New-York tribune., 1906-12-01
LADY AIMS ARABS.
p,ron,s Granddaughter in Contro-
rersu srith Homer Davenport.

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TIS :, his claims TO the purity OF blood OF the
I ho-ses which he has recently imported 10
,,n+ry from Arabia, is the granddaughter
pH met Lord Byron; the offspring, inoeeu OF
%. saushter Ada whose name figures SO he
th" A.. tn the verses Of England's famous bard
-, Is entitled TO speak with considerable
-. ~ authority on the subject or Arap horses-
80 -. onlv do her husband and herSel possess
~ extensive experience OF that mysterious
os,lv unexplored region known as AraOla
~ - .nv other n-ing white people but "llIred
ST. for ths last thirty years has been engaged
Bun iuHza,orinr 10 accliTnatize the Arab horse In
- - 80 and above al TO use It for improving the
- NJ English horses His STUD farIn OF ARA
- 81 C-abbett Park, his ancestral home IN Sus-
DE ,,.ovs an altogether international fame ana
sex - :, Arab stock which take place there
'| 10y two years are invariably attended by
-. Lovers from all parts OF Europe
AJ - .fncA yyffred Blunt retired from the dplo-
,.,o service, nearly thirty years ago. he has de-
- bs-1seIf 10 the study Of Oriental life, the
80 fo- which Is shared by his wife, Lady Ann,
,s-er ~ the late Earl Of LOvelace. Speaking
Irish and the various Arab dialects like natives,
~ have travelled all over Arabia. arrayed in
.+,-e costume. living native food and esteb-
..,a the closest kind Of friendship with the vart
.s sbsIEhs and ennirs Their hold on the goode-
II >. the latter was strengthened by the great
,r,gls-itv which they enjoy throughout the Mos
= zrorld oy reason Of the championship by VII
- rlunt Of every Moslem against the
attended IN The Nineteenth Century and other
T--,,st reviews IN The London Tines and IN
.ha- crgars Of the British press the cause of the
s-l.sn the cause of the Mosiems in India and the
r,rss Of the present Khedive and Of his grand
,s+ne- old Isulau IN fact, his enthusiasm IN their
t.hslf has compelled Lord Cron.er occa-
,o,s n have him expelled from Egypt on account
:, he trouble that he stirring up against the
r-sI,sh authorities among the native dignitartes
ard clergy.
-o,rsr-uI and devoted friend Of the Arab. Turkish
30 Fgyprtan races. Wilfred Blunt has been able
- ob-siu rom the various chiefs and emirs
snd staIlions OF the most famous and purest
N-aeds horses with pedigrees as highly priced as
those Of the descendants OF members OF the
PROPHETS family. horses which not even the Sui
-.n himself could buy. Moreover, Wllfred Blunt
-.,sKed 70 secure the entire stud Of Arab horses
r.ionsfug 70 the late All Pacha, Shereef OF Cairo,
whose stock is descended from the celebrated
-nsres which Ticeroy Abb6s 7 of Egypt obtained
from Arabia tor the then phenomenal cost Of 5000
0n This WI! show that the Blunts arc entitled to
.peak with authority the subject OF Arab
horses They are regarded from end OF
Europe 10 the other The principal experts in
ths matter and, I have said above, their
Arabian stud farm at Crabbett Park, in Sussex,
Enjoys worldwide fame, They usually spend the
sunrner there, the autumn winter and spring be-
ts passed either IN travelling about in Arabia,
-.sttng the various chieftAins, else they live
81 ths country place which they own at Matarieh,
outEte the walls OF Cairo.
When a. Matarfeh the BIunts don Arab dress,
live entirely as Arabs. restricting their association
ss far es possible 10 the natives, being intimate
terms with the Khedive and his family. Within
stonss throw OF their place at Matarieh IS the
sscre6 tree IN which the Virgin Mary is asserted
ty tradition to have concealed herself with her IN
fant when pursued by the soldiers Of King Herod.
spider having thereupon woven its web over the
entrance ot the hollow. TO convey the i'm
preston that could be concealed inside.
Ehedfve Isustl made present Of this tree 10
Empress EuEenle when she visited Egypt the
occasion Of the opening OF the Suez Canal. She
doneted & In t1ru, TO the Lazarist Fathers, who
have monastery close by, and who devote them
selves 70 its
MUCH BETROTHED DUKE
Mss Theodore shonts, younger daughter Of Theo-
dors P. shonts, chairman Of the Panama Canal
Commission. announced by cable from Paris. has
fortunately for her received a prompt denial. has
been betrothed several previous occasions, the
match being n each case broken of by reason, L
IS said, o; the unwIllingness of the relatives Of
the young girls 10 consent 70 the extrevagant Pc
cunis-y demands Of the Duke IN the way Of settle
nents One Of HIS ex-hancees has been Miss Geb-
hard niece OF Frederick Gebhard and Of Mrs
Frederic Nelson OF New York while another was
Princess katherine yurtevske the youngest Of the
natural children OF Emperor Alexander II Of Rus
sia by Princess Dolz0rouka- whom he married
morganat.calIy few months before his assassina-
ton, and a number OF years after the birth OF
her three children. OF whom he was the father
Princess D0gorouka, rather Princess Yurt-
sE'ska, call her BY the title conferred upon her
n the Inflated Gar the occasion OF HIS mar
Rage, is IN spite OF her colossal wealth, ex-
uenely ngEardIy and close IN money matters, and
was horrlfed by the financial pretensions Of the
Duke de ChauInes when he became betrothed TO
her daughter that she took all the world into her
confidence. when she broke off the match, as 10 the
reasons for ats rupture
The Duke de- Chaulnes inherited fine patrtrnony
from both lis father and his grandmother, the
old Duchess de ChevreUse. along with the titles
NJ Duke of Chsulnes OF Duke of Picquigny and OF
Marquis d'AuEeau. and he stil has house in the
Pare Norceau quarter Of Paris. and the Castle Of
Sable in the Department Of La sarthe. But he is
generally understood 70 have run through his en-
rre fortune and be pretty heavily burdened with
debt Indeed. he has long been looked upon as
being most ardent in his search for rich wife in
order q relieve him OF his embarrassment and to
rsg1ld his family escUtcheon.
KIDNAPPING IN HIGH LIFE.
There ls however some excuse for him if he is
wld. for his childhood was Of the most stormy
Description. He saw his mother driven out OF the
gloomy old castle Of Sable where he being
brought up with hts sister by his grandmother,
he Duchess Of Chevreuse. and both he and his
sister. There's now Duchess Of Uzss were tn
tneir Infancy the object Of q most sensational at
tempt 70 kidnap them from the castle in question
hy their mother and the Comte de Dion, now OF
automobile celebrity. The unhappy mother was a
Russian. Princess Sophie Gallitzin. woman
celebrated for beauty, which latter seemed
10 get the nerves Of her appaIhngly bigoted
InotAerin-law, the sterr old Duchess Of Cnevreuse
Wan 10 the knife was declared between them. The
duke. completely dominated by his mother, was In
ne act of securing judicial separation from his
wife when he was overtaken BY death. His mother
made use Of the evidence IN the case TO secure
ron the courts and from the family council de.