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SCION OF CANADIAN FAMILY KILLED, rTi tIlof Caltaiu Sir Frank Stanley Rose, of the 10th Hussars, who has been slain In the war. will awakou tender memories in the hearts of manv Canadians. Une. Roses, apart from their early coii-nection with this country, have alwavs been gallant men and splendid sportsmen. Whos Who In Canada says it was in 1886 that the then .Mr. C D Rose won the first of the great English turf classics, the Two Thousand Guineas, at Newmarket. hos Who, by the same token, calls it "a" two thousand guinea race. It was in 1S9 that ISonavlsta, a colt by Bend Or. and a close relation In blood to Mr. Robert Davies Orme Shore, won the famous race. In the following rear or in 1S93 Ravensbury. alp owned by Mr. Rose, ran second to the great Isinglass, the topmost winner of manv years, in the Derby and other races, and but for the influence of leaving as a rival one of the greatest horses that ever lived, would have headed the winning list not only In 93. but also in 91. Ravensbury earned tho title of "champion seconder." Sir Chas. I. Rose was also a devoted yachtsman, and in 1S95 challenged for the Ainerl-enn cup with Distant Shore, a cutter named after the dam of Bona Vista. After the row. in which Lord Dunraven charged Captain Haff. of the American yacht. Defender, with shifting ballast in the race against Velkyrie III., Mr. Rose withdrew his challenge. Sir Charles, in his younger davs was a good all-round athlete, holding the half mile snowshoe record and being vice-president of th. Montreal Cricket Club. Old Timer in Montreal Mail.
