The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-13
Cost of Sport Is Increasing Be-
cause of Necessity of Re-
placing Fences.
~ La MAnaUIsE DE FoNrENot.

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n time for which the English and
i i the Irish have been prepared 10
make heavy pecuniary sacrifices
IN lact, the amount OF money spent
ssach year on hunting amounts to mill
lions upon millions of dollars Now
edayS II Is costing more than hereto
.ose' oWinH TO the TACT that most of
the leading hunts Undertake to fence
ct their own expense, with timber, Lnn
FARMERS lands over which they hunt
tarn1o Wbich nave been fenced with wire.
The latter is nnathona To every rider
10 hounds Ind has been tue caus.
OF innumerabic Fatalities to man wo-
man anu beast. Indeed, Il threatened
at one time TO put hunting out of cx-
istence altogether. owing 10 the fact
tnat neither horses nor riders could in
many instances see the wire on WHICH
they came to grief.
Now, however. tno various hunts en-
ploy professional hcdrors. who in some
Gases replace. at the expense OF tns
hunt. the wire with fences made of
timber. and In DINER instances careful
~ remove the wire at tn. BEGINNING OF
me hunting season store, ana thcn
. duly replace IL wncn hunting sea-
son IS over. 1hiS httur-ily adds great
~ TO tho costiIncss ~ hunting ana is
accountants for tn. fact that l!ary
I mere subscription hunts have gone out
OF existence and that the finest pacit2
are those owned by great peers ard
territorial magnates, who regard i, as
an oplsati"n, due TO family traditions.
TO Keep Up the hunts at theIr own ex-
pense, regardless OF cost.
Lord Ashburnham. who has lately
peen nEurInE In court in England IN
| connection with the Will Of his young
est brother. tie late George Ashburn-
ham, who died last year the pIaintiG
against the earl being another brother
Captain the Hon Thomas Ashburnnsm,
, tormurly OF the Seventh Hussars, and
now q resident of trcderickton. New
-! hlnrunswick. where he Is married 10 u
daughter of W H. Anderson. OF that
to%n-a brother who is destined TO
succeed TO tn. carldom and cntailed
estates-is, one of the stranSest cnsr-
but one daughter Lady Catherine
Ashbmrnham. who is-tde her debut 2
couple Of years ago, and OF whose ex-
istencc no one was aware for several
years after her birth.
me London Times OF February II,
1893. contained an announcement to
the effect tnat ON January 2, 1890, II.
Countess Of Ashburnham gave birth to
daughter" II was the first intin;i-
tion, even To the editors OF the
rious "peeragcs." that Lord Ashburn-
supposed mat ne was lnvetcrate
oachcicr. and inasmuch as The only
countess of .Ashburnnam OF whose OK
lstencc people had been aware up to
that time WAS ms mother, AN aged
WIDOW. the myStitication caused by inc
ahnouhcrment was great. Ii WAS to
certain extent Set at rest DS the an
nounccment, lower IN the same column
OF the Times, among the marriage no
ticcs, to the effect that ION FEBRUARY
70. 1855, marriage took place be-
tween Bcrtcau,, Earl OF AshBurnhum,
and Emily, daughter Of Robert Chap
I'M"
The latter, on Investigation. turned
out to be petty tradeslnan, very re-
apectable, but OF most nunibIs origin
Inc countess lived 4 very rcti<ed lite
WAS aiiogelnei unknown TO tn, Ere;tu
world, atd even to ner husbands rela
uves. But he was devoted u her, ana
wncn she died. IN 1890, he niourncd her
deeply and sincerely.
Lord Asnburnnam is a man OF great
cruuition anu OF somewhat contr2diU-
tory charActeristice: for, whereas in
! All dynastic matters At home aud
abroad, nc Is an ardent leSitimist-
nctuaiiy = founder OF the White Rose,
or Jacooitc. Leasue--in domestic mat
ters hc is u radical and home ruler.
lie Is likewise d devout Catholic. In
enly daughter, to whom he is pas
slonateiy devoted. he sold, about twelve
years ago. the greater part OF his
w wSiia 1sq era Try iss semf R,9
and the Ms. Evangela rum given oy
Emperor Louis tho Pious, 20 the Con-
vent OF Noble Cnnoncsses which he
founded in a. d. SS4, al L!ndau. Oh
Lake Constance, found their way into
the possession OF j. Picrpcnt Morgan,
and now nGurinE in the latter's library
III New York
,The Prince George .. s,,cnbers.
who has Just beea appointed 10 the
n1ldshipman, IS the eldest OF the two
sons ut VICE Admiral Prince Louis OF
BsttcnberE. now Lord of the Ad-
miralty. at whitehall. and who VIII
Dc remembered as having brought an
English cruiser squadron across the
Atlantic. SEINE four OF tive years ago.
to visit Nav York, Annapolis. Halifax,
etc, being everywhere most hospita-
bly, entertained. His SON, Prince George.
Is twenty years VI age. ana Is, through
his mother a great grandson ot Queen
Victoria, Princess Louis OF Battenpcrg
being the eldest Of The children OF
Grand Duchess Alice of II .sse and
consequently sister Of the present
and of Princess Henry OF Prussia he
| has inherited the good looks and the
, stalwar; stature OF mis- handsome ia
Their, has been universal favor;te on
board the Cochrane, and bids fair 10
make himself Just AS much liked on
the Colossus.
The LATTER Is eompnpded BY captain
u. c. TO the King, ana for many years
naval attache OF the British embassy
at Washington. Eie had an experience
annals OF the British navy.
Dndley De Chair. who is a native OF
canada had gfsn sws sn Of 0X b
com handing the British feet that bonn
barded MeNandria, to convey dis
patches from the Palace OF Ra5 ell
teen, TO tho outposts a, Eamloh. Los
! ing mis- way, he was taken prisoner, and
| brought before Arab pasha. the rebel
| chief. who sent him Off under strong
! escort to Cairo. a. II had been intl-
/ mated ;hat tho prisoner was no less
I n parsonage than Lord Alceater himl-
SELF his arrival in the capital was
( nailed by thousands of natives, yelling
/ that the English had been defeated.
When he alighted from the train at
Cairo ii was rcaiiZed that his sXtren .
} ly boyish appearance Drccindud him
! commandvr-in-ch chief: so lie was de-
! clared TO lie the lattcr'S son, and was
thon pnradcd through the streets, on
I public exhibition, as a tyre OF the
foe
/ Afterwards he WAS lodged IN = pal
| acc belonging 10 one of the junior
/ princes of the Khcdivini family. was