New-York tribune., 1901-01-31
THE PASSING THRONG.

w A. Erase of Toronto the well known su- |
thor of "Mooswa' and other stories. spent some /
time in India. where he became sc- |
KNEW LORD quainted with Lord William Beres- /
BERESFORD ford. the second son of the Marquis |
IN INDIA. of Waterford. Lord William has /
peculiar interest foE New-Yorkers, !
he married the Dowager Duchess of MarIbOr- |
ough formerly Mrs. Lily Price HamersIey of this 1
city.
Lord William Beresford." said Mr. Fraser at the |
Waldorf-Astoria yesterday, was one OF the best
was there He was some feet inches hest tall With
gray-hlue eyes and the figure of an athlete. In /
constantly in steepisehases and hurdle races He
if ever there Senf lived ene e Snd g@
and military secretary 10 at least three Viceroys
him stiii more Widely known All in an. he WAS
a unique character, for he combined in his make
tenacity and courage OF the Engshman. the versa
debonair politensss of the Frenchman, That he
was very sharp and shFewd the following tale
A little American called Archer was out there as
bookmaker on the Indian racecourses- Originally
called the Southern Star Minstrels. When this
making g as eeGS means 10 earn his living Lord VIII
lam had horse entered at one Of the Rangoon
In reply to his inquiry as to the odds Archer named
This s"G4 made Eord " Wiiiam angry and he asked
Archer if he expected that he lord WiIliaml would
in error my lord answered Archer. your betting
is nothing to us. We don't want it. When you
Ing Ing to t to you the money H We o9 MAKE nfo
had pulled off some big coups with his horses.
He had great generosity in his nature and could
rajahs and native princes in billiards, professional
PLAYER came out from England He was college
taken up. Lord William particularly took fancy
90 on h9 ys fhe0q Se races Gs h hV
where gentlemen and officers meet to buy chances
liar to your poolrooms. AS they are against the
law, these lotteries are termed ordinaries"
Lord William had always been a good friend of
the billiard player" MIR. Fraser continued. land
yet when his horses came
FIERCE up at the ordinary the biiardist
BLOWS FOR entered the bidding and compelled
A RUDE Lord William to pay forced price
ENGINEER. in order to buy in his horse.
1t was a bit of bad form. and
made BeresfOrd exceedingly angry. l think the
other must have been drinking a little too
much, for he then went and plunged on the races
in amount wholly beyond his means. The re-
suit was that he went into the hole for rupees
1900, and. not paying up, the stewards informed
him that if he did not settle within certain time
his name would be posted defaulter While
the distracted billiard player was casting ABOUT ABOUT
for way in which to raise the money. ne received
a second notice from the stewards apOlogizing for
tion disclosed the fact that Lord William had made
settlement as soon as he heard or mis- Irlehd
He used to boast of his falls at riding and offer
to wager that his collar bone had been broken
him get two fearful falls. and both times thought
Wilson An,an who was formerly a butcher in
San Francisco. drifted into India with circus,
he began to import horses from Australia -walers.
as they are called-and among others he brought
over a big cream colored morse called Jack Inls Inns
was the same horse that the Governmeht Fter
gave to Abdurrahman. the present ruler of Al
ghanistan B4resford one day had the mount
Jack in hurdle race az Calcutta. Jack struck
rouse. and il threy. him on his side Lord Wiliara
waller simply ploughed Lord William into the
paddock: There goes Beresford at iast'
That fail would have killed any one else. yet IN
and later l saw him take smasher in almost the
zone of the most popular tales about him was the
manner in which he whipped the engineer at the
Hourah station. HouTah is Just across the river
indian Line. the railroad running to sinla. The
Viceroy,Lord Rip0n | think1was going up eoHni i
charge of certain Of the arrangements. When he
arrived at the station Lord William went up 10 the
engineer no one else heng about, and asked him
slowered at the dapper figure before him for an
Lord william received Back he Vent to the Sta
tion master and reported the man for tnsolence.
he say that| he gaSped. and then eagerly, Why
didn't YOU knock him down" Lord William whis-
tied SO that's how it stands is it2 he comment
ed as he stroed toward the engine My man.
he explained. In his gentle languid voice to the
surly engineer. I just repo. ed you to the station
| ought to have knocked you down. AS those are
his orders I've come back To do so
This is what call pie. quoth the engineer. as
he laid down his oilcan. tn krock your block off
didn't. To his surprise he was punched and handled
in a manner that puzZling il was efec-
lam carry out the station masters suggestion that
the engineer at its end was better ntted 10 occupy
a bed in hospital than train The next
time said the aide-de-camp. he brought his
lesson to finish. I should advise YOU to return a
civil answer to civil question What the engi-