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BRITISHI OFFICER WINS THE
THE CLAIM BY HIS DAUGHTER.
ROYALTY'S VISIT.
GOLD CUP.
DEMANDS £200,000.
LORD LONSDALE,
· FIFTY YEARS `IN WORLD OF SPORT.
GOLDEN WEDDING.
The King and Queen openly show. Madame Boris Soloviêff, a
London, June 23. ed their gratification on June 24 at widow, and a daughter of the The outstanding figure of the day the International Olympia Horse famous Russian monk, Rasputin, among British sportsmen is un- Show, when Captain J. H. Dudgeon, who during the war wielded great doubtedly the Earl of Lonsdale. To of the Royal Scots Greys, riding influence at the Russian Court, him next Tuesday a remarkable tri- Lieutenant A. G. Martyr's Forty-has initiated a civil action against
Colonel Malise' Graham. on
Six, made two perfect rounds and two of the alleged slayers of her bute will be paid by Britlali sporta- thus won the King George V. Gold father-men of high rank, and men in all parts of the world on Cup. Bracketed next him were like herself, fugitives from Rus-the occasion of his golden wedding, the sia, writes a Paris Correspondent the Prince of Wales handing to him veteran Broncho, and Lieutenant to the "Daily News and West a cheque which will probably re- present £300,000, in recognition of Bizard on Quinine, states the ruinster Gazette."
The writ has been issued.
his long and honourable connection "Morning Post."
The result was a reversal of the Mme. Solovieff claims £200,000 with many kinds of sport. proverb that youth will be served, damages. In her statement of That princely sum his Lord- for Forty-Six is aged, Broncho is claim it is stated that she is the ship, in conjunction with the Coun- 24, and Quinine 12.
legitimate daughter of Rasputin; tess of Lonsdale, will devote, it The styles in which the three that Rasputin disappeared from is understood, to the founding of a horses took their jumps were very his house at Petrograd during hospital to meet the special needs different. Broncho is a staid per- the night of December 17, 1916, of men who have close association. former, who has survived many and that his mutilated body was with sport. Horse Show ordoals. He and his recovered from the River Neva n
This event serves to bring to mind rider believe in no undue effort, and few days later.
some of the remarkable events with recognition for his previous efforts. It is alleged that the identity of which the Earl has been identified, were acknowledged by applause as the murderers has only recently and to emphasise his extraordinary ho entered the arena. Forty-six, been revealed, in a book publish- versatility, because it is practically ed a few months ago in Paris. It impossible to mention a sport or
who took the cup, took risks. fle
was very fast, but just avoided the is further alleged that, "not con- pastime in which at different charge of rushing his jumps. He tent with proclaiming their crime, periods in his lifetime he has not was collected for each and never got the assassins have insulted the
out of hand, but he was vibrating memory of their victim, and have had a share, from coursing to big At present it is tried to enst on him such dis- game shooting. with energy and vigour, a neat, de credit as to render it impossible only possible to summariae very termined, admirable jumper. Quin for members of his family to con-briefly (says the "Yorkshire Post") inc. with Lieutenant Bizard up. re- tinue to bear his name."
these activities during more than 50 called the gallantry associated with
years, the Three Musketeers.
She re-
was recalled.
Prepossessing.
A pretty, elegantly dresseri Az a member of the Jockey Club, ceived an ovation as she came into woman of 30, of middle height, Lord Lonsdale is very closely iden the ring, travelling in the dashing with blue eyes, the daughter of tified with racing, and it is, inter- style associated with Saumur, and Rasputin, in an interview, ex-esting to note in this connection making a frat faultless round, but plained that, in bringing this that a unique festival provided by failing at two obstacles when she action she wished to prove, in his family in successive generations
spite of stories to the contrary, has racing as its central feature. Nothing occurred to mar a per- that the name of Rasputin was •No Earl of Lonsdale, as such, aeca fect day. The sun shone brilliantly one which could be borne honour-the Burgh Barony Cup won twice. and brought out the full glory of ably. "He was a good father to whenever the heir succeeds to the the blooms with which the arena is me," she added.
title a great festival is provided on framed, and was reflected from the
The extraordinary career of perfectly-groomed horses,
Burgh Marsh, a few miles west of Gregory Rasputin was brought to Carlisle, and the chief event is for The
Royal party-the King. a violent end on Dec. 29, 1916, the Barony Cap, but there are other Queen, and Princess Mary-charac- when he was assassinated in teristically arrived punctually to Petrograd by some highly-placed races, in addition to wrestling and the moment. The Queen was wear- Russian. Born in 1873 at Pokrov. other North-country pastimes. The ing a dress of pale blue, with cream sky, Siberia, the son of a fisher- Cup can only be competed for by and gold brocade, and a pale blue 'man, when a very young man he tenants on the Barony, but that is and silver hat Princess Mary was became a professional pilgrim and so extensive that there can never be in green. The King wore morning gained the reputation of a saint. any risk of a shortage of candid- dreza. The representatives of the He acquired a commanding ates. foreign Powers were formally pre-position among the reactionaries sented to them, and then the Show in Russia, and was credited with continued in all its brilliance.
THE KING'S CUP.
RACING SUCCESSES.
The present Earl saw the festival making and unmaking Ministers, given to mark the accession of his Banishment to Siberia followed brother, St. George; and when he in 1913; but he returned to St came to the title his Lordship pro- There was a number of parades, Petersburg soon after the out-vided such a programme of lavish and then the Austrians gave their break of the Great War and, find- hospitality, in August 1883, that it display as a prelude to the opening ing renewed favour with the even to-day spoken of by elderly of the King's Cup competition. Taurina, became a sinister politi-
Their performance was, perhaps, cal figure. He is said to have people as something that will never the beat they have so far given, but been scheming to bring about a be seen in the Barony again.
