Evening star., 1914-07-26

dons." they are called, and thus a
sister to Lord Huntley and the dowager
Lady Ancaster.
Report says. and Lord Lonsdale con-
firmed it, that nightly at the conclusion
of dinner. he and her ladyship solemnly
drink toast to fox hunting. the earl
raising his glass to The ladies' and
the countess to the gentlemen" At
card. with which even their casual ac-
quaintances are remembered. is a photo
of themselves wearing the pink and
white of the hunting field.
Master by turns of the Cottesmore
the Pytchley. the Blankney and the
Quorn hunts. the earl made his debut in
the hunting field at an astonishingly
early age. and at once showed himself
an expert huntsman 1t was. in fact.
on his ninth birthday that he went out
with the Cottesmore on small thor
oughDred and at once got well away
with the hounds y terrific pace pound
ed the whole field with the exception
OF four of the most daring riders. One
OF these was young Hugh Lowther. With
rare pluck ard determination, as well as
with judgment far beyond his years, the
boy rode through the run and had the
satisfaction of seeing the hounds race
three. Lord Wilton, Maj Whyte Melville
ana stirling Crawford. that they COM
memorated his performance with a
hver piece And since then Lord Ions
daie mas gained reputation as one of
the hardest riders in the country.
another OF the earl's feats as horse
man mas become rather famous. Back
IN the nlneties he made wager with
Lord shrewsbury that he would drive
miles to be covered with four-in- hand, five
miles TO be covered with four-inhand, five
miles with pair of horses. five miles
single and five miles pair again, this
time to be ridden position fashion.
On the day fixed for the match-tfe
ground to be traversed was that between
Reigate and Crawley-the frost was SO
severe and the snow so deep that Lord
Shrewsbury wired to say that he would
not be turning up, but Lord Lonsdale.
not to be outdorfe, turned out and COW
cred the twenty miles as arranged in just
under fifty-six minutes.
Thinking of him. as one does. as a bluff,
genial all-around sportsman, one Is likely
TO forget what great and puissant per-
sonage Lord Lohsdale really is, and what
a fabulously rich man. But the earl does
not forget 1t. He is one of the few noble
men IN the land who have kept up the old
custom of having positions to accom-
pany their great canary-colored ba barouches,
-mustard-pots, the latter have been
called irreverently-and even when he
drives to big boxing match in his motor
car there is powdered footman in splen-
did livery, with correctly folded arms, on
the box beside the chauffeur. All Lord
Lonsdale's steeds-and he must possess
something like an army of these animals
are chestnuts with long. sweeping tails.
and IN the choice of a new hunter Lady
Lonsdale nearly always has a say. as she
is one OF the best judges of hunting stock.
The Intensely modern bearer of those
two mouth-filling. titles. hereditary ad-
M W. Inn Il
and lord warden of the west marshes-is
the great territorial magnate of the
northwest corner of England. These two
historic titles by the way. are reminis..
whoever bore them were nightly serious,
consisting as they did Of defending the
seeboard from the attacks of pirates and
prfvateers and others. ike John Paul