Evening star., 1923-10-21
British Peeress Here to
See Donoghue Ride Papyrus
BY THE MARaUIsE DE FoNTEvoY

BY THE MARQUISE DE FONTENOY.
Viscountess Torrington. who formed
one of the large party of English
people who arrived in New York on
Tuesday, by the Olympic. with the
jockey, Steve Donoghue, for the pur-
pose of seeing him ride his favorite
| mount, Papyrus. with which he won
the last Derby on EPSON Downs, has
large racing stable of her own at
Shrewton, in Wiltshire, where she has
some thirty horses in training. She
divorced her husband, the ninth peer
of his line. two years ago, but retains
possession of his country place. Votes
Court, at Mereworth, in Kent, which
he settled upon her for life at the
| time he married her, thirteen years
ago. She was formerly on the London
stage and, as Eleanor Souray, was a
member of one of George Edwardes'
companies at the Gaiety Theater. Her
| wedding took place in 1910 at Paris,
| Tod Sloane being one Of the principal
figures at the ceremony. 1t is on rec
ord that. after short address by the
officiating clergyman at the English
Church in the Rue d'Agousseau, the
party hurried off to the races. and in
the evening. after dining at Maxim's.
wound up the festivities at the Bal
Butler.
Lord Torrington started out in life
| under the most favorable circur =
stances. His father, the eighth vis-
| count, occupied so high place in the
regard and confidence of Queen Vic
toria that 81 steadfastly refused. to
dispense with his services as mem
Der of her household Indeed. 1t was
the obstinate stand that she took con-
cerning him that led to the Inaugural
tion of the present system, where one
of the lords in waiting remains per-
| manently attached to the service of
his sovereign, instead of going out of
office, with the seven other peerS-in-
waiting, on the change of the admin
iStration. His son, the present Wis
count was page of honor to Queen
Victoria and, likewise, attended Ed
ward VII in that capacity on the oc-
casion of his coronation in Westmin-
ster Abbey. He received commits
sion in the Rifle Brigade, but resigned
it at the time of his marriage, after
becoming involved in all sorts of
trouble, mainly of financial nature,
which landed him repeatedly in the
bankruptcy court, both prior and
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The only capacity in which. Lord
Torrington has achieved any success
has been as a gentleman rider. When
the hostilities broke out in 1914 he
enlisted as an ordinary trooper in the
18th Hussars, along with nine other
well known gentleman Jockeys. Dis
patched with them to join the regi-
ment in France, he contributed In no
small degree to that fne regiments
latrels and. incidentally. won COM
mission.
Having a pronounced taste for the
sea, possibly through Inheritance,
since the first Lord Torrington re-
ceived his peerage for his victories
as admiral, the young viscount OBJ
tanned an exchange from the Hus-
sars into the Royal Naval Reserves
and was engaged for nearly year in
the arduous and perilous task of
mine sweeping and patrolling the
North sea and the English channel
as second in command of one OF the
armed steam trawlers.i Thence he was
transferred to the naval service In
the Aegean sea, contracted a taste
for aviation and finally Joined the
Royal Flying Corps at Salonikf. 1t
Twas while carrying out reconnoit-