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injuries to the vertebrae of the neck, which was all but 

 broken. She lingered for a year and finally died in 

 Long Island. Her husband felt her death most 

 acutely. 



Mr. Whitney commenced racing in this country 

 in 1900, and in the following year Volodyovski, 

 whom he leased from Lady Meux, won our Derby 

 in his colours, Eton blue and brown cap, though he 

 was not present himself on that occasion, being re- 

 presented by his son, Harry Payne Whitney, who led 

 the winner in. Lady Meux happened to be in the 

 next box to the one I occupied on that eventful day 

 in the grand stand, and I well remember how jubi- 

 lant she was at the victory of her horse. Mr. 

 Whitney died in America in February 1904. 



The day after the Whitneys' party Mr. Chamber- 

 lain gave a grand banquet at the Arlington to his 

 American colleagues on the Conference, the follow- 

 ing account of which appeared in the Post the next 

 day : 



" Hon. Joseph Chamberlain banqueted last night 

 at the Arlington all the members of the Fisheries 

 Commission as a return courtesy for the dinner 

 given in his honour by Messrs. Putnam and Angell, 

 the American negotiators, a fortnight since. Covers 

 were laid for twenty guests, including all the mem- 

 bers of the Commission, its Secretaries, and gentle- 



