Evening star., 1923-08-03
BY THE MARauIsE DE FoNrENo,


When Lord Beresford died. last
year. il was found that. while he had
left the bulk of his fortune, which
he had inherited few years before
his death from his half American
nephew and former ward, William
Beresford. only son of Lady Bill
Beresford, Ga daughter of Commodore
Cicero Price, L. S. ", married, first
to Louis Hammersley of New York
and then to the late Duke of Marl
borough,) to his godson and nephew,
Ronald Dawney, he had bequeathed
all his race horses and brood mares
to King George, whose stables and
stf he had directed for SO many
years. while his pictures went, es-
pecially that of "Minoru" by Lutyens.
TO the Jockey Club.
In making this disposition Of Ger
tain of his belongings TO the Jockey
example of his long time master and
generous friend. King Edward who.
before he died, presented the Jockey
Club with d painting by Emile Adam
of his celebrated horse Diamond
1t is, however. to old Admiral
Rous that the Jockey Club is in
debted for its principa! souvenirs. In
the coffee room of the club headquar.
ters at Newmarket there hangs a
very fine portrait of the gallant old
sailor, popularity known as the Die
tator," bearing an inscription 10 the
effect that the painting was presented
to him by members OF the Jockey
Club in 1856 as a grateful acknowl-
edgment of his long and valued
services to the turf" which began IN
1888. when he was first elected 10
serve as one of the triumvirate OF
stewards. When he died he bequeath-
ed the portrait to the club. Another
painting which he left TO me clGo
was a picture of little Cimcrack'
painted by Hogarth for Lord Boiling,
broke. and which the admiral had
picked up for a couple OF hundred
dollars a a public sale of the con
tents of country mouse near Nv
market. Gimcrack whose memory
is commemorated 10 this day By the
Gimcrack stakes ran. for the first
time, on Newmarket Heath in 1864.
In the dining room Of the club i3, at
Newmarket hangs the great picture
and his trainer, Porter, IRON tns
brush of Emile Adam. and presented
by the late Duke of westminster.
Lord Rosebery has already made
10 the club Stubb's picture of the
celebra ted horse Eclipse, and snow,
ing his Jockey, John Oakley, dressed
in knee breeches and silk stockings
anproachins the gallant chestnut s
head and holding feed of corn, it
now hangs in the dining room. of his
Ensom county seat. The Durdans.
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Rut the most interesting and valua-
bile treasure of the Jockey Club is
tho EcIipse hoof on May Is, 1882,
King william " gave his annual ban
ouet to the members of the Jockey
Club at St James Palace. At the
banquet the hoof Of Eclipse,
mounted in gold. was solemnly pro-
duced and presented by the monarch
m the club The top of the hoof has
a covering of gold, on which was en-
graved the figure of Eclipse. In
front of the hoof are the royal arms
raised in gold, and the trophy is
supported by 4 pedestal of gold. AT
first the Eclipse hoof was used as a
Challenge cup. and thus it passed
through several hands until it was
finally won by Lord Chesterfield s
Glaucus and restored by that horsey
peer 10 the club. 1t is not generally
known that the skeleton OF Eclipse
/ is preserved in the Royal College OF
Veterinary Surgeons, in Red Lion
Square. london.
AS for eighteen-year-o Ronald
Dawney, the principal heir of his
godfather and granduncle, Lord Mar
Gus bereSloTu, tne eStdtt, coHlpTl lslHe
some property in Suffolk county, l.. l..
and also along the Hudson River val
! ley in the neighbLrhood of Albany
which had belonged to Commodore
Cicero Price, he is the younger sor
OF Colonel. the Hon. Hugh Dawney
| of the I'd Life Guards, son of Gen
Viscoynt Dawney, was killed in the
| battle of the Marne in 1914, his widow
Lady Susan Dawney, being a niece oi
Lord Marcus Beresford.
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| Although, in 1919, at the time o.
the peace congress of Paris. the nam.