Evening star., 1925-06-28

gone into the breeding of these hunt
ing dogs with her usual enthusiasm
and determination to do something
worth while. Mrs. Cecil has enlarged
her kennels to ambitious proportions,
and she hopes within the next few
years to begin the breeding of settlers
which will eventually represent the
highest type to be found in this coun-
try. Four blue ribbon dogs have been
purcha sed, and so interested are the
CeCils in their new venture that they
begrudge even few weeks in New
port later in the Summer. Mr.. Cecil
knows intimately some of the famous
hunting packs in England and he
knows also all about caring for them
and training them for their work.
Hunting is an almost the -year-around
sport In the Biltmore section of North
Carolina, and when the season is closed
for game there are always series OF
private shows on the various estates.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil had private dis
play of their new hounds and also or
the ones which have been in the ken
nels since the late George W. Wander
bilt was the master of hounds in the
Biltmore Country Club.
When the Prince of Wales made
that flying trip TO Washington last
Autumn TO pay respects to the head
of the nation he was accompan MED as
equerry by Maj. Edward Dudley Met
calfe Of the Indian Cavalry, the self
same Metcalfe whose engagement to
Lady Alexandra CurZon. youngest
daughter Of the late Marques Curzon
and his first wife, formerly Mary Lei
ter of this city, has just been an
nounced. Very few met either the
Prince or the major during their brief
visit to Washington. but scores OF
Long Islanders had that pleasure and
pronounce the latter as the finest sort
of a chap. Maj. Metcalfe arrived
some weeks before the Prince OF
Wales. and he it was who prepared
the schedule of his various visits and
mapped out his itinerary. The major
met the heir to the British throne
four years ago, when the prince was
making his official visit TO India.
Lady AleXandra's tiance was then the
crack polo player and altogether most
daShing officer in the Sd Bengal
Cavalry and it is limited he is re-
sponsible for the overweening desire
which the British prince cherishes to
become an efficient poloist. At any
rate, Maj. Metcalfe accompanied the
royal youth back to England and has
been on the most intimate terms with
him ever since. Soon after his re
turn to England he met Lady Alexan-
uld, WHO Is the SbutIlllu anu
sake of the dowager queen. gloriously
reigning S">.n 22 years ago, when the
third daugl.,er of the Curzons was
christened at Windsor. But his suit,
it appears, did not meet the approval
of the late marques. The major has
only a modest fortune and no great
connections in the nobility. But he
has "a powerful friend in the future
King of England.
Lord Chichester who spent the Win
ter and Spring in the Canadian Rock
les and who now is in New York City
for the summer. with an eve on New
port and the North Shore Is an in.
teresting young man in himself, but
he derives considerable prestige from
the fact that he is the closest lineal
descendant of Oliver Cromwell and
resembles that grim warrior in most
marked degree. The young nobleman.
who is chief of the ancient house of
Palham. descends from the mighty
Puritan through the distaff side. The
daughter of Frances Cromwell. be
loved of her father and his constant
companion. married the first Earl of
Pelham, and it was to this lady that
the powerful military and religious
leader left most of his library. At
Stanmer Park. near LeWes. in Sussex,
the chief seat of the Pelhams, are
preserved the swords and full panOply
of the Puritan leader when he took
command of the parliamentary army.
Young Lord Chichester inherited as d
personal gift from his father "Old
Noll's" pocket Bible, in which he had
written He who ceases to improve
ceases to be good This he keeps In