The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-17
Memoir Alone Landed $4,000 for
Him During tho Past Turf
Season.


Duke OF Portland, VINO mas vakeu III CSer
5000. 600 on his horses in three years, and
during ten years. ownership Of horses has
averaged winnings OF $4,000 annually.
With a small stud he has won tho derby
twlce, the St. Leger twice, the Two 10
sand guineas, the Oaks, the One Thousand
c~uineas, the Lancashire plate, the Eclipse
stakes. the Ascot cup. the Royal stakes at
Kempton, the Goodwood up, the Middle
PARK plats, and nearly all the principal two
year-Oldraceg.
or these, the One Thousand Guineas, the
Oaks and the st. Leger were won during
the past year, the dukes winnings ior tne
season being about 100000. m was
the most profitable Of his horses, contrib
utinR to the dukes gains the handsome
amount of about $4,000. st. Serf won Six
races worth nearly $4,000. and Semolina
took in the One Thousand Gulneas and
Ri. 900. The duke has been an easy leader
n English races for some time; although
shere r. a doubt as to whether he can re-
tain his supremacy next season. Indeed,
his winnings the past year were not half OF
what he took In 1889, when he astonlshed
the racing world, nj beat all records OF the
kind in England by winning $370,OOo. The
running Of his two-year-O!ds will have to
70 improved. if he keeps tho leadership IN
1891.
From the duke to the next winners IS
nuite a descent. Mr.. Houldsworth had
273. GOO to his credit, and Mr.. Miner o
x2.0OO less. MI. Houldsworth's best repre-
sentative was the ~two-year.old Orvleto, VINO
won nearly $4,000. Mr.. Miner suffered a
great loss in fatal accident to Riviera,
40. 200 in 1889, and would probably have
rut Nj. Miner first on the list the past
season. Mr.. A. w. Merry won o Y75,-
600. nearly all by Surefoot, who failed ut
me Derbv. Ascot and Doncaster; but won
the Two Thousand Guineas, the Prince OF
at Ascot, Col. North. Lord Calthorpe aud
MI. Arlington are next on the list OF win
ners. with about $4,000 each.
Col. North. tho nitrate king. has not
much to congratulate himself upon, as his
stud il both large and costly. his Two
year-olds have turned out badly. including
Himonisp, for whom he paid $4,000 as a
vearlinp. North carries on his racing sta
hle in the same ~extravagant and SNOWY
style that he does everything else. His
chief aim seems to be 70 cut q swell, IRE
s~pectiye of cost. The English four hun-
dred are not at all displeased over his dis
comfture on the race track, as they DO not
view his approaches WIN Ihvof' notwt.h-
standing his magnificent outlay. just after
the Duke of Portland's victory 1t Newman
ket Oaks. North called on the duke to con
pratulate him. The nobleman received the
nitrate monarch freezingly, and when the
latter pressed his attentions, coolly and
abruptly changed the subject by asking the
latest quotations for guano. North left tie
ducal presence deeply hurt.
MI. Abingdon, who owns Lady Rosebery
and Father Confessor, has not done much
better thar Col. North, considering the i'm
mense number of horses he has in training.
Lord Calthorpe won, with Blavatsky, the
.ichest two-year-old race Of the season, and
z-It1 bic %rtoI ~ Ahn pausnna nar oil
though he was far from coming Mp to 1885,
when he took in about $4,000.
Leopold ROthschild won twenty-six races
and over $4,000, his best horse being the
two-ysar-old Bumptious, who contributed
,eariy half the total. The Barons AlphOnse
nd Gustave de RothschiId, whose horses
re trained in the same stable, led in eleven
aces, with a profit Of $4,000. The Baron
Alphonse is a great personal favorite of
the Prince Of Wales. He is quiet and IN
assuming, makes no display of riches, and
10 said to train horses more as q matter of
duty han pleasure. He has been credited
with the remark That every rich man
towards improving the breed of 80 useful
an animal as the horse. The poor have a
direct interest in the winnings of members
OF the Rothschild family, as it is the invar-
liable rule of that house to donate every
penny Of such money to charitable objects,
IN france anu III OIe6t DIILdiQs
Another well-knOwn horse winner 10 the
Prince Soltykod, whose horse, Sheen, won
the Cesarewitch. as we'll as other races. and
who took in, altogether, about $4,000.
Prince Soltykoff has been q devotee of the
turf for many years and ID slowly making
Roadway, occupying a better position 10Y
than for . number Of seasons past. He is
perhaps the most eccentric of princely and
noble European horse-owners, having some
peculiar superstitiOns by which he is said
to be guided in sending his horses to the
track. In this, however, he is not alone,
as some Of the most distinguished owners
in England confess to a weakness for
signs and omsns. The prince is very
liberal to his jockeys, and. it is said, gives
them the lions share of the winnings
so that they have every reason to do the
best they can for him. At the same time
be takes defeat philosophically. and has
never been known to raise any question as
10 the fairness of a race. The owner of
6ainioin is Sir James Miller, whose colors
Hardwicke stakes at Ascot. Sainjoin
earned nearly all Of his masters winnings
of over $4,000.
Lord Harrington, who met some several
political rebuffs in 1880, was more FORUM
ite on the turf, winning fifteen races and
ii he had taken In the previous four years.
another lucky noblsman is the duke OF
Beaufort, who took in only $500 in 1883,
but this year rolled up over $4,000, while
his trainer, Alec Taylor, won $4,000 in six
races. The dukes victories included the
two spring handicaps at EPSON and the
Manchester November handicap.
Lord Zetland. the lord lieutenant of Ire.
land, was not lucky as a racer in England
his coiors being only three times success
full. and winnings much less than in
1889. The Duke Of Westminster. on the
other hand, added something to mis- enor-
nous income by winning ten races and
about $685. 600. His best winner was two
year-old Orion, who took $1,000. The
dukes horses were trained in the Kings.
clere stables, which also trains for the
prince of Wales, the Baron Hirsh and othel
great people. The prince of Wales was no
fortunate at the races, winning only a littl,
over $1,000. Lord Randolph Churchill
with Lord Dunraven. did much better, tax
ing in $780, 900 on twelve races. L'Abesse d,
Jouarre won for these two noblemen fou
races, worth over $4,000; and Inverness
since sold for export to the United States
won five races worth nearly $1,000.
Tbe Duke of Westminster, 1t is said, al
ways donates q good share Of his winning
to the Society for the Aid of Discharge.
Prisoners, Of which he il president. Bot
to this. and to other charitable associa
tons. he il a most liberal donor. A fairl
fortunate nobleman il Lord Durham, VIII
won nearly $4,000.
Lord R~OseberFy was not among the luck
ones this year, although he had a large an,
expensive stud, and Lord Londonderr
won only $500, being the least fortunate O
ali the nobieMen who devote much none
to their racing stables.
mrs. Coils.