New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-12
LONDON GOSSIP.
an rycL1sHMAN's NOTES ON ENGLISH
TOPICS.

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$3.50 nv the most awful Cambrdgcshire day on record
Iso, ,bs old country there very eredape S'oi
nv rather a hurricane with snow accomphhln'n" "
stouped the racing Newmarket Heath'andah! poH W."
knows the ardor of the English mind on inc ouV" -
,roat bandcap will have "a shrewd notion OF the SUI
-, a vrould take To postpone such race On tno
following day it came off, and the American hoISo 49,
take otherwise AbbOtsford, having met WIN an
did not run; but according 10 the runhihs VI -" y.
horse Lowland Chief and the position OF sic
the finish would assuredy have been one OF inc ~ avo
had he kept sound and well. The winner wa,
named Uackness belonging TO Robert Peek inc SAM
who trained Doncaster Marie Stuart Bend Or an" o
good horses Haekness had been well "manaR'u' ~
for n hunters race and so FORTH ana 'nus n"' w.
light weight assigned 10 her 10y the hanuho'pP0
vored in this way she galOped easily up Vhe nh III" %
the greatest handicap Of the year without oe"s 'o
npon TO make an effort There are growls oil course az
The two Newmarket autumn races being won d! hoP'
and rcaded animals as they are called Dul 'uiS -
tribe compared 10 the cutlery made concerning 'H'
scratching of Thebals Of the Cambridseshre on inc
very morning OF the An owner can 90 such
n, course ON the pretence that he has been f0esueu'
that Is has not been able TO back his morse III
atiye odds: but when the wind is sailed so very ooS "
"a on Tuesday last, disagreeable things hIo S"i0 "
said During the week whenever MI CFaWiuIus S'"''''
Jacket has been beaten of delight ana yeus o uo
rison have risen from the bettlne-stahu anu ms
what ,akes IL all the worse is that the real OcV' VI
execraton not Mr.. Crawfurd, but the Do"hSea
Of Moutrose. his wife, lady whose ample "s"o "a
scarlet silk gown brought upon her the Monaco "'oN
male of Ia crosse tomato Itis the Duchess ana no' pun
Mr. Crawfrd now very feeble who manages inc laoins
.,ud which includes Thebais COrT1e Roy Machealh anu
Energy Mr. Crawfurd himself is as fine II sportsman "
ever trod the turf, and has been conspicuous oi ~"
clvalrous method of meeting his opponents NO nus
1, all the classic races the best house III New
market and entertains the best style But ne mas
very little 70 say now as the management OF his horses
II is quite characteristic Of this curious ana complex
old country that nobody says wordagaht h"per'
who scratched Hackuess for the Cesarewtch because o
could not get his money on" and then won Inc Oah
brtdccshire With erina style which showed she could
have won both races. one only smiles 700 aI INC
suartness of getting beaten in hunters race ID Or
der tn .eet weight Of for the autumn handcaps but
when Mr. Crawfurd rather the Duchess, scratches
Corrc Roy the Cesarewitch one year. wins WIN Hoi
The next and scratches Thebais ont OF the Camou t.
shire there is tremendous uprOar The reason Is pam.
