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FAMOUS ENGLISH TOlFMAl Interesting Details of Leopold de Rothschilds Racing Career Exploits of His Many Fine Horses Winnings Total 860 Races Racesand and Nearly 2000000 AIITICLE I IA A notable figure in English racing was the late Mr Leopold do Bothschild who died in 1917 The exploits of the many line horses that carried his colors make interesting reading In about forty years of racing his borsns won 800 races and nearly 2000000 The turf history of that popular sports ¬ man and his horses as printed in London Sports ¬ man is here presented presentedMr Mr Leopold first succeeded to the racing mantle of his uncle of follow the Baron memory and his father the late Baron Lionel who for a few years raced under the nom de course of Mr Acton and won the Derby of 1879 with Sir Bevys to the present day No victories delighted the theiblic iblic more than those gained by horses carrying lis colors whether trained by Hnyhoc John Watson or by the Camions When Mr Leopold ran out onto ontoic ic course in all the drenching downpour of a June hundcrstorm to lead back St Amant after he won for him his first Derby the roar of applause with which his colts success had been greeted was re ¬ newed in the most enthusiastic fashion I ioiildnt mind a wetting to get a reception like likelat lat was a thought expressed by more than one onlooker and one can see now the deceased gentle ¬ mans beaming smile as he led back the gallant son of the good horse which eight years earlier had come within m ace of wresting an earlier Blue Hibbon from Persimmon Alas Of those most nearly concerned in that royal Derby King Edward Mr Leopold the two jockeys John Watts and Tom Tomjoates joates and Persimmon are gone goneTHE THE FAMILY AND RACING Mr Leopold de Hothschild was born on Novcin jcr 22 1S45 and was the third sou of Baron jionel Nathan do Bothschild and younger brother of Nathaniel Meyer first Baron Bothschild of the oorage of Groat Britain of Tring Hertfordshire icad of the famous financial house in St Swilhins ane It should be mentioned that although Baron iouel only raced for a few years after the death of his brother the owner of Favonius and other celebrities referred to above he was primarily responsible for the connection of tho Rothschild amily with racing in this country Baron Lionel was in fact the owner of Evening Star and inierald mares with which the stud was founded but he was content with breeding from them the produce being given to his brother Baron Meyer rom Evening Star came Daughter of the Star whose name was chosen for her by Benjamin Disraeli afterward the Earl of Bcaconsfield and from ho latter came amongst others Ilippia Oaks omyris and Hippolyta while Emerald produced ntor alia Mciitmore Lass Mentmore Lass won the One Thousand Guineas and at the stud she iroduccd to King Tom such as Breeze Zephyr and lannah The last named won for the baron the ne Thousand Oaks and Leger of 1871 and the erby winner of the same year Favonius was y Parmesan and Zephyr while from Breeze came Seolia whose daughter Eira became tho dam of Galeazzo It was to Daughter of the Star how ¬ ever that Mr Leopold was indebted for St Amant for her daughter Hippia by King Tom brew Nellie to Hermit and it was Nellies daugh er Lady Loverule from which sprang the 1904 erby winner and others less known to fame Tomato the barons second One Thousand winner did not do so well at the stud as the others mentioned mentionedST ST FKUSQUIN AND THE DERBY DERBYIt It was at about tho time when Mr Actons Sir Kevys won the Derby of 1879 that Mr Leopold do Bothschild first tKame actively identified with racing and in 1SS1 he was elected a member of tho Jockey Club in whose counsels his words always practical and to I he point ever found a ready hearing Oiie of the most considerate and least impetuous of men ho never served as a steward of the Jockey Club owing no doubt to the calls on his time made by the business of the great financial house of which bo was an active member It was ill health rather than pres ¬ sure of business however which prevented his being present at Epsom on the day when St Friisquin fought such a great losing battle against Persimmon In the Derby and in this connection it may be mentioned that when the contest for that memorable race for tho Blue Bibbon was taking place he stood at the tape machine in his office Many of the employes greatly interested in the doings of St Frusquin came in at his bidding and stood there awaiting the result Presently the machine ticked out the off and a few minutes later Mr Bothschild read oul Persimmon wen For a few moments be stoo in thought and then he turned round to say that St Frusquin was second Tho words were uttcrei to an empty room Immediately