The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-07
LANDSCAP ESSOLD
TSbURG MAN.
Sir Alfred East Disposes Of
Valuable Collection to
Robert c. Hall.
TEXAN TO MARRY A COUNTESS
Amusing Escapade Of Party Of
Rich A m c rican
Youths.
EXAM TO MARRY A COUNTESS
NY VANCE THOMPSON.

Paris, August 6.-Sir Alfred East,
of the Royal Academy, g. London. has
Just sold his magnificent collection OF
to Robert c. Hall, of Pitts
burg. The sale was completed at AK,
where Sir Alfred has been trying to
cure a form Of go.t, brought on, he
claims. by the too generous hospitality
of his american friends. This collection
of paintings was on view last season in
the United States, ana ar. Hall intends
them for his e>untry house of Ross
Farm.
He is congratulating himself on the
acquisition, which. If very costly, he
is at least sure is authentic. 1t Is
well known that high duty has been
paid at the port Of New York on some
10000 Corots. Now the number OF
pictures painted by that famous land
scape artist amounts altogether to less
than 1000, hence there certainly are
many spurious Corots grazing the
walls of American millionaires. The
collection purchased by Mr.. Hall is
known to be absolutely genuine.
Rings have been formally exchanged
in the engagement OF a fortunate
American youth to wealthy and
titled foreign woman. The happy
young man is Mr.. King. Of Fort
Worth. Tex. He Is a son OF ex-Gover-
nor King of Texas, and a large ranch
owner In the Lone Star State. His
tiancee is the Countess Won Bylandt.
wealthy widow, who owns magnih-
cent mansion in the Champs Elysees,
Paris.
Curiously enough, there are two
Countess Won Bylandts; both are
widowed. and both are women of large
fortune They are relatives and are
connected with the Austrian ambas-
sador at the Court of st. James. Mr..
Kings fiancee has a son fifteen years
old. Young King has been in Paris
for the past year, and has won fame
as a roller skater at the rink in the
Palace Victor Hugo. Here he was en-
gagged as professor and skating teach
Ell, In which capacity he attracted
much feminine admiration, being the
only teacher at the rink who declined
personal tips for instructions. al
though he is known to have compro-
missed by accepting an occasional
scarfpin.
A Lachrymose Countess.
It was here the Countess Won By
landt first made Kings acquaintance,
and so much In love with him was she
that If upon entering the rink he did
not drop all his other pupils 1mme-
diately she burst into tears. The
countess owns stable Of splendid
Anglo-Arab steeds. and she and the
young Texan may be seen galloping
along the shady bride path OF the
Bots almost any morning even in this
questionable season.
An amusing escapade of q party of
rich American youths at AK les
Bains has given rise to much comment
among the few society folks left In
Paris. The day before yesterday E.
Fl. McAdoo. accompanied by three col
lege ohums-E. v. Longhaty. Jr.. Of
Philadelphia University: H. H. Jenkins.
Of Baltimore. and S. v. Brooks. OF New
York-arrived at AK in the McAdoo
automobile on q tour OF the French
watering places.
They dined at the Grand Hotel du
Nord, dressed and went to the Villa
des Fleurs for q quiet little game
OF baccarat. where In q very short.
space of time they lost all their money.
Desiring to continue this most inter-
esting game, they took a recess. while
their first-class steamer tickets to
America were exchanged by the COM
pany for the Storage. Thereupon. I'M
daunted, they returned to the gam
bling tables. where they again lost.
When dead broke from every view
point they held council Of war and
decided to pawn the automobile. but
the hotel refused to advance any
money on the car, though they some-
how managed to raise funds to enable
them to get to Trouville, where they
hoped to get their friends and obtain
help.
broken sports and Big Horse.
Young McAdoo Is very glum. how
ever, and told your correspondent that
he was sure they would all starve be-
fore the hoped-for help arrived. Nc
Adoo, ST., sailed for New York ten
days ago, leaving the boys plentifully
supplied with money.
The biggest horse that ev.r went
across the ocean left France to-day
to sail on an Atlantic Transport liner
for New York. He Is Galba. a big
black Percheron stallion, born at
Nogent le Rotrou in April, 1900. He
weighs $500 pounds. is IS hands high,
and so broad across the back that
he looks like barn door, There IS
not white hair on him.
This enormous black horse has been
known In the horse-raislng distrlcs
of France for the last few years as
BLACK Beauty" The price paid Tor
him was $4,000. Galba Is not q gentle
beast He was brought to Paris by
special car and special gangWays
were built to get him from the cross
Channel boat to the Thames dock
Colonel James B. Mclaughlin. OF
Columbus, O.. who has taken over big
horses to America for the last thirty
years, and who has thus created In
the United atSset the heavy draft
horse type. says:
"Galba Is the biggest horse I have
ever seem"
IL all goes we'll with the Minnesota
steamship, Gnlba will land in Now
york about August 16 The French
government Is greatly interested In
the export of big raench horses tc
America, : and has made Colonel No
Iaughlin Chevalier of the Legion OF
Honor, also commander of Merit Agri.
cola. Tho colonel, with the red RIB.
hon OF the Legion OF Honor and the
biggest horse in the world are on the
same steamer.
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