New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-28
LONDON GOSSIP.
AN ENGLIsHMANs- NOTES ON ENGLISH
TOPICS.


broadcast over the country houses OF England aud 20
long The open weather continues Is hardly likely to
congregate in London. For Englisnmcn are, above all
things hunting people, and every other pursuit must
make way The chase Of The fox The absence Oh rOS
has enabled enthusiastic NImrods who httle for
wind aud en- Oy Themselves TO their hearts con
tue less ardent perpetual pounding through
heavy "pougJ" IL hardly attractive. Moreover these
Pull horses all to pieces recoltet that
six was at Lord spencers house AT
HarestOn then occupied in consequence OF repairs go
ing on at Al,horp and almost astonshed TO lind
that nearly every horse IN the mlgncent Stables Kept
up by the Master of the Pychey had more or ess over
reached himself, otherwise OF sJrts. There
had b. en- too much hunting, and tile ground had Deen
Ielock-deep Apropos of the Pytcley may
be paroned for recOlsctiBg tina, this is the wOrd which
Drought Mr. Bright or e many years ago The best
ofatOr in England being aLaueashiremll owner instead
OF cross cOdnrJ NOrhanptOushirc squire, pronounced
the te famous hunt as It were written Plch
ey Instead OF Ply tchey And the empest hea"s laughed
loudest al MIN.
The just refcrre TO terribly fertile IN hunt
ing accGens explanation whereof Ia HAT the horses
were and .raDeI before the seHson was
half over, and consequently came down with their rid
~ at dcles which wOu have given them no tronc
when in vigorous ondiOn. 1t feared mat tic pres
cut season will equally disastrous, few a"bw ard
acciCen.s having already occurred.
Death seems epidemic In England as Wen as in France
II is True that Enaud's dead OF the past week
not quite OF the rank oil GaGoetn aud General Cnanz,
but ne prominent Of them are rena kIplc Oh
account the ladies whom their death has an oted.
Lord 81 .miord ana Warrlng,o on WAS as essentially a
sporting uDbenah az "attcn Iitrd Wilton hinsetf,
but without tno SKILL nerve and astueness OF " tho
Aicked Earl" As boy, he good crickcjer anf
man rode str ighL with tne QuOrn, the ceenrrd plcd
OF foxnUuds OF whioI NJ became master Lard stamford
nad oIoau acres but IL his great weL,ta in INNER II
al "A ina tn l.td Of l.sse
gance Besides carrying the QIorn Win all tie
spendor deemed necessary by fOEhuntrs, he had az one
zine quito IA hundred rJcchOrses under tho care OF
Joseph Da anu In fact built for that trainer the
establishment known Heath House, Newmarket, now
tenauted by his brother Matthew. who In thOse days
trained Rusey for Mr.. Merry, aud won the Derby
him with Thoi m4nbv IA the year that the American
horse Umpire great favOritc. Lord stamfo,d had
sume good horses and Joe Dawson very .ucccrslu
ia getting his Oyearoids ready for early srng 90
but regarded .ho.ether his turf career was failure
Ltte Lady, after Victories beaten ia aer
great mutcn WIN NutDusA-aaid 10 have been the
heaviest biting match ia whole history OF the turf
Cambusedn, TOO, was grand bat unitcky hursc ma
LOrd STAN ord have lost hundr ds of thuu
sands bet,ng mig during his ifctiLc. There Is
about luck running contrarwisem oyca ana play
1t rs dinieul apply II IN Lord stam'ofds case. IN
astnuen as u trough ne sacrificed great eIbut, lis
soeia4 posi-. Dy two maria he ry happy
with bo,h his wives. The first marriage, with very
pretty woman, whose eyes were different
colOrs one bue and d srk brown, was regarded
one OF oiIes which overlt youth Ia apt to perpe
lraie The first Lady stamford, however, only sur
vyed marriage few years, and on her death the
bercaved peer ag n sought vile like unto the first
The second wne. who survives hiin, was one OF The
insomest Of her Time. Not received IN society,
se went TO racecOurse. aud no happier
pair Lady stamford has been an excel
lent her family aud married botn her sisters
we'll WI he reIn nh
o Wales went ERADICATE Park 10 enjoy tho
gnicent pheasant shoOLng there he was not accom-
panied by the Princess.
Very handsome, with fine, doicately cut features,
Lord stanford was within teen years. dandy Of the
hrst water always dressed with elegant taste In this
respect he was far superior to "HJry" Hastings and
the late Duke Of Newcastle, OF WHOM the former acc cd
sporting look and the latter was exactly like BARRIERS
block or "A fashion plate aud had "A curious d.ncy u
velvet and elk about his hands and neck There
fair portrait OF him IN the big picture painted on
the removal OF Tattersd and preserved
by Mr. Edmund Tattersa at Knightsbrldge Lord STAN
ford was essentially gentleman who went Ing, not
racing proper I ID to be regretted that in ms later
years ON the turf the irritation OF perpetual deeaC
should have md ced him to try and manage" his
horses. No beterhearled or more generous man ever
lived. He Kept up the superb deer crest Of Glenmore
entirely for the gratca ion Of his excellent physician,
DR.. Quain, and few other friends, and splendid IN
liberal ana kindly deeds. But gdmestcr he would
have liked ais revenge, and being Of nervous highly
strung temperament greatly elated depressed by
success defeat Many things occurred 10 irntate
Lord Stamford on the turf and elsewhere. The sOa-
zion which his marriages consigned him hordy aI-
fected him, but lie greatly enraged while 10
was Master of the Quorn, the notorious AnOnJ ma
only insisted riding against Lord STAN ord the
bye" private days, but d" chafTed the Countess
openly in the hunting-leld. Now, the Dest-natured
man IN the world does not like every in Eng
tuifn afnVi.a Ina mi
"Anonyma of the period, and Lord Stamford found
the torment unbearabe. lie was also eKasperated 10
find whonsoeyer he employed as trainer and Jockey
somebody else always knew about his horses
he did himself and that consequently he could never
get fair odds about his animals when Cey stood any
onance of winning. Often he had almost 10 Duy
money" as when he land $4,000 to 10000 Germ.
ina IN large field Of horses, aud Anybody else
could have got his money at Two or three TO one,
but Lord Stamford could get good price.
But he would not believe he was unucky. am
sure whether not tie real Simon Pure OF the re-
ply attributed TO Lord Gasgowwho to have
SAID when a friend condoed with him Oh his Illuck:
What ID nonsensel How eau man be unlucky who
has ninety thousand year,
From blue blood to beer the transition is easy :"
Ike blood, dammy' said Major Penfennls; bat Ike
% brewery that rings d man IN fourteen thOusanu
year." Sir Henry Meux-pronounee News, IL you
pieaseis dead Gtd save slr Henry ms son ana hef
growing rich beyond toe dreams OF ayarce is realized III
lows grand accumulation OF capital, tor his
unfortunate iather has been mbecile under restraint
for a least twenty years. Poor Old baTone though ne
was only beer baroueti Perhaps. however, IL Ia wrong
20 sheer at baroDes now mat England has beer
peer in Lord Ardilanu, sometime Guinness.
There we're stories abou: poor old Sir Henry Meux
before he insane from excesses OF various kinds
absolutely impossible to repeat Nothing like them
can be found excerpt In the family
Sisioy,es of Borgia, Bonaparte, and Guelph.
Youna Sir Henry followed Lord staInfords lead in
ths marriage Market having espoused some few years
400 a celebrity known Val Reece-now Lady Aeux.
with more thousands than she knows what to do with