the staff bean that the gallant winner of the Two Thoiisam had failed to get the blue and yellow first pas tho post for tho greater classic event they hat Hilently slipped out of the room deeming that at such a moment which comes to a man perhaps oneo In a lifetime moro often not at all ho might prefer to taste of the bitters of defeat in solitude solitudeHIS HIS FIEST WINNER WINNERIt It was in 1S79 that Mr Leopold de Bothschild first registered tho family colors in his name and at the close of that season he won his first race the Old Nursery Handicap at the Iloughton meeting by aid of Fashion appropriately enough a daughter of Favonins which with Futcher in the saddle brought off an 8 to 1 chance In the following year lie had a good string in training and won twentynine races worth 43225 Fetter ¬ less began well by taking the Molyneus Stakes a Liverpool Spring and four other races afterward inclusive of two matches His biggest winner that season was Fashion whose three successes Included the Newmarket International Handicap the Chester Cup and the I7psom 0ild Cup In the Chester race she beat Lord Droghcdas Philammon Lord Boscberys Bhidorroeh Beefere Sword Dance and others At Epsom she defeated Parole Mas ¬ ter Kildare etc Earlier in that season Master ICIIdarc had won the City and Suburban under 12 pounds and Parole in the preceding year bai carried off the double of the City and Suburban and Great Metropolitan MetropolitanTHE THE BLUE AND YELIOW YELIOWFrom From 1S79 to 1910 it would bo tedious for our readers and considerations of snace for that matter would prohibit our mentioning them were we to enumerate all the winners nearly all of which were bred at the Sonthcourt Stud owned by Mr Roths ¬ child Suffice it therefore to outline briefly sonic of tho more important races which fell to tho bearers of the historic blue and yellow Among I hose that did successful work in 1881 were Fetter ¬ less Tunis Brag Valentino and throe fillies of such uolo in Isabel Nellie and Emmelino Marcia Tunis won the Newmarket Biennial but failed in the Payne Stakes Of the three fillies Isabel later became Hie dam of St Frustum and St Gris and Nellie produced tho dam of St Amant Emmoline Mareia after winning twico in her twoyearold days was sold on the second occasion to It Peck for 220 guinea She too became a noted brood mare for if she only produced one good one he wsa a veritable clinker Marcion winner of the Ascot Gold Cup etc for B C Vyuer In 1SS2 Nellie was third for tho One Thousand to St Marguerite and Shotover a neck and a head dividing the throe but she was only a bad third in tho Oaks to Cehim nis and St Marguerite Later she won several races inclusive of tho Newmarket St Lpger and then deailhealcd with Kormesst Lord Uoseberyx for the Select Slakes ii which Shotover trying o concede ten pounds was beat en a length Isabel won six times in succession that year commencing tho run at Ascot in tho HighWeight Handicap Plate 1 11 miles Then she beat Fortissimo for the Queens Plate at Hampton tho second being the properly of Joe Davis the managing director of Hurst Park which covers part of tho old Hampton course At Goodwood she won the Drawing Boom Stakes and Bacing Stakes Valentine Lucerne Brag Bisorta and Chesterfield were the best known of the other winners that year in which for tho first time the aggregate winnings ran into five figures This was likewise the caso in tho two fol ¬ lowing seasons when Brag Lucerne Middlethorpo Hamako Eira Koumiss Damictta and Talisman were this most successful of the numerous winners In 18S2 the string secunxl thirty races in 1883 no fewer than fifty and in 1SS4 twentyeight Eira by Kisber Aeolia and Koumiss by Macaroni Coomasslc opened their winning account the second day the one cantering away with the Double Trial Plato and the other just scrambling homo in a sell ¬ ing raw and each did well at the stud Eira be ¬ coming dam of such as Galoazzo and Atbara and Koumiss of the speedy Lactautiiis etc Hamako which wan a brother to Nellie by tho Derby winner Ilrrmit tho Oaks winner Ilippia upset in one of his races the odds 01 Mr Lefevres Ladislas ami ho also won tho Free Handicap Middlethorpo won three mile handicaps in 1883 and likewise in the next season Talisman was thought to have a chance in the Derby of 1884 and was backed down to 7 to 1 starting third favorite but he failed to get a place behind the deadheaters St Gatien and Harvester lie scored in a minor race at Ascot however From 1885 to 188S was a comparatively leii ixriod the sums won ranging from 11575 In the first and about double that amount In 18SO to some 21500 in 1888 the chief winners being Cairo Brag Beaver Middlethorpe Lucerne Eros St Bride Bosalie Heptarchy Gagoul and Galloping Queen To be continued
