The Washington herald., 1911-05-10
PRESENTED AT COURT.

curing TINS month arc now In progress
and West End dressmakers and tailors
find themselves severely taxed to COM
plete the heavy orders which have been
pouring in upon them. The court yester-
day. was entirely Official and diplomatic.
The royal circle was not a very large
one, as both Queen Alexandra and Prin-
cess Victoria were absent. but as 1t Is
the first court Of the new reign 1t was
nevertheless a very brilliant function.
The Duchess Of Devonshire made. her
appearance as the new mistress Of the
robes. in succession to the Duchess Of
Buccleuch. who for thirty years has been
q prominent figure In the Queen Of Eng
lands entourage, and Lady shaftesbury.
Lady Ampthill, Lady Desborongh, Lady
Minto. and Queen Marys maids of honor.
Miss Sybil Brodrick, Miss Gye, Miss We
netia Barring, and Miss Katherine VII
liers. all of whom are newly appointed.
also were in attendance.
Mrs. Whitelaw Reid made. the presen-
tations for America and the Russian,
Spanish. and italian ambassadresses act
ed in the same capacity for their respec-
tive countries. The duty OF naming the
WhNCo VI suCSto ~ hoJSS
ties usually falls to the wife OF the Sec
retary for Foreign Affairs. but as Sir Ed
ward Grey Is a widower, 1t devolved upon
Lady Crewe. who made the presentations.
Interesting new representatives OF the
powers to appear at the Court OF st.
James for the first time yesterday were
the Chinese minister and Nine Lui-Yu-
Lin, the envoy Of the Argentine Republic.
the Chilean minister. Sencr Edwards and
his beautiful young wife, and the min
ister Of the new republic Of Portugal,
who has just been appointed to succeed
the Marquis de Several
The list OF debutantes and brides for
presentation at the court to-day. as well
as May "a and 25 is the longest ever
dealt with at the lord cbamberlain's Of
flee. the reason for this being that the
courts which were to have been held last
May and June had to be Cancelled. owing
to tine death of King Edward.
The princess royals two daughters,
Princess Alexandra and Princess Maud
will make their formal debut this sea.
son, and II Is expected that both Will
accompany their parents to the bails al
Deyonshire House and Derby House on
May 81 and June q. while there Is every
likelihood that the young princesses VIII
be seen at the balls contemplated by the
Duchesses of Sutherland and Portland
Both duchSsses have an only daughter
and the balls are to be given in their
honor.
Although the International Horse Show
at Olympia does not open until June II,
for some time past the public has been
advised Of its approach by posters. repre-
senting the meeting OF a four-in-hand
and a coster and his 'missus" in a DON
key SHAY" That Is a very effective
epitome Of the programme Of the show
1t is alike. aristocratic and democratic
and no doubt a good deal Of its wonder
full popularity is due TO the fact that 1,
caters to all classes.
The prize list Of the show was ISSUED
Saturday and 1t is very voluminou'
document, for the prizes reach a value
of very nearly f13.000. Within the las
few weeks the list has received a mo
mentous addition. King George hal
offered an international gold challenge
cup Of the value Of f5oO for jumping ovel
the course by a military officer. Of an!
nationality, in uniform. The cup is to b,
held for one year by the competitor and
is to be won three times. either in sue
cession or at intervals, before becoming
his absolute property.
This is the third royal prize which l!
now offered for competition at Olympia
In 1909 King Edward presented the "Golt
International Challenge Cup" bearing hi!
name, for competition between teams o.
three officers of the same nationality II
sn no
France and last year by Belgium. Grea
Britain is expected to make strong biz
for il this year, though competition vii
be keener than ever, because in all prob
ability teams will be entered from th'
cavalry forces of Germany. Russia
France, Italy, Holland, Belgium, Spain
Greece, the United States. and Canada.
The Connaught Gold Cup for British
officers was won outright last year b,
Lieut.. Geoffrey Brooke, Of the Sixteenth
Lancers, who had taken 1t two years II
succession. Another Connaught Cup ha!
now been provided and will be competed
for under the same conditions. The cuI
is of the value of s1o0 but there arr
also cash prizes amounting to f240. A
new feature will be harnessing and driv
ing competition, open to horses which
have heen used for fire brigade purpose.
for at least three months. Competitor.
will be required to unhitch. put to. and
drive round the arena between obstacles
A champion cup valued at ESQ is Offered
for the best team, with other valuablt
cash prizes, and f1 will be paid to eacf
member Of the competing teams. En-
tries will close on June !.
Some interesting additions have beer
made to the usual classes for harnes.
horses. four-in-hand. riding horses, hun
ters and jumpers. One Of these consist.
Of a Russian section. One competition
will be for trotter and "prestashka' In
wagon or droshky. In this class two
animals are driven together. the horse or
the near side being the trotter while tn.
off-side horse is a galloper. In tn,
''troika" class three horses are driver
abreast. the central trotter being thanked
by gallopers. The full equipment OF Rus
sian harness and "troikas'' will be pro
vided. forming such collection as ha.
never before been seen in England. II
fact, 1t is believed that Mr.. Waite,
Winans has the only troika in this coun
try. Several Russian noblemen have an
nounced their intention Of sending theil
own horses. carriages, ad coachmen 70,
the competition.
The origin Of the boat race colors II
Britain goes back to the year 1896 A
that time the course was from West
minister to Putney. and as the Cambridg,
eight were about to push OF from searle'.
yard at Westminster, somebody remarked
that the boat had no color In the bow
r. n. Philips, OF Christ College, ran t.
a neighboring haberdasher and asked TO,
a piece of Eton~blue ribbon or silk. Thi.