New-York tribune., 1907-06-17
PEKING-phRIS RACE
Prince Bcrs-c5aese Tie Faro:;tc Of Thia
GrCai Mctor Contest.

fAvcrite in that tour force is the virtual
head OF the historic Roman louee or E5orehesc
E!ree his father. Don Faclo. the nominal head q
--e family. has for many years lazt roca under
Restraint rs 2 lunatic. Unfortunately he was noc
deprived sf Tie management of his affairs until lo
mac involved himself in ruin through foolish zeal
estate speculation, ana owing this the IA
nous Eo1ghese collection o. pictures. which en-
1oye4 a worldwide celebrity, also tho lovely
Villa Borghese and park - Rom> aasseI ont Of
his possession into tn haEds Of the government.
Den Sc:po at one moment mcrriored as Il
sGitor for tho hand OF tne daughter OF X X.
Vanderbilt. now Duchess Of Marlborough: but the
match did not materialize, and he married instead
the heifess of the Ferraris. O.. Genoa whose cuor-
NOUS wealth comes 10 them from tiieiE manu-
facture of silks, and whose dura title is of
tretncly modern creation.
The Borgheses. besides being Roman patrciaus
and Spanish STaGdees OF the first class. are like
wise members OF the French nobility. possessing a
SfFhch Hukedom which was conferred by the first
Napoleon in 1909 upon Prince Camille I3arshesc.
who married Pauline Bonaparte the most beautiful
OF all the sisters of the French Emperor. was
Princess Pauline who sat a model for Cauova
FAMOUS statue Of Venus. and who when asked
whether she had not been rendered uncomfortable
by the scantiness of her costume replied: oh. no.
there FIRE IN the room Pope Paul was
q member of the Rorghese family which is allied
by marriage to the English noble house Of Talbot;
10 the dGcal family of La Rochefoucauld. in
France; 10 the Belgian and German ducal houses
OF Arenberg to the Hungarian princely families of
Este;hnzy and Hunyadi, and TO the Spanish ducal
house Of A0a. In fact, II is exaGEeration to de-
scrbe the Borgeses as related to most of the great
hocses Of Europe.
They well known in the United States where
they have been frequent visitors. while of
theln--Don Lirlo. brother of Don Scini0-is I'm the
oiTloiratic service. and for n fine, believe,
attached to the italian Embassy Mt Washington.
The Borgheses. although belonging the oldest
patric!ate of Rome. form part Of the arstocraCy
that is on friendly terms with the QUirina and
Don SCipio is a particular friend of the Duke of
Aosta. in whose regiment he served for time.
Ie looks more like an Austrian or an Engiishman
than an italian having Inherited the blue eyes
ana fair hair of that once beautiful blonde, his
mother, VINO Countess AppoHyi of Hungary.
Since the restoration OF the fortunes Of his house
through his marriage. he has been able to recover
POSSESSION OF his splendid palace at Rome. which
dates from the Bcrgllese Pope Paul Y. and which
Is largely built as so many OF the palaces of that
era are WIN stone ana materlal taken from an
cent monuments, After the ruin of Don Paolo
the palace was rented for time by the tustees
OF his bankruptcy 10 the Grand Orient OF Italian
Free Masonry. much 10 the horror Of the Vatican
where the utmost relief was felt when Don Scipio
was able 10 get rid of his unwelcome tenants and
70 dispense with the money which they had been
paying him for rent.
GHOSTS THAT RIDE AND DRIVE.
People are SO much accustomed to hear Of ghosts
walking rather gliding" that il may b. as
well 70 call attention the fact that in quite
large number Of the ancestral hcmes-the country
seats and the castles of the old nobiIity-in Europe
TIE supernatural visitors make a point OF either
driving riding
Thus at Blicking Han. Lord Lothian's place in
Norfolkshire. the ghost of Anne Boloyn periodically
rides at midnight through the grounds and park in
q coach drawn by four headless steeds and driven
by headiess coachmaH All heavily drapad
in black ana Queen Anne is seated in the carriage.
