went sprawllng a1ong several feet Of Irish
earth. 1t took hin some time to pick himself
whom the Empress has thoughtfully attached to
her hunting establishment, it was found that
though ho wasn't broken anywhere, he WIS SO
bruised and blackencd that bed, bleeding, and
bandages were the poor Princes portion for
some days Then her Majesty's personal at
tcndant, Hungarian, who IS bound to follow
general smashing ull over that he Is now lying
up for repairs at Summer Hill House, 50 that
very YER III M after Ier s arrva w % IN reaod te the
Empress and her horse hnd very bad tumble.
Hor Majesty jumped to her feet like an acrobat;
lee been % spin {nio S The dank drain Of - ssdoub!e
ditch" Her steed. however, lay where he fell,
and it was found that the poor brute had sus-
tained such INJURIES external and internal, that
another horse:" cried the Empress. who, fort
unatcty, had no wounds to be bound up: they
got hes another horse. and away she went, flying
over stone walls and big enbankmcnts, until
she came up with the hounds: then she led the
way. and, as usual was one of the few who saw
the finish. The hardcst- riding bunting men we
have aro - nowhere" when tbs mighty huntress
is in the field. Some Irish ladies. ing to follow
tho Austrian Queen. hare performed curious
fents Of tlmbl1ng. One OF them WAS brought
home to the paternaI 1esidence the other day
with her leg fractured.
It is said that her Aatesty's son, the Crown
Prince Rudolph, IS coming over to visit his
mother ut her Irish hunting quarters He has
been already In Ireland, but curiousty enough
for the son OF such mother, young Rudolph
doesn't hunt There was notable hunting
gathering near Dublin one day while he WAS
here The heir to the Grown Of Austria was
therein n carriage and pair! The story goes
TINT lis Royal mother has taken solemn prom
ise from him that he will not hunt. Probnbly
her Majesty considers thut one sfave In the fam
iy to the dushing, dangerous sport is quite
enough at time Except as regards her daily
appearance in the hunting-a the Empress
lives II, the strictest privacy No communities
Vice Regal people at Dublin Castle, further than
that her Majesty sent check Inst week for &2eod
to the Duchess Of Marlborough toward her
CrNc6'E Irish relief fund.