The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-05


| tons in all parts of the country from
his boyhood onward. While in India
| he killed six tigers in one day at Ne
| paul, and during the same tour he de-
H., rived much enjoyment from elephant
shooting and pig-sticking. The widely
| increased attention given to yachting
has been enormously stimulated by the
performances of the Britannia, and the
| prince as keenly enjoys a sail before
| the wind as the pleasures of the field
| and the race course. But from the
nature of things his patronage of the
turf was bound to attract most notice
! from the masses of the people, among
| whom it is usually supposed that the
| first race in which the royal jacket was
| carried was run at Newmarket, exact
| ly twenty years ago.
This match, between the princes
Arab steed Alep, ridden by Jones, and
| Lord Strathnairns Avowal, steered by
the late Tom Chaloner, aroused a good
| deal of interest at the Newmarket July
meeting of 1877. 1t took place over
| four miles of the round course, and re-
suited in the easy victory of Avowal,
| the Arab being beaten by thirty
| lengths. For long afterwards the
| princes position as a race horse owner
| he sometimes acted as nominator. For
| instance, he named Iroquois for the
| Stockbridge cup in 1883. This American
| winner of the English derby was own
ed by Pierre Lorillard.
| So far back as 1871 the Prince of
| Wales registered those same royal
| colors which had for so many years
| been missed from Weatherbys list. He
| has not, as a winning owner, outstrip-
! ped the total of that other Prince of
| Wales, who, previous to his accession to
the throne as George w manifested an
| immense interest in the turf, but there
| is no doubt that he will do so. Con-
! Sidering the comparatively small value
| of the stakes in the last century the
success Of the royal Jacket was stupen-
| deus, although it must be borne in mind
| that competition and the average size
| of the fields were much less formidable
| than now.
| Between 1884 and 1892 the prince won
| 1855 races, including the Derby with
Sir Thomas and eighteen Kings plates
After the dispute with the Jockey club
the prince withdrew from the turf for
some years. but between 1900 and 1907
he won III races, and then again, as
king, between 1927 and 1880, he carried
off twenty-One more. So that during
the twenty years that his majesty pat
roniZed the turf he won 313 races, in
Guiding the Derby, thirty Kings plates
| and ten cups; and it is estimated that
the total of his winnings and stakes
amounted to 100000 This record of
success is really remarkable, and COM
! pares very favorably with the majority
of modern achievements.
When the illustrious owner of Per-
simmon registered his colorS and conf
menced his ventures as an owner of
+ horses, he did it in an exceedingly quiet
| fashion. But the news that the royal
purple was once again to be in evidence
caused a pleasant commotion in the
English district on the last day of
March, 1871, and the little stand erect
ed on the course at Down Barns, near
Hayes, was quite inconveniently crowd
| ed with fashionable visitors, among
whom were Prince Edward of Sake
! Weimar and Lord Roseberry. The ar
rival of his royal highneSs was signal
lied by the playing of the national
! anthem and then six hunters were
weighed out for the challenge cup--a
three mile Steeplechase, with twenty
four fences and a water jump.
1t was the Tenth Royal hussars who
had organized this cheerful little gath
ering, and the prince entered for the
cup by virtue of his position as colonel
of the regiment. Great was the disap
pointment of the ladies that the black
champion-aS to whose quality the
critics said very few complimentary
things-was unable to beat Lord Val
entias Wellington. The princes geld
ing, ridden by Capt. Bulkeley, had to
remain content with second place and
a ten lengths beating. His royal high
Eess' serious illness at the close of 1871
and his subsequent voyage to India
stopped immediate active concern with
the affairs of the turf, and the New
market match of 1877 brought no good
fortune.
The third attempt was lucky, but the
first royal victory was obtained "over
the sticks" This was at the House
hold brigade meeting held at Sandown
park in March of 1882 Seven runners
contested for the cup, and desperately
tight finish resulted in the success of
the Prince Of Wales Fairplay-former~
ly called Findelbergen-rid by the
Hon. Luke White, now Lord Annaly,
which beat Lord Capell's Shabbington
by a neck. An attempt to win the
"cross country derby at Liverpool, in
1884, was unsuccessful, The Scot being
unable to obtain a place in Voluptu-
ary's Grand National. Nor was there
any better result in 1889, when the
prince ran two horses in a large field.
Frigate won by a length from Why
Not, the princes Magic being unplaced,
while his second string, fell. Magic
was hard-worked horse which, in his
day, belonged to several owners. The
the Lancashire steeplechase with him
at Manchester on the Easter Monday
of 1889, and Hettie also carried Off a
few unimportant races.
By pluck and sheer persistence the
Prince of Wales in a few years over
came the ill-luck that appeared to FOL
low his fortunes AT the commence
ment of the decade he began to show
in the list of winning owners, and
thanks principally to Barracuda, Pier
rette, County Council, and the Imp
(which had won the Jubilee at Kemp
ton for Sir James Mackenzie, in 1890
he was credited with nearly $1,000 in
stakes at the end of 1891. There were
disappointments, of course, as there
must be for all who take an active
part in breeding and racing. Derelict
turned out to be- an unfortunate amt
NAL, as Loyalist had been previously.
and it was not until Florizel II. ap-
peared on the scene that the prince
could boast of possessing a really high
class race-horse.
1t was on the advice of John Porter
that Perdita II. had been purchased
for the Sandringham stud, and this has
proved to be a rare piece of good
fortune for his royal highness. The son
of st. Simon and Perdita II. gave none
too encouraging an account of HIM