The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-04
ny "a MAnoUIsE DE FONTENOY.

q Ol.l kOtf is princcly name of
~ Russia. so widely known In Eu-
| ~ rope, and which figures so con
spicuous!y In the pages OF Mus
covitc history that the institution OF
proceedings In New York by an Amer
lean woman who is described In the
| newspapers a. the widow" OF the late
Prince Dimitri Soltykoff. against two
men for money alleged TO be owing TO
her by them. has naturally led 10 in
quiries as to her Identity The PROSE
cutriN bears the Christian name OF
Ethel, and In the stories printed con
corning her Two lawsuits IS stated to
nave been formerly known on the bur
!esqne stage here in America and In
England as Miss Ethel Clinton and
that her real name was Elizabeth
bushnell Clinton. 1t was added that
by The Will of Prince Dimitri Sol,ykoY
ne had bcquoathcd TO her an annuity
or SovoVV year. in addition to a
quantity OF other property. Now, ac-
SordinE to the. Will OF Prince Dilnltri
| Soltykoff which was admitted to pro-
bate by the Court OF Probate In Lon
don IN January, 1901, the tcstator
makes no mention OF wife or widow
but leaves to his friend" Mrs Eliza
beth Bushnell Clinton. OF Chesterfield
street. Mayfair, ali his tewclry and
| trinkets, his house and property at
| Newmarket known as The Kremlin'';
his race horses. his horses and mares,
also sum OF $4,000 in cash and an
annuity. not OF $4,000 n year but OF
$4,000 a year. The residue of his
estate he bcqueathed to his brother.
Prince John Soltykon. subject to lega-
cies of $4,000 to the children OF a
Mine. dc Coudray Jollivet, noe dllar-
gcville. OF the Avenue do Niliers. III
| Paris. and requests to a number OF
Newmarket charities
Nor was there any mention made of
Ia, b to \. 4 q at..s
/ notices. which were OF considerable
length and fulncss of details owing
TO tho very conspicuous role which
| he had played on the English turf. and
in London club life, for II period of
| nearly half n century, and likewise
owing TO the celebrity OF the Soltykoff
| family, In Russia, and Indeed through
Prince Dimitri was indeed married,
| while a young man, to "A country
woman Of his own. daughter OF q
| boyar, John Yakoleff, who was mas
ter of the ceremonies at the court OF
| ST. Petersburg under Nicholas l. and
| In the first years Of the reign of AleN-
| ander II, But she died after only
| leaving him with a boy. who followed
| her 10 the grave at the age of nf-
teen. 1t was after this that lie set
tied in England. against which coun-
! try he had fought in the Crimean war.
The commencement OF that strug-
| gle found him III the diplomatic SER
vice. from which he promptly resign
cd TO enter the army as private. lie
| quickly won commission in the field.
and during the latter portion OF the
war was aide de-camp to General Pas
racing. lie visited England about the
time of the death OF the Prince Con-
sort, In order TO learn how things
were conducted at Newmarket. at AS
great race meetings. and found life
so agreeable and English society so
| congenial that he spent most of the
| remainder OF his life there, main
| market. house in London, IL yacht at
Cowes and country seat. famous for
It's abundance OF game and its splen-
| did shooting. in the Midlands.
| In 1867 lie was, on the nomination
of the then Prince of Wales, elected
| a member Of the English Jockey Club,
JOY that distinction. while IN 1890 he
| was elected as one of the Jockey
clubs three stewards. that briumvirate
which constitutes the supreme tribu-
ters and from whose decisions there is
no appeal. Indeed the three stewards
| of the Jockey Club may be said 10
| constitute IL high court of honor OF
| English society, for 1t has occasionally.
| by resolving to warn" n, man ''off
Newmarket Heath" inflicted upon him
the most deadly form of social ostra
cism as n penalty for dishonorable
| conduct not connected in any way
with racing matters. The prince was
| the only foreigner who has ever been
elected to the office OF steward of the
| Jockey Club. and thus chosen by the
most representative body. OF English.
| men of the highest rank. TO act AS
an arbiter and judge among English
| men in questions of honor. notably in
the dispute between tho Earl of Dur
| ham and sir George Chetwynd result :
| ing In the lattor's retirement from the
| Jockey Club.
| During tho latter years of his life
| the prince devoted much of his alton
| ton to the drama. and was the owner
! ot two or three London theatres
which were a source OF considerable
expense 10 him, and did not precisely
contribute To give him n very lofty
idea of English taste in theatrical
matters In fact, on one or two occa
siCns when plays were. produced In
his houses and under his management
i llaI did nnI aInnnl llo- fnn q