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ONE OF ENGLANDS LEADING TURFMEN. Few present-day owners . can boast of a more varied career than Lord DAbernon. formerly Sir Edgar Vincent. The youngest son of Sir Frederick Vincent, the eleventh baronet. Lord DAbernon, was educated at Eton. At the age of twenty he passed the examination, at the head of the list, for the appointment of Student Dragoman at Constantinople, but In the same year he joined the Cold--stream Guards, of which he was lieutenant when ; ; j j J , he resigned five years later. Following this he was private secretary to Lord E. Fitzmaurice, commissioner for eastern Roumclia, and subsequently held other appointments. He sat as conservative member for Exeter in 1899 to 1900. while in 1910 he contested Colchester. He was knighted in Jubilee year, while in 1914 he was raised to the peerage. His racing colors were first registered in 1899. Originally they were green and yellow hoops, yellow cap; but a couple of years later a change was made to the black, turquoise cap, with which we have become familiar. Among his earlier possessions one recalls Pistol, a son of Carbine Wenonali, as among the most disappointing. Pistol ran second to Sceptre in the Two Thousand, having Ard Patrick behind him, but he did little else of note. A far more useful animal was Donnetta, a daughter of Donovan Ilinovata, whose full powers developed somewhat late in life. As a five-year-old she won five events, among them the Duke of York Stakes at Kempton Park. The following spring, on the same track, with Danny Maher in the saddle, she won the "Jubilee" from St. Wulfram and Ambition. The usefulness of Donnetta did not terminate with the close of her turf career, as at least two of her progeny have established high reputations as race horses. The elder of these was Dindumenos, which was sired by the Derby winner Orby. In his earlier years Diadumenos was looked iqion as a sprinter, though a good one; but later he was exploited over longer courses, and won the Liverpool Autumn Cup of 1914 and the Jubilee Handicap of last year, in both cases by a head. During the season re- cently closed a sister to Diadumenos, known as Diadem, lias been worthily upholding the family traditions, the filly winning four of her five races and running third in the remaining instance. An-1 other good winner, owned by Lord DAbernon, is Eos, whose victory in the recent Cambridgeshire will be easily recalled. London Sporting Life.
