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AN ENGLISH STATESMANS TURF CAREER Fortunes of the Horses Raced by the Late Duke of Devonshire Through Many Years When the Duke of Devonshire died last month England lost a statesman of the first rank one in ¬ timately associated with tlie greater national move ¬ ment and problems of the past quarter of a century or more As is generally the case with men of his rank in England lie was also an ardent turfman and of this part of his public career Sporting Life of March 25 says saysBy By the death of the Duke of Devonshire the turf has lost one of its most notable supporters a noble ¬ man who always raced on the highest and best lines taking the rough and the smooth alike alikeWhen When the late Duke then Lord Hartigan who was born on July G 1833 started racing his entries were made in the noin do plume of Mr Stuart Then his graces colors were brown and orange cap but a couple of years or so later says the British Turf the wellknown straw jacket was registered and some ten years subsequently bis grace was elected a member of the Jockey Club but a career which has led the Duke to the front rank of British statesmen prevented him from de ¬ voting a part of his time to the work of steward of the club He was however steward for three years in succession to Admiral Rons We need haiilly do more than refer to the political life of tlie Duke of Devonshire who while yet bearing the courtesy title of bis family might have been Prime Minister of Great Britain had ho been mindful of personal ambition rather than concerned with the progress of his party and the good of his country countryIt It was while studying at Trinity College Cam ¬ bridge where he graduated in 1S52 that tlie Duke became acquainted with Newmarket Heath Over the Leicestershire pastures too he rode to hounds and Lord Granville doubtless had this particular colleague in his eye when lie declared that lie would back the then late government Lord Granville was out of ollice to beat the one in power over any distance across country His grace dovetailed his work as a political leader ntid as a patron of the turf well together He never neglected the one for the other while the fame of his house for hospitality did not suffer during his lifetime Glorious Chats worth where much of the social and political his ¬ tory of this country has been made ever had its gates open to King Edward and his Queen and the royal guests of the nation were also entertained in the famous Derbyshire home of the Cavendishes CavendishesIn In the early seventies when the Duke of Devon ¬ shire started his racing career he owned a small stud which was put In the same stable with those of his old friend and political opponent Mr Henry Chaplin By tlie end of tlie seventies ids grace had taken nominations In our classic contests The lirst racer of importance owned by his grace was Chaplct which as a yearling in 187 at the dispersal of Sir Joseph Hawleys stud cost 1700 guineas The two yearold career of this tilly opened exceedingly well for in tlie Guineas Week she easily won the First Spring Two YearOld Uace and finished up tho sea ¬ son with two other victories in one of which she beat Garterly Bell Breechloader and four others including Camballo for tlie Prendergast Stakes Naturally this twoyearold form caused Chaplct next season to hold some prospects even against the highly fancied Per Se in the One Thousand his graces first classic effort but the filly failed as Spinaway aud Archer sailed away at four lengths from tlie pair a very hollow victory for Lord Fal moutli As a threeyearold the only other event Chaplct won was a match against Levant and the next season a defeat in tlie Lincolnshire Handicap was followed by four small victories out of seven other events this ending the fillys racing career She was therefore not altogether an unprofitable yearling outlay and certainly turned out his graces lirst best winner At the stud she threw Morion MorionThe The same year 1S7G the best display of the straw jacket in tlie handicaps was done by Monaco He won the Stewards Cup at Goodwood beating sixandtwenty opponents of whom Pursuivant was second and Lollypop third and it was no disgrace to Monaco to be beaten by Coomassic in the Ches ¬ terfield Cup at a stone difference in the weight Monacos Stewards Cup success for class of com ¬ petitor soars above that of Marvel In the same col ¬ ors In 1S90 and 1892 when the latter placed two others Stewards Cups in either Devonshire House or Chatsworth ChatsworthIt It was the brothers Bloss who trained Monaco and Richard Marsh Marvel for tlie Duke of Devon ¬ shires horses in 1887 had been transferred to the care of the new kings trainer It was subsequent to this change of quarters that one frequently saw many of those familiar little Birdcage gatherings between the races at Newmarket and which In later years transformed themselves into quite a family character characterBut But about the time of Monaco and long before Marvel we had seen two more than useful per ¬ formers carrying ihis graces colors We refer to Bolphoebtt and Rylstonc Belphoebc turned out the better of the two although Rylstone was fortu ¬ nate to win a greater number of races One was the chief handicap at the inauguration of Kemptou