New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-06

opens his house to twenty -fve or thirty guests
and spends the day in taking them over his
princely estate. 1t Is on that day that he
reveals himself Yorkshire workman.
who has amassed a great fortune without
becoming ashamed Of his humble origin.
He has had busy week and he needs day OF
recreation: and he wishes TO snare with his
friends the enjoyment OF seeing his house, pict-
ures. statuary. conservatories. horses, cattle.
dogs, swine and pheasants. So he starts by
making the rounds Of the long, rambling brick
country house, with It's magnificent floors.
splendid tapestries. costly marbles and in
Vulnerable works Of art. An entrance armor-
hall leads into a wide tstuary corridor. and
further on there Is an immense art gallery. with
colonnade Of thirteen columns opening into an
other statuary-room. Above the colonnade Is
balcony where the band is stationed when these
great halls are converted into bathrooms.
The pictures both old and modern. with a
few large canvases OF the Spanish school and
many good English works The whole houss
is stocked with cJriosities from Peru, Egypt
and Africa, with trophies Of the owners triumphs
on the turf and in coursng, and with costly rugs,
tapestries. plate and potteres
The stables are almost sumptuous as the
house. and have perhaps the most complete ap-
Colonel North is an enthusiastic turfman, but
seldom sees his horses run at races. His bust
ness is so engrossing that he cannot allow himself
the luxury of witnessing victory for his colors
such occurred Saturday at Manchester;
but he loves his horses, and nothing delights
him more than to make the rounds Of the stalls
with visitors and to have the blankets taken on
Dunthorpe. Penzance and all his famous racing,
hreedinp and carriage horses He letters in
variably in the paddock where the foals are
scampering about and looks them over affection
ately Then he has his prize shorthorn cattle
brought out one by one for inspection; and there
is no better stock in England.
Then the pack OF greyhounds is produced. with
Fullerton, the most famous courser in the United
Kingdom In the lead That great dog. which has
carried off the prizes In racing three years IN
succession Is now seven years Old and is mar
vel Of intelligence and speed. Then follows q
visit to the dairy stables and TO the swine pens.
where the best stock alone is kept; and the Col
onel is at last ready to lead the way into the
woods, where the young pheasants are already
coming on in large broods. London Is only Ten
miles away but here is a wild thicket OF grea,
expanse where the owner Of the estate has Ms
shooting whenever he wants It
THE GREAT OSTEND PROJECT.
almost AZ quickly as he had mounted the boz
and turned the horses Colonel North recently
decided to enter into his Ostend project. That
popular resort, the Brighton OF the Continent
has lacked adequate hotel accommodations ana
facilities for sport Colonel North has agreed 10
invest 100000 in converting 1t into the sport
ing capital of Europe. Back Of the town there
is now A racecourse, with cemetery nearby.
and thanking both long stretch of neglected
sand dunes fronting upon the sea. For $780,
0OO which is to be paid by Colonel North the
Belgian Parliament has granted concession OF
charter which will enable him to carry out this
scheme and King Leopold has added to the
beach section portion Of his own estate
When the Government has levelled the dunes
and built I'D an embankment around the ceme-
terry to conceal 1t from view Colonel North Will
expend 81, 100000 upon an enormous hotel ntted
up with every modern appliance. model club
house for international sports, covered arcades
under glass and other buildings. There VIII
be a theatre near the hotel and church further
on, where plots for cottages are TO be sold.
There will be gardens. parks, promenades,
| cycling tracks. electric railways and possibly
travelling platform along the beach. The race
course is to be improved and great stakes are
to be offered so 20 attract the best horses in
Europe Provision will be made for coursng,
shooting. cricket and every form Of sport; and
end This scheme has received the approval Of
the King Of the Belgians and is 10 be carried out
| In detail during the next eighteen months with
| the capital supplied by the Nitrate King.