New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-05
OLD SPORTING WAYS.

OLD SPORTING WAYS.
When these things have been said, only the
smallest part of his youthful educatoa mas pee"
touched upon. He was an enthusiastic io~-
hunter. and that implies his training as horse-
man When the Prince Of Wales, the coming
George w. asked him to purchase some me
horses at Vienna, It was with full kno"ieose
of his delight In the science OF the stable anu
the turf The editor of these volumes ah'ci-
pates the readers surprise by expressing MS
own at the fact that Sir Arthur Paget az VI.
emma prided himself upon the possession VI
thirty carriages and a corresponding number OF
horses His magnificence was such that ne was
known in the gay Austrian capital as THE En-
neror." He loved dogs. too not harmless, curled
darlings but the real British bulldog. One OF
the most significant letters, in Its way, OF this
collection shows that he had encountered one
bulldog which would "et CO." and that MS as
gust was equal TO the occasion. 1t Is the oog
fancier who betrays the ominous incident
have learned" wrote Henry William Cole, other-
wise unknown to fame, "by my latest letters
from Germany that the dog which had the
honor Of parting with to you has been beaten
by a German dog. AS II is thing CONSIDERED
impossible in England that veritable Enghsh
bulldog can be vanQuished by any other dos
except one OF his own species. nave some Tears
that there was negligence on the part OF your
people." That the dog somehow or other must
have been out Of condition is Master Coles
opinion Il am not in the habit of deceiving
arvhodv " he adds and as this misfortune is
very Notifying to me, SHALL on my return to
I,eipsic for the St Michael Fair make you what
ever amends YOU deem suitable. AS soon as
return to England If you incline to risk Sec
ond trial. promise to send you dog that VIII
whip anything in Germany, without exception.
and If you wish to make match upon MN L
shall be content to take an interest in IT, Ihere
is no record that this offer was accepted. ana
Sir Augustus Paget remarks that he was not
previously aware and nov regrets to learn, that
his father encouraged dogfghting He asks
due indulgence for the tastes and habits OF the
time and adds: Il place this letter with the
Vienna correspondence because know that my
father had a large, fierce sort Of bulldog. whose
portrait 1 possess while he was at Vienna ana
I remember to have heard that one of the gentle
men OF the Legation, who lived in my fathers
house happening to come home rather late one
night, was stopped on the staircase by this
dog and was not allowed to go. either UP OF
, down stairs until he was released next morning
by a servant"
Sir Arthur Paget also patron OF the
prize-r!ng and that fact is associated by his
son with the characteristics Of the set TO
which he belonged in England This was the
intimate circle about the Prince OF Wales IL
needs only the testimony Of the Princes own let
tiers TO show the footing which the young
diplomat stood in this group Of nobemen and
men Of fashion. The Prince wrote him that In
his absence his wise and witty sayings were re-
mernbered and quoted. and in every eXigency
the question was what Arthur would say. His
health was drunk in bumpers innumerable, and
the earnest advice Of the Prince was that he
should drop diplomacy. return to England and
make career for himself in Parliament. The
return to England was always part Of Sir Arthur
Paget's own thoughts In every foreign capital
to which he was seat he felt himself an exile
Absence from his native land Is the only cause
he ever gives for complaint on his own &C
count He not eager In his ambition. and
he put on paper once at least his reluctance 10
be- favored merely becals Of the influence Of
his family. After he had been in the diplomatic
Zine" to use a favorite word Of his time. for
about ten years and had had experience at Ber
lin Munich and Palermo he annoyed 10
think that he should have consideration on any
grounds except those Of personal merit. To his
mother the Countess Of Uxbrdge. he wrote,
deprecating the efforts OF his father in his be-
half. The case ONT where new Ministry
had come IN with whom Sir Arthur Faget differed.
particularly on the pon: Of Catholic emancipa-
ton in Ireland He cited the insuficiency OF the
pay waived his desire TO live in England as
matter OF secondary consideration. and then
touched the point where his feelings were keen
est by asking II 1t would not be most agreeable
10 all concerned that he should be selected spon-
taneously by the King and his Ministers. ~
have now" he added been and off to make
use Of a vulgar expression) above ten years at
this work and If at the end Of that time am
TO be employed only by dint Of Family Interest,
be assured the situation cannot be worth hav-
ing"