The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-12-17
THE ADVERTISERS SEMl-wEEKLY
A Good Sport

Z ORD ALVERSTONE, former lord chief JUS
l. tice of England, whose death was reported
in the press dispatches on Wednesday, came iato
prominence before the American public as the
representative Of England on the Alaskan Bound
arv Commission. His Vote in support OF thechef
claims of the United States gave America the
practical victory Many Canadians professed 10
believe, and strongly and with bitterness asserted
that the American government went into the arbi-
tration only after it had reached an understand
ing that the American case should win, and that
Averstone was put forward to carry out the
No confrmastffonn" " tsattH Theory has ever app
peared but Lord Alverstone was for months Bit
lterly attacked by Canadians, particularly in the
west where it was thought that England as in
the case of the Oregon boundary case years be-
fore was giving up what she thought useless ter
| ritory but which Canadians knew to be rich,
| simply to placate America Previous to the
Alaskan Commission, Lord Alverstone, then Sir
Richard Evereard Webster, rendered good serv-
lice to his government as one of the British coun-
sci before the Venezuelan Boundary Commission,
which met in Paris as a result Of President Cleve-
Lands famous war message. ais
These were the pleasanter incidents of his pro-
fessional career. He had had one case at least
that was far from pleasant. When Attorney
General in the Conservative administration OF the
time, he appeared as leading counsel for the
"Times" before the Parnell Commission, and it
fell to his melancholy lot to pick up the pieces
after the breakdown of Pigott. The storm set
tied hercely about the head of the counsel for the
l"Times" for weeks and for once Alverstone's
remarkable physique showed signs OF wear and
1 tear. ="
| He was one of the most popular, human and
many sided men in British public life. Tall
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when his fatal illness overlook him, he was physi-
cay as mentally, a splendid specimen Of the old
school of English gentlemen.
| AT Cambridge, where the finishing touches
were put to his education he was perhaps more
famous as an athlete than a scholar although
his studies were not neglected On the campus
on the other hand he was invariably first in those
events in which he took part and was particularly
noted as a distance runner being in fact the best
of his year" d."
His interest in sports he carried from Cam
bridge out into the world and his collection o.
TROPHIES was an evidence of his great success or
the cinder track When he could no longer take
part himself he remained keen patron of every
class of sport and until his SEVENTEEN year wa:
an enthusiastic rider and good hand at golf
His tastes in sport were in fact catholic and II
the earlier days of the big ring contests was {;
frequent visitor to the National Sporting Club, Z;
quiet spectator of "the game"
His interest in the men, too, was keen, as wa
evidenced at a dinner a few years ago of thu
Sphinx Club, The club had down for discussion
1.-The Value of Advertising to Sport" Lord 'Alver
stone was the guest Of honor and Tommy Burns
then heavyweight champion of the world, wa
one of the principal speakers. Burns was bet
ter boxer than speaker and Alverstone seeing hi
apparent embarrassment went over to him ant
grasping his hand, said: "Well, I'm glad to NEE
you You're plucky little devil anyhow" TIL
diners, needless to say, gave hearty cheer a
the big six-foot judge and the stocky little hghte
stood smiling at one another. ,.E
His interest in sport, too, helped him to throw
off the cares of his Office when the days work ha
been done. 1t is recalled that just after sentenc
ing Doctor Crippen, the American dentist Z
death for the murder Of his wife, the lord chic
Justice drove to watch the conclusion of billiar
contest for the championship of England betwee
: Inman and Stevenson. In many other ways h
encouraged sport Of every kind