Count van separate
But years before his own Barony peace with Germany
their senior officer,
der Sparaaten, informed that when assassination ended his Races, the Earl was known as R there is no chance of any of the life at the age of 43. horses being left behind in England with the idea of founding a school. The competition for the King's Cup did not open brilliantly, and it was a considerable time before any competitor made a perfect round The must notable of the performers, other than those already mentioned, were as follows: Chelsea, a 12-
LEANING TOWER.
TO LEAN ON BRITISH CEMENT.
keen patron of racing, a akiilod and successful) steeplechace rider. and a hunter of outstanding ability. For a good many years he had only moderate success as an owner of [rtechorses, and it was not until 1907 that he won the Devonshire Plate at Carlise, to be followed in 1910 by the event which probably
year-old brown mare, who did a per- the world knows, very proud of as the securing of more important The people of Pisa are, as all afforded him as great a pleasure fect first round, well collected and their leaning tower-and would races--the winning of the Cumber- fast. but who came badly to grief not dream of having it straight-land Cup with Melays. when recalled into the rink; Fizze, ened up.
His greatest success was, of crashed into the triple bar, but The angle from which they course, when Royal Lancer won the with Captain J. L. M. Barrett up view the matter is this: if the 1922 St. Leger, his Lordship having otherwise gave an excellent account tower, the foundations of which leased the horse from the National of himself; Isaac did a beautiful are showing signs of weakness, is Stud. Since 1911 nine of his horses first round, taking each obstacle as straightened nobody will want to have won stakes of the total value his rider naked, being cool, collected, visit it, let alone claim it, and if it of over £34,000. and fast, but he fell to bits when is allowed to lean still further it| recalled; Commandant Kido, for might...!
In the opinion of many sporting men and women Lord Lonsdale's ¡Japan, rode in dashing style and The unmentionable is not to be greatest achievements were as a ̧ might have been more fortunate allowed to happen." A contract Master of the Hounds. He was a than he was, and but for the "rubs" for the maintenance of the tower hunter from boyhood, and possibly of the course might easily have done with its present "lean" by means even then he may have had ambl- a perfect round; Captain Yoshida, of strengthening the foundations,tions to reach the highest position for Japan, went too fast, but also has been secured, against world- in the world of field sports. At any nearly succeeded: Lieutenant C. T. wide competition, by the Francois rate he lived to see it recorded by L. Findlay in Mary had a black Cementation Company, of Don- mart that jumped 'like'a' cat, but caster.
the great authority, "Thormanby,"
two obstacles lost slips; Lieutenant- The firm, which has undertaken in his book, "Kings of the Hunt," Colonel E. P. J. Johnson-Ferguson's to do the work at nominal cost that "Hugh Cecil, fifth Earl of Peter did a perfect first round, but on account of the architectural Lonsdale, is the most brilliant on his re-entry gave a refusal and historic importance of the tower, sportsman the ancient line has | knocked down the wattle fence. holds the cementation contracts produced."
A DASHING PERFORMANCE. for St. Paul's Cathedral and the
Second String, exhibited by the Mersey Tunnel shaft lining.
10th Royal Hussers, gave a dashing | performance, with catlike precision; but falled in his second trial, and
War Baby, exhibited by Captain E.
B. de Fonblanque, of the Royaljon. Horse
"WAR COWARD.”
FOR TREATMENT.”
He became successively Master of
Artillery, stole over his GERMAN “SENT TO BRITAIN | horses Jumps in a manner that aroused ad- miration, only just missing. a per- fect round.
Nie Berlin, June 17.
the Woodland Pytchley, the Quors, and the Cottesmore packs, and car- ried on each but especially the Quorn, with royal generosity and characteristic thoroughneas. When the pack was given up, and the were sent for sale, over eighty were catalogued and they realized considerably over £20,000. BIG GAME SHOOTING. The King was a most-interested A wealthy Brandenburg land- spectator. The competition proved owner, who during the war com-
Yacht racing was also for a con- to be the most hotly contested of manded a roving cavalry patrol siderable span of years one of the recent years. It was carried out in in German East Africa, is suing Earl's sports, and in one senson he dashing style. One minute 45 so the author of a book called "The won 36 events out of 46 starts. He ronds, and there was only one that Mutineers" for having described also sailed the then Emperor of exceeded one minute 30 seconds. him as an arrant coward, and as Germany's racing yacht for three There were timber crashers, but having shirked facing the Eng-seasons. As the owner of probably remarkably few of them and hot'a lish, and
the most extensive, game preserves single accident The Royal party. The commander, says Herr in the North of England, of the only was heartily cheered as they left Rudolf de Hart, the book's author, Northern forest where the wild red was such a thorough, believer in deer still flourish, and of many. the value of running away in or-miles of grouse moore, Lord der to fight another day that his Lonsdale has had remarkable oppor men at last mutinied and denosed tunities of proving his skill with the him. They sent him to the far-
Olympia.
FORD'S RUBBER SCHEME
gun
thest English outpost, and with Detroit, Saturday a grim sense of humour asked These, however, he would regard Mr. Henry Ford'a motor ship that the English should take care as minor achievements by compari- "Lake Ormoc has departed for of him as a bad mental case till son with what he has done in con-- Santa Rem, in Brazil, laden with the war was over nection with big game shouting, and supplies, equipment and person General von Le How Vorbeck the study corridors, and great en not the list-mentioned to engage, the German commander-in-chief trance hall at Lowther Castle con- in early operations of rubber in East Africa, in to be called to tain hundreds of specimens of planting Reuter's American give evidence for the defence in
the coming trial,”
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