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LEOPOLD DE ROTHSCHILD AS A TURFMAN. Few present -day owners can l oast of a longer active association with the turf than Mr. Leo told de Rothschild, and it can 1m- said with equal truth that few liveries are more generally popular than the d:irk blue and yellow. One of Mr. Rothschilds earliest successes was recorded by the lightly-weighted Fa-liion in the Chester Cup of 1880. Three years later Riscrta. ridden by Sam Loates. again won the trophy in the same colors, while after a lapse* of twenty-six years yet a third Chester Cup vas lifted by that good colt Santo Strato. .Mr. Kotliscliild ,-ilso won a couple of Manchester Cups through Cotillion, which defeated Indian Prince. Lord Lome and several others in 1S89: and Ixirenzo which cantered away from Fiz-Yama and others three years ago. A like number of Koyal Hunt Clips has I n carried off by Mr. Kotliscliild. Jacqiiemart. under the guidance of T. Loates. having accounted for twenty opponents in lsi»S. while Kun-stler. with young .1. K. Watts in the saddle, bore off the honors and spoils five years afterwards. Numerous other handicaps of more or less importance have fallen to the share of the subject of this sketch. la MM Mr. Kotliscliild experienced a highly successful season, heading the winning owners list with an aggregate of nearly 35,000. It was in thi-i year tiiat lie won his first Two Thousand, through t In- agency f St. Frusquin. which, with odds of 1 M» to in on, won easily from Love Wisely, which sul.sequently won the Ascot Gold Cup for Mr. Ilamar Bas~. St. Frusquin started favorite for the Derby, but was beaten by a ne.-k by Persimmon, whose victory in the colors of the late King, then Prince of Wales, was followed by a scene of cnthiiMnsm such as even Epsom had never previously witnessed. St. Frusquin. however, got the better of tin- royal Colt in the Prin I Walt- Plate, while he also won the Ellipse Slakes a little later. Another classic winner owned by Mr. Rothschild was P«Mm, which created a siirpri-e l-v upsetting the Derby winner. ..!..,|voski. in the Si. I.egcr of I.tctl. for which the son of Florizel 11. was on offer at 40 to 1 against. The verdict iu favor of the latter was only a neck, and then there were further proceedings in what Sloan called the "objection room." the rider of Volodyovskf complaining of bumping. The objection was. however, overruled, the stewards deciding that though the second had been interfered with, the winner was "not guilty," so to speak. Three years later further classic victories were scored by St. Amant. a son of St. Frusquin. This colt led off by winning the Two Thousand from John o Gaunt and Henry the First, following which he avenged the defeat of his sire in the Derby. St. Amants Derby was attended by a terrific thunderstorm, and when the riders returned they all drew overweight, but were passed by the stewards. France supplied the favorite in M. E. Dianes Gonvernant, but the colt failed to find his way into the leading position. John o Gaunt, as at Newmarket, filling second place, with St. Denis third. St. Amant also ran in the St. I-oger, but ran badly, the race being won by Pretty Polly. Mr. Rothschild, who was elected a member of the Jockey Club in 1891. formerly held a seat in Parliament. — London Sporting Life.
