New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-03
PRINCE STARTS A STABLE
Fn.rLgnd's Future King VIII ONLY
Race Horses Bred By Himself.

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- - "a nc-fsctlv rue that the Prince CO
---ies has determined TO 20 in for racing, as an
-.s5 N these letters some months ago, yet
:. VII be tz-o years or more before his colors VIII
= - m the turf owing 10 the de,tsica OF TIE
De - rasr aprarert 10 run only horses tAat he
80 himself Moreover. he proposes 10 breed
- -scing purposes only and not for Gale he VIII
- h.1v vearlinSs and pat them in training, nor
~ -, - ,.7uire older horses To- the purpose and
- curse which re has adopted VIII commend
-ssrg 70 ali those who arc Interested in racing
- there IS more true sport n rurniE. horses
= o-e-s own breeding ttsan animals acquired D.
purchase -, ,,-,o,,,,-o. +be
=. rorsd of which Gold Place. Lily Palmer and
- ~, are orartered at Lord Marcus Beresfords
= t.r,r, At Newmarket. and Gold Place has a.
-, = fuv Coal by Persinmon = IS UNDERSTOOD
,r,t Richard Marsh, the Kings trainer. VIII
..rantuaIly haze charge OF the princes colts al
T,5ge-tou House. Newmarket
r-be nr,nces coIors have not yet been definitely
,..a--,i-a9 but they viii be similar to those OF
-. King save that there IS 10 be greater amount
:, -os-ar in them Until YEAR or so ago the helF
-,a-e-t was rather apathetic about horse racing
- he interest which he has developed IN the
list SIX months III the sport insurlng as II uoe7
80 support OF the crown to the English turf IN
no rsx- reign. IS matter OF qualification TO all
.rose Priro-s wro look upon horse racing as ther
rational sport par excellence
A. a general rue. claimants TO peerages are
,osI- If Tbs cannot BE said. however. Of Cod
n Butler Meade Swift. Of Foglksrath Castle
7rrb Sheriff Of the County Of Kilkenny. VINO claims
= he Lard Carlingford. a title 10 which his @atheF
bss likewise prstensi.ns. Indeed. re was known
throughout his life 'NiscoCnt Carlingtora. Al
,.ough Re never succeeded in establishing rs
-.shrs 10 t.e reeraee TO the satisfaction ~ me
committee Of Privileges % the House OF LORDS
I'D Of the Crown The Eiscounty OF tarllngIoEu
us created II 1877 and conferred upon 7aFIi-@-
sRisr OF Foulksrath Castle But he Is peleNeu 70
have died without issue n lsSt. ana tAe ul-1 =
IN ,Arstood 20 have II consequence become eNtlne'
.-,.,s- rna-obe- Of The family. the Rev Thomas
Swift was devoted adherent OF the StuaTls'
whom he accompanied into exile. he rlalrle0
grandaaugh.er q John Dryden. The poet 'ondl-'a1
swift The famous dean Of st Patrick :. came %
the same STOCK and in his account Of me 80
~ swift he has much 10 tell OF the romahtic
1o,-al-,, ~ mis- grandfather 70 the cause OF the
srrsrts the original manuscript OF 1ne VIZ.
deans work being preserved IN the Aotais "a
Trinity College. Dublin
,-ba nrase14 head Of the swift family. that is to
say he High Sheriff q County Kilkenny owns th9
extensive Swift estates in County Kilkenny ana car
low and lust at present his pretensions % the "d
Carlingford Viscounry have been brought IN!
prominence by an extraordinary SUIT insutuIea
against him BY a man who claims 70 De MS e'ISL
pTotr4r and as SUCH entitled % all the family
--onsrru L seems that his father. the late COO
win Pratt Swift. The sol disant Lord CarnngIoru.
zss man Of a rather romantic turn OF Inlno' anu
married no less than three times the pfesehs
lolss- ~ -re estates being the issue Of the third
marriage His mother was Miss Jane Ciark' o-
County Tipperary Prior 70 that the late Lo'u
Caring ord' married a Miss Jane Anne HOPKINS
and the pIaintir IT the suit 10 Obtain possession
Of The estates Is her son
The defendant repudiates the pretensions OF MS
hsIf-brother on the ground that his father having
r-a-7a- sill living at the time when ne married
Miss Hopkns his union with the latter was heces-
sarilv invalid ard the son which she pore MN
tlegftlrnare L seems that the late Loro CSIt-
ingford'' when he married Miss Hopkins mace no
secret Of MS position with regard 70 the baroness
+- Insisted thai his marriage with the latter was
Of no legal value and q mere matter OF form gone
through 70 satisfy the scrupes of the mother o. the
baroness. The latter bore son to the soi-oisalI
vfscount who received the name OF terdlnaad anu
who survived his father Some years ago he put
forward a claim 70 his fathers estates but was IN
successful in his suit or account Of his inaolnty
10 prove 10 the satisfaction of the courts that his
mother and his father were legally married and he
himself was legitimate
L IS OF the strength Of this that the present suit
IS being brought For Il the first Of the three mar
riages namely that with the baroness was Illegal
Their the second marriage with Miss Hopkins was
valid her son entitled the estates, and the third
marriage 10 Miss Clark OF Tipperary necessarily
wrongful possession Of his fathers property me
SUI IS exciting great deal ~ popular attention
II view OF the romantic features Of the case 81 the
large amount Of property involved and Of the pre-
tensions 20 the ancient irish vscounty Of CARING
fore Of 10Th the plaintiff and the defendant.
Besides the lare soi-disant ''Viscount Caringford
there was until q few years ago bona hde Lord
Carllngfora not connected in any way with the
Swift family, and who received that title from
Queen Victoria on the nomination Of the late
AT. Gladstone n several OF whose CABINETS ne
figured. He vas wonderfully handsome man
who mil his elevation the Deerage bore the
name % Chichester Fortescue, and may be said
10 have owed MS good fortune. wei his
promotion 70 TIE upper house OF Parliament ID
his having been the husband Of that much mar
ried and remarkable woman Frances Countess
Of Waldersee Her career was 4 most remarkable
one. Tie lighter Of John Braham. the composer
she married 5 her first husband q Mr.. John J
Waldegrave a cousin Of the earl OF that name
After few years he died. and then she married
his k.nsman. IRE earl. VINO in turn passed away
leaving u her the whole Of the immense Wade
grave property. extending over five six coun
ties ard including the immensely valuable Red
stock coIlieries. as wei as Strawberry Hi1. the
historic home OF Sir Robert Walpoe. Her third
husband whom she married exactly a year later
ca FOR day. was George Granville Harcourt, sor
q the famous Archbishop OF York. This unior
WIS not altogether a happy one.
socn after Harcourt's death the countess. VIII
retained her second husbands name and title unit
ms end OF her long life, married Chichester For
tesQue. who was afterNard raised 10 the peeraE
IS Lord csrlingford. and intrusted with variou
political Offices including the Chief Secretaryshil
tor Ireland. that Of the Lord Privy Seal and ais
mat OF the Lord President OF the Privy Council
~hen she dled il was found that she had made
w. according TO The terms of which she left tn
"Io4e CT her property her husband for life witt
pFuV'so that al his death it should revert 10 tn
earioom Of Waidegraye. that is TO say. 10 III
.aA'y o. her second husband Thanks 10 this
+,- p'e-e'-t Lord Waldegrave is a very mucl
r'cher man than hte predecessor