The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-28
.ereERY'S EARLY CAREER
.he Victim Of a Gang
w of SharperS.

,,ool of racing men, who only
.u him as the diplomat, man of
AIRS, and postmaster in statecraft,
4. early career of Lord Rosebery
), the English turf is an unknown
s,ptsr Probably he would be
.hi to forget that part of his life,
The could. His experiences were
,u happy
Curious as it may appear nov,
mere was time when, to the Eng
T,b sporting public, Lord Rosebery
"a, best known as wholesale pur.
,.vor of "market' favorites-in
,6er words, horses which, without
Inv chance Of winning, were never
bsless put forward in the ante.
MOTT betting to fill the pockets Of
he bookmakers and fleece the gulls
,bo were deluded into backing
hem. Lord Rosebery's horses
nisht always be implicitly trusted
% finish in the ruck when the public
boosted them into favorites, and it
as equally certain that when they
lid win it would be when no one
Except the bockmakers and the com
uct confederacy which controlled
hem could profit by the result.
Lord Rosebery was by no man
.er of means to blame for this con.
ltion of affairs. He was in those
lgs young and, to put it mildly,
decidedly "green" in turf AFFAIR.",
nd YVES completely fooled by the
gang which managed his stable.
Bis horses in those days were
n,ined by Robert Peck, one Of the
most astute schemers the English
nrf ever saw 1t is safe TO say
that Mr.. Pick, who had won the
Derby for Mr.. Merry with Don
ssster, was many thousand pounds
ncher for his connection with the
Rosebery horses.
Lord Rosebery's association with
he turf began i'll 1898, when, Under
bis family name (Primrose), he ran a
lev ceiling platers at meetings of
minor imp rtance. His colors,
which he uses to this day, were the
rose jacket with primrose hoops and
cap. 1t was not until the following
year, however, that he scored his
FIRST distinct hit, with Aldricn, a
three.year old son of Adventure,
which, with odds Of 80 to quoted
against him, won the City and
Suburban Ii andicsp. In 1875 and
1876 be had ouly a few horses, of
the poorest class, in training,
although Levant, a well.named son
Of Adyenturer, had shown some
speed as two.year.old. In this
year, too, he succeeded in winning
the Manchester Cup with the
moderate Conseil.
1t vas about this time that his
horses passed into the hands of
Robert Peck, and then his troubles
Oegao. Under the advice of this
shrewd 'wlrepuller. Lord Rosebery
bought largely in two-year-olds and
Yearliugs. Of the two.year ODDS
only four-Chevronel, Rosba;h
loWchet and La Merveille-ever
lose above selling plate form.
Throughout 1878 Lord Rose
lery's colors were prominent at all
he prime pal English meetings.
Perhaps Newmarket was his favor
lie hunting ground. Chevronel was
ssprnter of high class when in the
mood 10 try, but subsequently
aalned "of," R)sbach, a useful
Mead- winner, could show well in
OILS class at any distance, from six
larlongs to mile, but was always
more or lees OF friend to the book
makers,
In all probability the best horse
owned by Lord Rosebery in those
Jays was Touchet, which in 1881
won for him the Lincolnshire hand
Nsp-thls after two unsuccessful at.
@mpts In 1878 and 1879 Touchet,
aesVily backed by the public and,
apparently, by the stable, was IN
paced. In 1881, unnoticed by the
pOof' tatuous "talent," and starting
M ~. to l, he just squeezed homt
s s,'er a terrific fight with the agec
mals' one of Harry Halls bidder
sVoa things, against which 100 to
uSq been valnly offered.
Aofd K lsebery had always beer