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SKETCH OF A NOTED ENGLISH SPORTSMAN. Many Lines of Sporting Activity in Which Lord Lonsdale Has Taken a Part. It would be- difficult to find an instance where the- term "an all round sportsman" could be applied more fittingly than in the ease- of the- Earl of Lonsdal". There is. indeed, scarcely a branch of sport in which this popular nobleman is not ac-tive-ly intere-steel. He- rides and motors, is a first -el ass shot, and has done- a good deal of traveling in pursuit of big game; is a ke-e-n yachtsman, and an expert slippe-r eef greyhounds. In the do— JL main of boxing his name is a household word, ;:nd preeuel is the- posse-ssor of a Lonsdale be-lt. The Karl hinise-lf was no mean exponent of the noble art. while it may be mentioned that in- was interested in the training and contests eef pe-te-r Jackson anil Other cede brities of the- ring. His Lordship is the- president of the National Sporting Club. Lorel Lonsdale is. in addition, well known in raiing oindes, ami on numerous occasions has rielde-n his horses in races where- the- conditions permitted. Among his feats was the winning of the Butlaml Welle r Drag Hunt Cup. over a long coarse, on an animal named Quirk. Perhaps, how ever, he- has be. 11 more keenly interested in hunting and driving. In the hunting fi-lil he was always in his eteaeeat, while in the- handling -ef his well-known teams of clu-stnuts lie- displayed the highest skill. Drives Twenty Miles in an Hour. His riding and driving Blhll II ml ail are many ami varied. One story eonci-rning him relates to a wager that he would drive- twenty inile-s in record time. The- conditions could not have- be-e-ii niueh weirse, the- r-iads being bad in c-on a-epu-m-e of fn--quent do.vnpeeurs. Lord Lonsdale, nevertheless, won his wager. He drove- a four in hand tie- first five- miles, a pair for the- next, rode postillion of a pair during the- third stage and completed the journey by driving a single heeise-. the total elis-tani-e being covered in four and a half minutes inside the hour. At one time his hardship was a fairly ri-gular exhibitor of hunters and harness horse-s in tin had ing shew yards, meeting with c easlilf rshlr success. Of late- years he lias not exhibiteel to any great extent, but his interest remains, anil he- has acted an nume-reeus occaahma in the capacity of jmlge-. He has always heat a fe-w horses in training, the majority of them being with R. W. Armstrong at Penrith, while he has also li-i-n a phtraa eef Andrew Joyner, A. Sadler, Jr.. and P. Whttaher, though the bearers of the white jacket with the- yellow seams have not retarded many notable sue e-e-sses. Bach as Porte Besmear ami PertabeUe won rneea in their class some years ago. as have others of a like- kind in more- recent years. Lorel Lonsdale, however, won the- Silver Bell Plat- at Lanark, and t!ie- Hare Park and Summer Handicaps with War-linghani. which he se-euri-d from Mr. Sievier subsc-epic-nt to his OsaarewitCh victory in 1P12. Vainly Tries for the Grand National. His Lordship had hopes of winning the- last "real" Grand National with Lard Mare-us. and the gelding started second favorite, but he tailed to get beyond the fifth obstacle, the race being area by Ally Sloper. Leerd Marcus was again famied for the substitute feer tin- Liverpool Steeple chase last March, but he again failed, his actual position at the finish being eleventh. He- is again elite re-el for the -National." ami we-re- he to triumph at the third attempt the vieteery would be highly popular. Lord Marcus j. aasjm ilhmnlilj a good heirs.- over em own eoaise, and aaasag the races he has won are- the Grami Allie-s Steepler haae at Manchester ami the Grand Intel national Steeplechase at Sandown Park. Lord Lonsdale, who was born in January. 1857, ami thus recently attained Hi s sixtiih year, is the filth earl, and sue-e-eeele-d to the title in ISM* Four years pii ileaaly he bad mail led the- daaghter of tin- Marqaesa of Hantty. lb- was edaeated al Khan, where- lie e-arly gave- e-vidence of his devotion to sport. — London Bpoctfasg Life-.
