New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-21
LONDON GOSSIP.
AN ENGLISHMAN'S NOTES on ENGLISB
TOPICS.


Last week we were quite overdone with
horse-racing. There meetings all the country
the most important being unquestonably Manchestes
The great race, the Cup handicap with $4,000 added
money. fell the previously disappointing Rorneo whe
we'll in the Derby last year and was beaten In the
Manchester Cup won by the celebrated Florence and
again this year in the Leicestershire Cup won By
whiteock. He this time backed for great stake
and won pretty cleverly although some tbiak Mr..
Hungerfors Xema ought have beaten him. He is the
property OF Mr. Jardine Of the firm Of Jardine Matheson
Co., China merchants, carrying vast business.
Mr. Jardne who bets more than five pound note
himself has been very successful on the turf having
the sGuineas" and Derby with Pretender, the
Guneas with Boutwell,, the Royal Hunt Cup with
AcrostIc and variety Of other He has also won
the champion dog-race known as the Waterloo Cup In
the Manchester Cup Mr. Gebhards American racehorse
Eole started but apparently with little hope Of
winning
American votaries of the turf viii be amused TO hear
that Mr. Ten Broecks portrait ia about to appear in
large picture Of The Lawn at Goodwood," containing
many capital portraits Of the English aristocracy The
English stable mind" 10 quite innocent Of what 10
meant by sportsman " in America
The extraordinary success Of the recent Masqus Of
Painters and Artists Ball is explained by the and
time expended In compelling the theatrical costuers to
make the dresses from copies of historical portraits
Thus Mr. Kelley Halsweles superb dress made after
artist There Is always great difficulty In preventing the
stagcraors from prettfying things until they COM
petely lose their character. Notwithstanding this
difficulty Mr. Irving has put Olivia" very correctly on
the stage especial having taken 10 dressing
young Sqare ThornhM Mr.. william Terriss looks and
plays exceedingly well the fine gentleman Of the
period with strong undercurrent OF brutality.
The dinner to Mr. Edmund Yates, editor and proprietor
of The World brilliantly successful, despite the
u fha
was received Everybody that every wit and humorst
London. struck with the similarity Of q compile
menary dinner to editor fresh from Holloway Prison
to tho friendly lead Is called given by the predss
tory classes to Of their pals when he comes out Of
his trouble" they call penal servitude. A. friendly
lead Is established In this thief who has some
cash in hand buys rich silk handkerchief Beeher,"
Birdscye or Bandanna fogle" such costermongers
wear round the neck and call Kingsman." This 10
rallied for at a shilling head by perhaps fifty sub
scribers. The Kingsman Is paid for, some beer and
tobacco laid n and party meet for festive evening
The winner Of the kerchef always presents 1t to the
guest of the evening. together with the balance of
pound or two in money AMI wishes him better LUCK for
the future. What aimed ut and triumphantly
attained In the OF Mr.. Yates not money bus
complete and honorable rehabilltatonopcn and clcae
proof that the malicious paragraph written BY Lady
stradbroke had not injured him in the estimation either
OF the literary journalistic world OF that nscrutabe
and inefable body known as Society" Poets poll
ticans. painters novests, dramasts, historians ana
journalists a. well society" rallied round the return
horse Holloway. The chair was taken py LORD
Brabournc better known Mr.. Knatchbull Hugessen.
sometime NJ. p. for DISTINGUISHED Sandwich, around
whom were seated Lord Grsve, long known rs Fulke
Grevie Liberal whip under the last Administration
Mt. Robert Browning, Lord Houghton Monckton
Mlnes,, Mr. Justin Mccarthy, NJ p. father and aon)s
Mr.. Leicester 0'Beirne. Mr. W. G-oodfrey, OF : Par
| venu and Queens Shilling" fame, NJ. George
Boughton, A. r. A., the rival sthroatists," Lennox
Browne and MoreIl Mackenzie. DIR. .Quain Sir Henry
Thompson, the bonesctter" DIR. Wharton Hood. Mr..
George Lewis, of legal fame, Mr.. J. C. Robinson NJ
Archibald Forbes. Mr. Pearce. Mr.. Lucy and Mr.
Bernard Becker, of The DAILY yecs, Mr.. Hartman, OF
The Morning Pos, Mr.. q. W. smalley, Mr. Comyns
Carr Mr. Whistler Mr. Abbey the American artist aud
co.partner in book with Mr.. Boughton; Mr.. Parkinson.
Mr. Glover General Hill, Major Grths, who wrote the
Chronicles Of Newgate"; Mr.. Ashby sterry, Mr.
Horace voules OF I7t and the agreeable and greatly
courted writers turf subctes Mr. Langley Payo, or
the great Berd Or and Mr.. Conyns Cole Bras DC
Fer and Our Van y OF The World and Baieys Sport
iag Magazine II had tried to pick the best from the
Highlands of Upper Bohemia better selection ooul1
have been made Tho city. too. was capitaly repro
sencd BY Sir John Monokton, tho only man In England
who Is not q peer entitled to sign bis name plain
Monekton," without a pre- name. The Navy found
capital exponent Edward Reed and general society
was represented to the extent OF come two hundred
of less mark In their several walks OK
life. The speechmsklns much above the Average.
Lord Brabourne made decided hit and Mr. Yates spoke
in exactly the right key sound In tene temper tasto and
feeling, without any trace OF latent bitterness.
One of the reasons why Mr. Langley and Mr. Cole held
almost little around them was because the Yates
SATURDAY. was the last before the Derby which
by Mslton In accordance with prediction ssnt to Tbs
TRIBUNE some six weeks ago. Everybody wasiwantinR
to know the final opinion OF these eminent soriDes ON
the Derby, the consideration whereof was becoming
serious all very well to go on through the autumn
winter and spring betting the Derby as though there
were no hereafter there is such thing as Settling
Day aud tho minds OF young and old arc Ike TO turn
sadly to their books te day for comparing befs e.
the Saturday before the Derby when the little volumes
are apt to present the appearance OF tho historic bull
finch or OK feLce concerning which the enfdM trsos
looking on said to the cocSney sportsman who was
orning or hesitating at taking the leap: Over you
co. sir The more you look at the less you will like It
II was In fact ueklish Derby. Those who knew bcss
were aware that Melton notony the best performer
of hjs wear but tons" than his running showed
him to be- But then he had q bowed sinew and the
question whether he would break down In training
or worse STILL Ia actual Fortunately he was
in the care Of q trainer Mr.. Matthew Dawson VINO
maintains that II horse cannot do his work at home ~
cannot win big aud consequently Melton camo 70
the post In the pink OF condition since he ran IN Tue
Payae Stakes he has wonderfully improved But whss
stuck in tho thoughts OF Lord Abingdon and oil opponents
of Melton was threefod reason Firsty, Melton nlshs
break down. secondly he was . small horse, thirdly
Paradox ran nearly up to his form In tine Two
Thousand Guineas They argued and as 1t ap ears with
acme reason that the Chopet colt was an indnerene
auna that his close race with Paradox snowea tnas
the (iuueas % false race. BE this as IL mays
\ Il wss desperate race Wednesday last Tong
before they approached the winning post Melton aud
Paradox had held beaten aud fought out the Issue
between themselves. I don't know whether Psralsx
WAS going better than Melton the last stride but 40 tar
as coaId see my box, Archer clearly otode WcoD
And would have the other one II u bad been ns
| mount. He rode what is called here , well uneH
race that Is to say, just on tho post ~ mssnh
cent display Of mind and muscle. have never seen