Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-09

Rossmore on the other hand, is always spic
and span, perfumed and oiled as though
fresh from the hand of his valet He will
make big splash when his millionaire
father-in-law dies and leaves him the where
withal to do it. Meanwhile his lordship
judiciously lies somewhat low.
Sir John Ashley, who claims to be the
originator of the as-you-please" pedes-
trian contests, is perhaps the most widely
known and popular sporting man in En-
gland He is big, burly, breezy, brazen-
lunged old man, fond of strong language
and strong drinks. Wherever he may be he
cannot help being prominent; his Falstaffian
figure, white hair and beard, the enormous
black cigar which is never out of his mouth,
save when he is eating, drinking or sleep
ing, his loud strident voice and his frequent
boisterous laugh, all help in that direction.
1t is one of Sir Johns peculiarities to ride q
very small horse, and as he is very big and
heavy man, the effect is curious to the human
observer and distressing to the poor little
beast. He has already managed to get
through two fair-sized fortunes in the en-
deavor to make money out Of the bookmak-
ers and dwould
CHEERFULLY RISK THIRD
if he could get it. But his means are now
moderate and his betting is on the lightest
nossible scale. There is something attrac-
tive about this rollicking old baronet and
he is entitled to some measure of respect
were it only for the fact that he heartily
despises the languid set and declines to con-
form to their ways.
Sir George Chetwynd is the youngest
member in the Prince of Wales set, being
Just 40 years of age. A year or more ago he
was publicly charged by the Earl of Dur
ham with swindling the public by instruct
ing his jockeys to manipulate his horses.
1t was feared that so grave charge would
have serious social consequences for him,
but so far it has apparently made no differ
ence. He is too useful to the Prince to be
lightly dispensed with, and the general run
of sportsmen do not trouble to lcok too
closely at a mans character especially if he
be a Baronet. Chetwynd's wife is the
Dowager Marchioness of Hastings, who is a
very keen sportswomRn. Chetwynd en-
phatically belongs to the frigid set, but one
can tell when he has a lot of money on a
horse by the way in which he strokes and
gnaws his tawny mustache.
Lord Durham, Chetwynd's accuser, is
supercilious aristocrat who loses or wins
with equal indifference and never shows any
emotion He has a big rent-roll and it
would not De easy 10 ruin MIN.
Lord Lurgan, a close chum of Chetwynd,
is a West of ireland man with little of the
fiery Celtic blood, to judge from his de-
meanor He would have done we'll as a re-
porter, being endowed with a keen scent for
news. In the pursuit of information he will
made friends with anyone, from a stableboy
to book-maker. He was so badly hit at
Goodwood last year that he had to go into
retirement for a considerable time. EYentu-
ally his friends raised the money necessary
to set him going again, and be is we'll to the
fore this season.
WOMEN WHO GAMBLE.
In most countries it is considered scarcely
consistent with feminine. modesty for
woman to consort habituallv with book
makers and stablemen and to frequent race
courses. But it is all right in England.
The Countess of Cardigan, for instance, is
never happy unless there is racing goin on.
She is over 20 years of age and decidedly
unwholesome old lady. She is tall and
straight, and these advantages, added to a
curled faxen wig and well-padded bust
give her youthful appearance at a dis
tance. But when you get close the illusion
disappears, the highly enameled complexion
and the other accessories fail to conceal the
ravages of age; and one cannot repress a
shudder.
The Dowager Duchess of Montrose is as
old as the Countess of Cardigan and not
much more wholesome. A year ago she
married a young fellow named Miner,
Young enough to be her grandson, and she
is not in the least ashamed of the fact. In
her hilarious moments, which are not un-
frequent she will even joke about her
youthful lord and master, and the merri-
ment is not as a rule of a delicate character.
She is horid and tat and as big and strong
as a prize OK. Add 10 these natural beauties
the manners and conversation of ish-wife,
and you have the most unwomanly duchess
on the face of the earth. She is reputed to
be good-hearted woman but she is subject
to fits of temper; and at such times RACES
sround the ring and sweeps through the
paddock like second-grade cyclone. She
bets prodigiously but is never satisfied and
as she is strongly suspected of manipulating
her horses to suit her book she is generally
in bad odor both with the bookmakers and
the general public.
The foolish young man named Benzon,
and more commonly called the Jubilee
Plunger," or Jubilee Juggins," is, of
course, no longer leading British sports
man; but his memory will be cherished for
a longtime to come by the bookmakers
During the jubilee year he spent about
5000, 900 among them, and within year and
half squandered his fortune of about ST.
0O0, 900. He purchased an annuity, which
brings him an income of S15 week, and
he can now be seen occasionally eating a
dinner costing about 30 cents in cheap
London restaurant. He has good dinner
or outing now and then at the expense of
the bookmakers, whom he enriched and
whose generosity he frequently praises.
While he was spending his fortune Benzon
never wore shirt more than once. He has
no other claim to fame. But what a claim
it is, though BLAKELY HALL.