The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-17
lNct FREpER1cK -or pENMARK


or against the system OF dueling.
which is as strictly forbidden by the
laws OF the land there, as in ALMOST
every other country. II seems tnal
National Racing Association at the
Mobiles Club. at Copenhagen difneT-
ences of opinion arose between the
presiding officer. Count knuth-Lillen-.
dahl, and cavalry captain of the
name OF Clauson-Kass, one of the best
known figures on the Danish turf
The captain, in the course of the DIS
pute. made charges OF failure 20 Keep
the Pledged word in certain Hnanclal
dealings against the count, whereupon
blows were exchanged. and II be-
came necessary TO pry the combat
ants apart on the following day the
captain sent his seconds to the count,
who declined to fight any duel. and
declared that he proposed 10 prlnS
the entire matter before general
assembly of the racing association,
and to ask that body to determine the
controversy between himself and the
captain.
The count is one of the principal
dignitaries OF the court of King Fred
erick, being not only one OF the latter
chief chamberlains. but also the grand
IL became known that the count had
refused TO meet the captain on the
field OF honor. former Minister OF
Public Worship, Scavenius. scion OF
one of the most ancient families IN
Denmark called a meeting at the
Mobiles Club TO consider his conduct,
and ii was unanimously resolved 10
socially ostracize the count for MS
failure TO comply with the ethics OF
honor governing society. 1t was like
wise determined to compel the count
to resign his seat in the. upper cham
Der Of the national Legislature though
the means to be adopted In order 10
force him thereto We're not made
clear.
Now a considerable molety Of the
great world at Copenhagen disap,
proves OF duelins. and has declined
10 ioin in the boycott of the count
and society in the Danish capltal is
torn apart into two rival factions.
between whom the King Is called upon
to arbitrate He is in very awk-
ward position; for If he demands thar
the count resign his high offices al
court, 1t will be construed as meaning
that he favors the duello, In spite OF
its being so strictly forbidden BY
the national laws of which nc Is ths
chief executive. On the other nand,
II he retains the count in office he
Is liable to be subjected to all sorts
of annoyances, not only by the re-
fusal OF the Continental diplomats ac-
credited to his court to hold any IN
tercourse with the count. but like
the Continent, for retaining IN ms
Immediate encourage a man who has
violated the code of honor that IS
accepted as binding by most OF them
The Honorable and Reverend Leonard
Tyrwhitt. who has just been installed
as canon of st. Georges Chapel,
Windsor. with medieval rites ana ~
ceremonial, seems to have become con !, i tns
and Queen OF England, and Is at any
rate so high in their good graces as
their favorlte chaplain, that his pre-
ferment. either to the now vacant !
some bishopric. may be looked Tor T. a.
an early date. His sister Is the wife
Of Lord Knollys. 50 long attached e
the household of Edward VII: as ms
private secretary, and now fulhlli ,fls
SON George v. One of his brothers
was was the late Captain Hugh Tyrwhitt
naval a. D. c. to King Edward: ane
who, as commodore, comfna aIt ~ i %,
tour of the present sovereign and MS
consort when still Prince and Erin
cess Of, Wales.
| Tho Tyrwhltts are sald 10 oWe tncil
name to the fact that after the battle
! Of Hastings, one of the knights wht
| had taken part in that conflict was
! known to have been wounded early
in the day, and could not be 70 to4 N,
tight was over. lust as the search
was about to be abandoned, the cN
cited conduct Of some lapwings, whicl
BY reason of their plaintive cry uset
also 10 be called "tyrwhitts, attract
| al attention to a mound OF corpses
beneath which tho missing knight
badly wounded, but still alive; wa wa,
| found He eventually recovered, an'
was known thereafter as the kngh
Of the Tyrwhitts, in memory Of !, nj
| birds The head of the family Is a
alder brother Of Canon TNrWhitt
n NAMELY Sir Raymond Tyrwhitt Wi
son. Who IL indebted for the preti'
| or honorable to his name, to the rae
/ that his mother Is peerless II ne
own right bsing the s,a h9iaer ~ OF Az AZ
| I,ady Berners married tho latc 81
4 Henry Tyrwhitt, and on her death he
Oldest son, who already holds hi
4 father,s relatively modern barometer
1 anl who added Wilson" to his pa
4 trnnyimic in compliance with Ne stip
,,lations OF the viii of m uncle, wn
A Hsfls him quite extensive property, vii
I succeed to her peerage, ana pecom
/ Lord Berners,
ME Berners BaronN MAS orisinnil
GRATED in favor Of Sir John Bourchier
Knight OF the Garter. fourth aon 9