New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-27

inr ont the tastes of the latter anu
oorrteouslv considering them in his tax
THE racing man felt that he was 'o,
called upon to profess a kno"leoee Vi
gardens or Sevres china, the gar"en
lover and art collector knew IT was ho'
,,,ou,,hent on them to expatiate upon
,ho MERITS If race horses or shorthorhs'
,r. Uino.s sense of form. of etiquette.
was unsleeping. There is an ahusihs
orecdote of a great ball at Devohshlle
House on the magnificence OF when ne
COMMUNICATED the duke, ADDING und'
there was only one thing which might
&, HE orinjon. have been changed LOT
the better. With much anxiety MS most
asked 10 be enlightened. You nave gov
YOUR garter on upside down, repiieu 'ne
King. His cultivation OF the royal VIZ
tue of nunctuality led him TO estaoiish
curious rule at Sandringham. 10
avoid all possibility Of error all the
clocks were kept half an hour fast! bu'
IL is not Of the stiffness OF court ilio
that we hear in these recollectlons' Inc
anecdotes are more often In the vein u
this one describing an episode OF Visi'
he once paid in the Highlands;
On his arrival at the house the chilulen
from the school were assembled 70 WtlCoillSs
him. II was great event IN oh ,bn -, crofts
these little lads and lassies from the cloies
and bamle.s OF a Highland glen-an event
" hich would live in their memories LOT , ra
rest of their days-and rlght iosai
cention they accorded him. HIS maJes,S
referred to the children In conversation wiz
Lis hostess and was told Of the Keen graz
fcation which this opportunity OF seelns
the King afforded them ana ana Oh w, pardenp
or's chid-Who was prevented ny iiinesS
from attending with the rest. In me ait tsI
noon the King went out FOR stroii pI MN
self He found out the gardener cottase
and called in 10 pay visit to the SICK chiiu,
who was alone in the house. When the
mother returned she found the king situ,e
by her childs beside BEFORE ne ielt ne
fully choosing one that bore his own image
snd superscription. as memento OF ms
visit Nor die ne neglect, when ne returned
some years later TO the mouse, 10 go anu ar.
inquire at the gardeners cottage Tor the
little invalid.
When Mr. Watson is not dwelling upon
the Iovable traits of King Edward-and
he is always returning 10 them-ne oe-
scribes the nature Of the sport to be had
az Scandinavian. Windsor ard Balmoral,
the methods followed ny the King and
his guests in DAYS shooting. the com
position of the royal racing stables ana
their fortunes on the course. and the
Kings record as q yachtsman. Little, If
ANYTHING. is said about fishing, for the
King was no angler, and, though there Is
chapter on the subject Of the fox
hounds. il is evident that the charm OF
! following them attracted him only in his
earlier years. He found his pleasure
more in going after the birds, and he was
a good shot Racing. ii would appear,
was his favorite sport and Mr.. watson
/ gives a generous proportion of his book
to this subject Twice the King won the
Derby. and. though he was not by any
means invariably lucky in his horses, he
bred many a winner and succeeded IN
the difficult art of making his stables
pay. Mr. Watson gives a table OF the
stakes won by the Kings horses from
| 1886 to 1910. They reached a grand
total of something over $4,000. and
|
rroft which brought him in large sums.
ron these details, however, as upon the
minutisa Of the chapter on yachting, we
: need not pause The interesting point is
the wide range of the Kings sporting in
| terests He was in very literal sense
| the leader in all such matters for the
PEOPLE of Great Britain II may be
added that his enthusiasm was accom-
panied by fairly exhaustive knowledge Of
what We suppose must be called the
technique of all the sports he affected
| While he had abundant appreciation of
the indispensable work done by his train
ers and other servants. it is plain that
he was very much the master, knowing
what he wanted and seeing that he got
il. with the same thoroughness that
marked him as country proprietor.
There are some entertaining notes in
this volume on the earlier kings Of Eng
land as sportsmen and on some quaint
practices Of the past 1t is recorded, for
example. that in the reign of Henry III
a writ was issued from Windsor Ia the
sheriffs of London commanding them ''to
provide q nuzzle, an iron chain and a
cord for the Kings white bear, 10 use
the same bear 10 catch fish in the waters
of the Thames" Then there is a deeply
mysterious alluson in the ancient
archives 10 an elephant belonging to the
King that died at Windsor, when or
/ ders were given for its bones TO be de-
livered to the sacristan Of Westminster
"to make thereof what the King had en-
joined him TO-" We share Mr.. Watson's
| bewilderTnent as 10 what in the world
the King wanted done with the elephants
bones and why these were handed over
10 a sacrstan, of all men. There is an
enea ging letter Of the Earl Of Leicester's
quoted here. 1t informs the Archbishop
Of Canterbury that the Queen has com
manded TO he sent to his grace "a great
and fatt Stage, killed with her own
hand" and continues in this luminous
fashion: Which because the Wether
was woght and the deere somewhat
chafed. and dangerous to be carved so
far WON'T some helpe, ! caused him 70 be
p'boyled In this sort for the better
p'servacon Of web I doubt not but shall
cause him to come unto you as would
be glad he shuld' Hot weather must lie
very hot to be called "woght'-a heav-
enly word, which ought to be preserved
through use.
CAPTAIN KIDD