The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-01

- Ing GEORGE has selected Lord
Durham 10 accompany him 10
n India next month in the cape
city OF lord steward OF the
household In the place of tho minis
tcrial incumbent OF that Office, Lord
GI -, and as such Lore
the entire royal suite, but also the
task of arranging the entertainments
given by the monarch. and OF deter
mining who arc to be invited. and who
are TO be excluded therefrom.
The earl IS not precisely a courtier,
although particular favorite OF both
King George and Queen Mary. For ne
Is Incorporating foe OF every
thing that savors OF sham. humbug, or
questionable conduct, and has never
any subject with a frankness which
seems almost brutal. In fact. his UNI
compromising nature has won for him
the reputation OF being almost as az
gresstve, as irritable. and even rs
cranky. az his grandfather the hrst
Earl OF Durham, who was noted rs
quito the most quarrelsome man in tho
House OF Commons. On this account
the old gentleman was shipped OF to
Canada, as its Governor General. and
when he declined 10 remain there any
longer. and started home, he was Great
cd in hot haste peer of the realm
prior to his arrival. while still at sea,
and without his consent or knowledge
In order TO prevent at all costs his re-
entering the Commons. and making
life impossible there for the govern
ment of the day.
The present Lord Durham has won a
name for himself in this country Of
disliEing Americas. (Which Is not al
together iustified.) from the fact that
he sided strongly with Lord Dun
raven in the latter's controversy with
the New York Yacht Club. In connec-
ton with the America Cup races that
he was one Of the leaders of the move
ment in tho Jockey Club that barred
Richard Croker from training his
horses on Newmarket Heath, and that
he has been. as steward OF the Jockey
CLUB. particularly strict with Amcri-
can Jockeys. being mainly responsible
for the action OF the club in dcprir-
ing Tod sloan OF his license. He is a
man Of very set ideas, and although
he was greatly attached TO King I'D
ward. he was tho leader of the move
nent in the Royal Yacht Squadron that
kept tho doors Of the castle at Cowcs
closed against Sir Thomas Upton. de-
ment which the latter had received
from, his sovereign. With all his
quickness OF temper. the present Lord
Durham Is very kind hearted and
markablc knowledge Of the world and
IL is his cleverness alone tina; prevents
me from descrihin-. him as twentieth
century and English counterpart Of
AS an insta1y:c of his uncompromis-
ing strictness in the matter of honor,
| may recall the fact that when on one
occasion he found something that did
not seem to him to be perfectly fair
and aboveboard in the riding OF the
horses Of Sir George Chetwynd. he did
not hesitate 10 say so openly, in an af-
ter dinner speech a the annual ban
quet of the Gincrack Club. Sir George
was compelled TO bring suit for libel
against Lord Durham. in which he oh =
tlined only 81 farthing damages. which
was equivalent to defeat: so much
SO that he Immediately afterwards
withdrew. not only from the turf, but
also from tho Jockey Club.
No man now living has done more
to purify the British turf and endeavor
TO reform its abuses than Lord Dur
nam 10 Is a Knight of the Garter
and is one Of the very few peers who
has publicly questioned his own right
to the, title which ne bears. For in a
speech delivered some time ago at a
public dinner in London, lie explained
to his fellow guests that he was one
OF twin brothers. and that in his early
infancy there was such striking re-
soinblance between himself and his
brother Fred, that tho nurses had to
put different colored ribbons round
their arms to distinguish them. He
added that he had always been in doubt
as to whether he did not owe his I:arl-
dom OF Durham, his seat in the House
of Lords, and his possession OF the
family estates. which yield him an in