Park an event of which the duke probably was reminded when Burgundy triumphed in 190G Then again when carrying the straw jacket Rylstone was thrice in succession successful In th Lewes Handicap she pulled off the October Handicap at Newmarket But of Belphoebc She won tho Liverpool Autumn Cup and Manchester November Handicap of 1S78 but some very vexatious races preceded these victories It Is true that in tlie threeyearold line Belphoebe got nearer than Chap let In winning tho One Thousand Guineas the Dukes only classic victory and won the rich Coronation Stakes at Ascot but she was second to Placlda in tlie Oaks of 1877 and there also Is fresh in memory the Cesarewitch third of tlie filly to Hilarious and Macaroon and her second to Jongleur in the Cambridgeshire All this occurred In tlie same season to place alongside the three lengths beating Julius Caesar gave her as a four yearold CupIn in the Royal Hunt Cup In the space of thirty years never but in one season 1883 has his name l een missing from the list of whining owners The sad death of his brother in Phoenix Park gave rise to his absence but between I87J and 1890 his graces colors were not very successful It was the already referred to Marvel and Morion which then came upon tho scene to put new life into the Dukes turf career A most handsome son of Barcaldine and Chaplet was Morion which as a threeyearold did a smart per ¬ formance when easily beating twentythree oppo ¬ nents for the Royal Hunt Cup of 1890 again at Ascot the next year Morion won another and greater victory when his grace secured the Gold Cup That was a fine performance and recalls perhaps the greatest of the Dukes turf victories His grace on that occasion received more congratulations than on any other in his racing career careerFollowing Following Morion and Marvel came Balsamo which in 1897 won the City and Suburban and at that period Marsh had under his care at Egerton House a very speedy twoyearold colt by Amphion out of Mon DroHTNrhls was Dleudonnc and great were his winter expectations after he had won the Imperial Stakes at Knptori and the Middle Park AN ENGLISH STATESMANS TURF CAREER Continued from first page Plate Here at last it was thought was the Dukes first Derby winner but it was not to be The mile and a half proved too far for Dieudonuc and it was very much doubted if any of the connec ¬ tions of the Kgerton House stable companion Jed diih belonging to Mr Larnach which started at 100 to 1 profited much by the result Dieudonuc got no nearer than fourth but lie subsequently won races for the Duke one of which was the Portland Plate at Doncaster a poor consolation however for the Derby defeat Dieudonne was not the first Portland Plate victory of the Duke of Devonshire for Marvel also scored in that race in 1S92 Two years after Dieudonnes Epsom failure no better luck attended the running of Cheers foe the Derby lie had Maher for a pilot but when the gate went up lie was soon seen toiling In the rear and was always out of the contest However a bit of luck was in store for tills wellbred son of Per ¬ simmon and Applause II Ard Patricks disqualifica ¬ tions more than once gave Cheers place money lu important events Newmarket and Ascot to wit furthermore when Ard Patrick fell lame in his threeyearold career prior to the Eclipse Stakes lie paved the way for Cheers in that rich stake Cheers created here a great surprise by beating Rising Glass by a length It was Goodwin who trained Cheers the dukes horses having been placed under his care after leaving Egerton House HouseAfter After the close of the season of 1905 several of the dukes horses were placed in the charge of S Darling at Beckhampton and from this establish ¬ ment eauie Burgundy In 1900 to win the Queens Prize at Konipton Park whilst Goodwin turned out Acclaim for the FIndon Stakes at Goodwood and Hillsprite To win the Chesterfield Nursery Handi ¬ cap at Derby a meeting which was Invariably well patronized by the duke who usually brought over a party from adjacent Chatsworth for the occasion Commencing last season most of his horses were transferred to Beckhampton and the prospects for the year wore of the brightest for the duke had n most promising lot of youngsters Acclaim opened the winning account by a victory in the Column Produce Stakes at Newmarket Craven Meeting and followed this up by successes In the Newmarket Stakes and the Fiftyfourth Triennial Stakes at Ascot whilst Cheshire Cat scored on each of her three outings Black Spot picked up the threeyear old handicap at Newmarket First Spring Meeting and Marcovil In the opinion of many sound judges was unlucky not to be the first to lower the colors of the unbeaten Polar Star In the Jubilee Stakes He however did win two races Hillsprite looked BO well when seen at the Newmarket Craven Meet Jng mill appeared so leniently handicapped in the Royal Hunt Cun later that he developed into a raging favorite for the race but cut up very badly At the Royal Meeting however the dukes colors were borne successfully by Fugleman and Acclaim on the afternoon when he was first Attacked by the illness which has proved fatal Since that day Fugleman divided the Ncwbury Summer Cup with Manaton and subsequently won the RufTord Abbey jSandicap at Doncaster on St Leger day