Distinction is made between trainer OF Tacehorses ana
gentleman What Is clever in the one Is madin's9loe
81 the other NobleSse obiige
The burning OF Ingestre Hall, the seat Of Lord ShreNS
bury has been more than once referred 10 curing He
festivities AT Hatfield on the coming OF ge OF LORD Gran
horne the eldest son Of the Marquis OF Salisbury. The
national loss in Ingestre was purely architectural ana
decorative. There no pictures, only very Hho
late Elzabetlan Jacobean house with rich sem-cH-
eular bays Now Hatfield is not only grand oo mouse
with WONDERFUL long RdlltIS an" Ii'i III '''"''
torchouse OF pictures OF the Cecils and their coneu-
por,res which could not be replaced for any sum OF
money. The celebrated and undoubtedly authentic por
trait of Queen Elizabeth by Zoccheru Is among hen'
AT the Manor House of Cranbornc queer out-o-1e-
way place in Dorctshire they have the saddle used by
Queen Bcss when she hunted the decrn CraADorne
Chase great wild place only dSoreSted in very mod
ern times The tapestry as well rs the mouse 4''eH Is
very well preserved
isr luc lucEioT tlau the
two La, no bore courtesy title. The elder brother
OF the present Marquis Of salisbury was bind but very
motive in mind and very fond OF travelling As he was
the heir TO the marqusae aud the enaicd estates OF the
younger branch of the Cec the greatest care was taken
OF him An eminent surgeon was induced by aresuar
settlement on the estates to give mp his profession and
devote his life 10 Lord Cranborne II might have turned
ont bad bargain for the surgeon II the patient had Ved
on and on firing work going about by daE ana W
night into society with preternaturaly acuFe Dhhu
man But the surgeon in luck for poor Crahborne
died Young and the settlement for his own HE remained
Lord Salisbury, first known Lord Robert Cecil then
became Lord CTauhOrue, and with increased wealth.
position and prospects lost very much OF that accIDV
which al time made him sort of poHtca hedgehog
He certainly had had rough time of until then Asa
boy he was brought up by hand as was called Win
ont Injuries or indulgence OF any kind Well giitei IN
telectualy. he wOrkedRt reviewing ana other neih!
work actually for hard money and as Major Pendehi7
,oud say il was doosid hard begad," for the pay Of
he SGfprddg ReretC never handsome lOor t'op-
ert Cecil happening to know modern languages reviewed
the foreign literature. and allowed by the publishers
10 have the books on condition that he did not cut the
leaves and thus spoil the sale of the copy Then lie
became of Parliament for the family borough OF
Stamford and was looked forward the hope of the
family who would make figure IN Parliament ana
marry an hciress. He dashed this anticipation by
,nnrrylng the daughter Of Baron Anderson, Who, his
father savarclv said had neither family, money nor
connections" Tie eccentric old peer added something
about the present Lady salisbury personal appearance
which may not bc written DOWN.
The old marquis something more than eccentric
He bat "A wall around his park. but he built 1t OF mud
His estate ran deadheat with Old Lord Cowpers Tor
the bad omiucnce of containing the worst "pOIeIo cot
taxes IN England. There was amysterlOns IRE al HAT
field in which his mother, the first MarchioncSS OF sails
bury wa. burned in the year 1888. Her ladyshp' VINO
was Of advanced age, lived III the west wing when was
DESTROYED hv the confagraton The house was well in
enred an it said that the Marquis charged the nsnT
once company with his dinner which was spoiled one
item being brace OF pheasauts The iady III question
was equally eccentric for there are curious stories con-
corning her yet told in society one wicked ola lazy
told me that me sudden development OF intellect in the
vonncr branch of the Cecils who had been what Arte
mus Ward called "onaTy cusses' for two centuries ana
ouart,r was due admxure OF alien Dlood through
the agency Of the burnt Marchones, who whatever her
faults certainly gave brains 10 her progeny Her son
WAS eccentric but clever his way, and her grandson IS
NOT only am excellent writer and speaker but rStraie
man of business albeit too Tory for the Tory House
OF Lords Lady Salisbury also Is a woman OF clever
ness and character, and IS fcarfully toadied by the
yretchcd Hctfordshre people who want to get them
selves invited Hatfield and thus brought in manner
within the charmed circle of county society
Her adv,hp generally dspOses OF those whom should
call AT Scwuarket the ragged lot in biz bail given
once year. The rcjocngs OF the last few days have
been very well done, and the gallery. when fun OF people
and lighted up looked grand The more init
mate friends Of the family frequently asked down to
stay from saturday Monday, beastly kind OF holiday
rs rule but pleasant Hatfield where dimes on suc
fit.