New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-06-09
LORD WODEHOUSE HERE
Polo Players Family Motto Re-
uuireS Him to "Hit Hard"

QulI6S nun III TIL 0dI u
.-o,y-irr, 1918. bv me Brentwood Companr'
Lord wodehouse who is nov here as
one Of the English polo team that has
.-ossed the Atlantic to attempt to recover
,.s international challenge cup in the con
est beginning tomorrow on Long Island.
us for four wears Radical member OF
r,-liament for one OF the divisions Of MS
ss,fve county Of Norfolk, where ne is OK
,smery popular. having won golden onn-
ions bv his pluck. energy and rcsourCeful-
MSS during the great floods which
u.~oucht such havoc in that part of the
g.g-do-7 last year He was brought up
o., vfor with Prince Arthur ~ Connaught.
Vas the ratter's principal chum and as
....r vgs frequently invited 10y the Duke
..f Duchess Of Conuausht TO spend his
-or4avs with thom ~ their country place
81 Barshot he is unmarried. has two
..r~-r- brothers and very pretty sister.
Ind, isabel Vodcnouse. VINO is one Of the
hes, rorsevomeu and riders to hounds In
england
lord Nodehouso is the eldest son and
,-.r Of IN, Earl of Kimberley and scion
r. family which has always been re-
~oVned for its radicalism and for its in
coincidence toward the crown. Indeed. 10
81. or record that John Wodehouse. one
of tho ancestors Of Lord Wodehouse. was
subjected 10 q heavy fine 10y Henry Y for
declining the honor Of krighthood az that
rorarer's hands Johns father so dis
rrzufshed himself at the battle Of Agin-
court that he received from kng Henry
the right 10 use the vouO AEircougt In
connection with the armorisl devices OF
his house and IN addition 10 the family
motto ~ .'Frappez fort r'strike hard
The Warehouses; may be said to live up
IN their motto not only IN the polo field. as
shown by Lord Wodehouse since his ar
rival IN New York hut also in social and
,oliticaI relations Thus his father. the
present Earl Of Kimberley, prior to his
succession 10 the peerage was so likely 20
make free use Of his fists in settling his
noIiucaI differences that ne was frequent
,v arrested and fined on one occasion,
during the course Of a Parliamentary cleo
lion IN 1898 he routed quite a number OF
the adherents Of the Conservative candi-
date one Of his victims being the novelist
SIR Eicer HsEgard, who was knocked
down and out by charscterisucally
vodehouse blow on the jaw. As Lord
Kimberley-then Lord Wooehouse-was
1yst.,e Of the peace al the time. the Lord
Hrh Chancellor took the ground that he
was untitled by temperament for that Of
nee and deprived him thereof q piece Of
news which the ex-ruaCistrate announced
rhee-fuuy and with much susto az
meeting held 10 celebrate the election Of
his own Radical candidate.
Since succeeding to the earldom Lord
Kimberley has attracted public attention
nv charencius a fellow member OF the
county Council OF Norfolk TO cross over
go france with him and 10 settle their
rolitical differences there by means of PTS
,oIs for rUo and coffee for four-an offer
which was NO; accepted. 1t is just this
rYsracity and this readiness 20 tghi
everybody and everything that render
Lord Kimberley and his son. Lord Wode-
house. so generally liked.
The ancestral home Of the Uodehouses.
Kimberley House. IS grand old place,
NTH towers a. the angles. built some four
centuries ago among the many historical
treasures being the bedroom furniture
used by Queen Elizabeth durtGZ her sew
rval STAYS there II is situated In the
heart Of an immense park. famous for the
axe and size of the timber. The PARISH
Of ILiunerley together with the adjoining
villages belonging 20 the estate 'Whch
have been in the family for more than
so years. does not boast of a single public
house. as dramshops and beer saloons are
called N England
All Of Lord Kimberleys propertl is not,
however. situated IN Norfolkshire He has
extensive estates in Deyonshire and Corn
wall. and as lord Of the manor Of Fal-
mouth. owns the greater part NJ that sea
port The nearest town TO Kimberley is
wymondham, we'll known 20 the sporting
world. and which. with that delightful way
which the English have Of pronouncing
words IN a manner entirely contradictory
10 the method Of spelling Is pronounced
ss y spelled "Windham'
The present Lord Kimberley's younger
brother. the Hon Armine Wodehouse.
who died 2 few years ago, was married
To daughter Of the late Matthew Arnold.
sister Of Mrs. Frederick ". Whitrdge, OF
New York Mrs Anime Wodehouse has
since married again and IS nov Lady
sandhurst, wife Of Lord sandhurst, the
Lord Chamberlain OF the Court OF st.
Jamess
The city Of Kimberley. IN South Africa.
50 famous throughout the world as the
centre % the South African diamond in
dustry, owes It's name 20 the late Ear OF
Kimberley, bv whose direction, when
Secretary Of State for the Colonies. the
mines and the entire district in which
they are situated were taken under the
protection OF Great Britain in 1871. The
ate Lord Kimberley was likewise Secre-
tar, OF the Colonies when British Column
ols was added 20 the Dominion Of Can
ada