The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-12

besides being a good all round
sportsman. Sir Charles Day
Rose, for that is his name, has been
member OF the English Jockey club
for twenty years or more, as also of
the Royal Yacht Squadron. and was
FOR long time the racing partner of
King Edward VII. when Prince Of
Wales. In 1907 he was elected presi
dent of the ROYAL Automobile Club
of.JnSland, having he One an enthus-
last on the subject of motoring. This
pronounced taste on his part caused
Il great deal of surprise To his friends
and acquaintanccs VINO imagined mat
he cared tor nothing but h'rscs and
boats. OF the latter, lie has owned
some famous specimens. including the
Emerald, the Sataaitl and the Aurora.
In 1896 he issued a challenge for the
American Cup. wh'ch however, was
afterwards withdrawn at the instance
of the Royal Yacht Squadron.
His mother famous beauty in her
met Temple, OF Rutland, VT Ills
father. Sir John Rose. was the partner
Of Levi II. Morton, III the Anglo AmerI-
can banking house of Morton, Rose
&c Co; ana Sir Charles sat in Pa-lia
ment from 1903 to 1910 rs m":n Der
for the Newmarket Division Of Cam
bridge. AS an officer Of the Montreal
Artillery, he took PARK in the military
operations in Canada connected with
the Fenian raid of 1865, and assisted
Lords Strathcona and Mountstcphen
in, building the Canadian Pacific Rail
road.
Among all his many recreations.
which have included the breeding as
well as the owning of racehorscs, he
has found time to be u splendid tennis
player Now that ne has turned his
attention 70 aerial navigation, ne will
no doubt impart to its development
that viSor and thoroughness which
have characterized his other pursuits.
whether for business or pleasure. I
cannot help thinking thaE Il desire
to place Great Britain abreast OF the
Continental nations IN tive matter OF
aeronautics has something to do with
Sir Charles engaging himself IN this
new and limitless field of activity.
He is not by any means a young
man, having passed his sixty-fourth
year, and IT seems to he great deal
to expect any one having reached that
age to pilot a flying machine through
the clouds. But his advice and spirit
of initiative viii undoubtedly have a
marked effect and. Great Britain Will
not much longer. think. have to bear
the rcproach IF tagging behind other
countries in the development of the
art Of nyirs. The Use of the aero
plane and the dirlgi5le by Italians In
actual warfare. ana the remarkable
results achieved thereby. seem to have
had the effect OF waking up the mill
tary and naval authorities III tn, lid
country" causing the purchase of fifty
aerOplanaS Tor cNDe-im mt as also tHc
starting oc. n special training schon!
for air pilots. TIA. Sir Charles Rose
will be able and willing to lend his
assistance to the British authorities,
both by example and instruction. 7
have no doubt whatever; for he has
already given proofs Of his patriotism
in Canada, just as his sons have
done in South Africa. He had four
all of whom took part In the Bocr
War. the two eldest losing their lives.
Sir Charlcs's baronetcy was conferred
upon him less than three years ago
1t is the second one in the family
the other belonging to his nephew,
Sir Cyril Stanley Rose. who is child
less. and to which, too. Sir Charles,
who is the next heir. will probably
succeed.
The new Viscount Gage, who has
just succeeded to the peerage on the
death OF his father, Is the sixth to
bear the title. In addition to the Wis
county. he has now also succeeded to
an Irish barony and n barony of the
United Kingdom. both bearing the
name of Gage, He Is partly an Amcrl-
can. For one of his forbears was Gov
ernor and commander chief of the
British forces in North America at the
time or tKe' outbreak ot--the'- War NJ
In 1851 this ancestor married an