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j Lord Fitzwilliam Succumbs; Supported Turf in England By Special Correspondent. NEWMARKET, England.— The death recently was reported of Lord Fitzwilliam at 1 his Yorkshire home, Wentworth-Wood-house, near Rotherham. He was seventy ! years of age. Although he owned and raced I few horses of great note, Lord Fitzwilliam j was a keen supporter of racing. He was elected a member of the Jockey Club in I 1906, and he officiated as a steward at the j Doncaster and York meetings. For many ! years he owned and operated a private race I meeting at Carnew, County Carlow, Ireland, j near his ancestral home, Coolattin Park. Lord Milton, who inherits the title, was I one of the principal buyers of bloodstock at the yearling sales last year. He has j horses in training with F. Easterby at New- 1 market, the latter having charge of five two-year-olds, including Estrelita, the filly by the 1936 Derby Stakes winner, Mah- moud, out of Fille de Salut, acquired for 3,000 at Messrs. Goffs Dublin sales in September. Lord Milton won the historic Gimcrack Stakes at York with Paul Beg in 1935.