holding her head IN her lap II is a matter of
TO catch sight Of this spookish equIpaGe is a pre-
1nonition of DEATH The superstition arises from
the fact that Bckling Hail in Tudor times
the home Cf Sir Thomas Boleyu and the birthplace
of his daughter. Queen Anne After her execution
by order Of her Bluebeard husband. King Henry
VII. Slr iholnas wyatt. 1ne poet ana repLte''
lover Of the I'll fated queen mother Of queen Eliza
beth. obtained possession Of hcr remains and con-
Ve;-1d them secretly in wooden chest first OF all
II 3licking Hall and from there 10 Sawle Church
hard by, where all her ancestors arc buried People
fn Norfolksire ridcuIe tho idea that Queen Anne's
ghost eyer visits Hever Castle. which once
her fayorite home and upon the restoration of
which into medieval residence for himself Will
lam Waldorf Astor IS stated 70 have spent millions
Of dollars
Around Penrith. ana indeed throughout West
moreland. Black James" the so-caIed Wicked
LORD Lonsdale,' is said 10 make a practice Of
periodically visiting Lowther Castle. the ancestral
home Of the present Earl of Lonsdale, in phan-
tom coach and six. invariably driving his equipage
over the various graves in the churchyard. with
the object Of insulting their occupants All sorts Of
extraordinary stories still current about him on
the coin+rvsido ana il is even alleged that at his
funeral his corpse objected strongly to being
buried that it actually hustled the officiating
clergyman. However. he seems to have been more
eccentric than evil, and much Of his oddity may
have 6Sn 94s 10 e great S paoT 4s oyeg 5 g With
farmers daughter and after her death he caused
her body To be eTrbalned and preserved II IN 4
great alright glass in his library at Lowther
Castle that he might continue TO contemplate her
4 SPECTRAL WHITE CHARGER.
Then there Is the spectral Earl of kildare, an
end Of every seventh year rides across the famous
CIrragh. where the racecourse and the military
camp are, carrying a silver cup IL his right hand
and holding the rens in his left. He is mounted
q snow white charger. whose shoes are OF SOLID
silver. znd the tradition insists that should the
horse any time appear with his silver shoes
out either Earl Of kildare uhe title Is
now merged into that Of the Duke Of Leinster) or
q member of the Fitzgerald family, of which he is
the chief. will "annihate all the enemies OF Ire
land
i is declared that Lord Edward Fitzgerald. the
ii-fated son Of the twentieth Earl Of Kildare and
the first Duke OF Leinster, caught sight Of this
Ehostly appartion and imagined that the silver
shoes out and that 1t was this which
LED him 10 head the rising Of '9S. which resulted
in his and his death in prison from his
wounds. His widow, the famous Pamela, who is
generally believed TO have been a half-sster Of
King Louis Philippe afterward married Mr.. PIT
cairn. the American Consul at Hamburg. Further
tradition concerning the spectral Earl Of Kildare
10 show that. if he should appear without
the silver cup In his right hand It would be an
men that the line Of Fitzgeralds would shortly
afterward become extinct.
APPARITION TO THE LORD CHANCELLOR.
Most remarkable OF all these spectral equipages
is that actually and vouched for by old Lord
Halsbury, who at the time the Lord High
Chancellor Of the realm. the official keeper of the
conscience" OF the sovereign Of the empire and
tho principal lay dignitary Of the latter its su-
prelne judge and the presiding officer of the House
o. LORDS. Some years ago nc was spending the
bItufan with Lady Halsbury In Scotland, at St.
BosWel!s, where he he'd rented the Erskue place.
one afternoon, when the weather was bad Lady
halspcry was reclining on her sofa IN the library,
while he was glancng out OF the window at the
iatoscape Suddenly he saw a rather dusty look
'ilgs o4a fashioned conveyance and pair enter tho
GROUNDS by the gate in the distance proceed
lp the drive There was a woman seated inside
he called Lady Halsbury to the window to see
WHO the visitors might be, and she too bebeId
1ne carnage driving Up. Then e. disappeared
around the corner 10 the front tn, ho,,se ord
ano Lady Halsbury waited for the bell to ring and
80. nc oCtIliafi , 10 announce the OF the vis-