The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-09

MAUI DI htbOoI. MI. -, ohEkoE stCuEea thio
promising two-year-old colt.
From other properties there we're notable pur.
enema iSs %sro S Golde s'4 RSd ns ssSs q a'Y bay s sslains by Sy
Bend or-Pepnnce, by Hermit. Mr.. Broderick-
Cloete. who has, not been TO the front on our
fSSisSS " IsSoi.. a daushter Of GSiopin and
Dart, by Thunderbolt, for 1000 .guineas. The
figures on. this day. as in others. and q worry
promisingly: bred one was taken out OF tho French
T pSnc was g PSI sin Sy mr. e S Say Sos SSmSs o sSt S Sy I ISieSss
oam SImonetta, by ST. Simon: Uniting some
nno racing strains as this colt does, he ought to
the brood mare Miss Simon 1850 by 8. simon
=Iosyal. by Adventures; and this popular
st. Simon and Dodona for elo guinoas, and
young mares by Galopin and Donovan at mod
a ffare PISS nsss,. tbS S fESnSs n.sf MtRs ing mf foS
ll,85o guineas to enrich the famous hdras Of
vey some idea of the Judgment and enterprise
are being recruited. And i doubt not Sonic good
racers will DO the produce, II any readers take
a9s.es IN training went Ct al sorts Of prizes,
Davies for .75o s%ninsSs; Lord Key. three years
old. by Chittabob from Bedford Lodge, to Mr..
M III hn sd for 500 p Mn T = E 81, 0Sn 9or 11t two sS, year:
the Same gentleman taking q bargain, 1t he only
gets l back xh his temper; i1 the The M fDG,Sr.y ga I'D
R~uinoas. But what shall l say of the bargains
There was no end of them; too many, In tact.
Sweet Auburn, by Sweetheart, six years old. very
speedy weight carrier, for 7lo %guineas; the gray
guinoas; Little Red Rat. 4So gnineas; Kopeley.
BY Doubloon. for 300 gnineas: Featherstonc; By
Swillington, for l25 gnineas; King Tartar, 300
Ruineas, and q score Of others.
Ravcnsbnrg, one Of ogr new sires, had eneenr,
gnineas for his colt foai out OF Northuinbria;
and Mr.. J; Blake took q good;looking Ally
a n% su Dg A%Sh sSat tSs Whim aOf Stu stSd s oonsinsont
young mares Of breeding BY Hswkstone. ahand.
thousand. This sort Of thing does not pay breed
Some other brood mares by stayers were better
appreciated: Count Palffy got Becky Sharpe
msss sn by EbbtzsH1% omn,sS SiDa Lass sss for OGt 2S Mit SH%in.
friends, as usual, tho mare Dorothea 1855, by
Sterling, her dam Cherry Duchess. being gur-
sist in perpetusting this fne old blood. Miss
goes To tSs ch diisdSsI; p Stud aff or 7So euins sesF''0'
Hunt balls are in favor. The old associations
in noH This n r0 sP%s f Esf sSipF i ssiT5yi well F Fssp' R w 3Sss
the members Of the Rufford Hunt. was the last
notable. one before Christmas time. Rufford
once prosperous Clstercian monastery, and was
sisge Of redcoats and ladies adorned Chiefly in
white. who danced to the strains OF the south
NOtt 8 yGOmanry DanQ. PelnB, DrlRnt llRntB,
flowers. and fair ladies revived one Of those
pleasant winter functions Of an old English
country house which 1T is pleasant to find sur;
refined hospitality the changes and nckleness of
time. There are those who would change
But these are one feature which there is no need
for any extreme enthusiast to wish transformed.
abbey Entertained the Ruirord liz and t1cre
was q large gathering. among others the Duke
and Duchess OF Portland. who drove over from
NEhnrn thAFA - Urans vi iaQ n
this kind now and then in the famous sub
terranean galleries. built at an immense expendi.
Earl and Countess Manvers from Thoresby. the
Countess of Jersey: the Countess of Waldegrave.
E Let: SeU aaa c SSaane"; a 70; ri anf ho aq0 E tiSalsi
Manners. the Hons. A. and II. Guest, viscount
yalletort. Sir Richard and Lady. Fitzherbcrt,
Hyde. Lady Jane Combe. Lady Mary Viliiers.
Lord Burford. Lady Evelyn Crichton, the Coun.
yiscount Newark, Major Shuttleworth. Miss
Dorothy Helyar. Miss, Sayile Lumley. Capt. Til
Butler But who with ttSS'n many more @e0 were se'r received by
Lady Maud Rolleston, wife of the Master of the
Hunt. Mr.. Launcelot ltolleston.
Hunting Ia of course de rig'teur now. There
are still such genuine sportsmen, here as would
almost let their roast goose and pudding wait
shires. The buckhounds are still a sore point.
They have haG some followers OF The right sort
hunting. it has pecuIiarities Of Its own. "Those
who have participated in IT. remarks truly an
old author, Cecil" represent this kind Of
conceive 1t to be so. To Wow one of these splen.
did red deer come bounding, from the thicket
free animal. pursued at that moment by mono
but the ~tufters, whom by his looks he appears to
interesting scene. And then when the anxiously
waiting pack Is laid on the scent the pace Ia no
doubt terrific. To follow them over so wild
thirty miles. where trcacherous boys and i'm.
passable rayines impede tho progress OF the
immeasurably superior to that. which is expert:
enced in the ordinary mode Of stag hunting
in England with the buckhounds. Tho Devon
and Somerset. perhaps. more than most others
Of the dozen stag hunts left w. = retain the orig,
buckhounds they arc forever talking of abolish
ing. but never quite doing it. do not see MUCH
vale OF Aylesbury. with Lord Rothschild's and
her Majcsty's, there is still fine stag hunting TO
don't know what kind of tribunal they have
referred this matter to. or what the final de-
cision may be about the buckhounds. but some
This chase. We have a sporting Judge. by tho
VAIN fact; three of cSiut as many lead cad
Russell. knows the turn OF q Thoroughbred as
well as most men. and Lord Justice Hawkins is
e eaTs the. To Se care S 10 tr sn's po rs sSsf'fp5y Sb bic o s0Fs y,
is q very shifty Judge OF such a matter.
,s A nf Hasnin OF io 0ns or h.1 these @o Gen : enna ;.H MT.
TRAITOR had he occupied the tower he built for
himself overlooking the Haw, and whence he
intended to continue his pursuit OF the chase
when old age deprived him of ability to mount
his hunter. From such an observatory one
might decide better on this subject. This was
the gentleman who nearly existed on fox hunt.
Ing down in the Quorn country, and ii Is said
his image was perpetuated on the old.feshioned
brown ale and cider cups, from some OF which
you may still drink at our village inns.
That the States will BIO formidably repre-.
scented on the race courses here next season
there Is already some evidence; and / hear some
youngsters are due. rs i send this, at Newmarket
from New York consigned 10 the Beresford and
Loriliard partners. The wonder" Is we do not sec
more of your countrymen owning racers on this
side; though for that matter our own col rs
are not much seen on your side. Once begun, 1t
would not take long to make such cross pur-
poses fashionable. 1t would be difficult to say
exists in these matters. EnElishnen hear
extravaganza tales about Yankee jealous.
les. and doubtless some of our owners
would approach certain American race
courses with something more than temerity.
We may get over these little feelings. After all.
England is, despite some prejudiced opinions
spread mischicvously. as Tolerant a sporting
ground as any on earth. Even our Derby has
been won four times since Blair Athol's year
by Count do Iagr nRe in 1868 with Gladia-