The herald., 1896-11-29

that he had purchased racing stable
of thirteen yearlings in France, and had
also bought an estate which included
mile track. Furthermore, it was an
nounced that his horses would be trained
this winter for entrance in the various
events on the continental tracks next
spring.
In explanation of the cause of these
representations it must be understood
that w. *. Vanderbilt has always as
pired to the ownership of racing stable,
but out of Difference to his mothers
wishes he relinquished his ambition. The
late Mrs. Vanderbilt was always
strongly opposed to horse racing, and IN
her lifetime her husband always re-
spected those views, although his one
diversion was fast trotting horses. He
owned the best that money could buy,
prominent among them the premiec,
Maud s., but he would never c1nsent 10
their being raced. and whenever he sold
any of them it was always with the stip-
ulation that their speed should never be
put to professional uses.
1t has been said that w. X Vandelbilt
promised his mother long ago that he
would never buy a race horse while She
lived. and he kept his word. 1t has also
beer said that George Vanderbilt resolv-
ed never to marry during the lifetime OF
his mother. an assertion which may be
true and 1t may be false but society re-
CARDS it in the former light. Certain it
Is that for the past ten years, since the
death of w. II. Vanderbilt, he had de-
voted his time almost exclusively to the
society of his mother. In the spring.
autumn and part of the winter they
lived together in the big brownstone
palace on Fifth avenue. The summer
they spent at the Bar Harbor villa and
portions of the winter at his great pal
ace, Baltimore, near Ashville, N. c.
NOT A WOMAN HATER.
He seldom, If ever, attends any of the
society functions of the winter season,
even when given by his brothers ard
sisters. This caused some folks to say
that he Is a woman hater, but the truth
OF the matter is that he is exclusive in
the choice of friends, and the miscellan-
eous aggregation of people he is forced
to meet at any large social gathering Is
not to his liking. He is genuine stu
dent, with love of saturating his in
tellect with heavy knowledge, and the
butterfly intelligence of the smart set
naturally does not appeal to him.
The trend of his mind is clearly shown
BY the work now in progress at Balti-
more. Ten years ago. when he began
purchasing land there, 1t was presumed
that he merely wished to establish
vast game preserve more laborate even
than those of the nobility of England.
Mr. Vanderbilt allowed this supposition
to live for many years without contra
dieting it. Yet he had in mind, and is
now working 1t out in his own unosten-
tatiouss way. the establishment of an
almost untried scinece. and if he is sue
cussful the fun measure of that success
will not be apparent until the end of the
twenty first century, two hundred years
away. And in every possible way he
has arranged his final affsars so that the
work will be carried along by each sue
oeeding generation of students, un-
hampered by lack of money or fields for
experiment. s:k
AN ELABORATE TASK
This particular science is that Of ar.
toyiculture. Plainly stated, It 10 his nur.