Editing Lillie Langtry (section)

==Thoroughbred racing==
For nearly a decade, from 1882 to 1891, Langtry had a relationship with an American, Frederick Gebhard, described as a young clubman, sportsman, horse owner, and admirer of feminine beauty, both on and off the stage. Gebhard's wealth was inherited; his maternal grandfather [[Thomas E. Davis]] was one of the wealthiest New York real estate owners of the period. His paternal grandfather, Dutchman Frederick Gebhard, came to New York in 1800 and developed a mercantile business that expanded into banking and railroad stocks.<ref>{{cite book|last=Barrett|first=Walter|title=The old merchants of New York City.|year=1863|publisher=Carleton|location=New York|page=132|url=https://archive.org/stream/oldmerchantsnew02scovgoog#page/n133/mode/2up}}</ref> Gebhard's father died when he was 5 years old and his mother died when he was about 10. He and his sister, Isabelle, were raised by a guardian, paternal uncle William H Gebhard.<ref>{{cite news|title=Disposing of Two Million|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1878/06/28/80719828.pdf|access-date=9 February 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|date=28 June 1878}}</ref>

With Gebhard, Langtry became involved in [[horse racing]]. In 1885, she and Gebhard brought a stable of American horses to race in England. On 13 August 1888, Langtry and Gebhard travelled in her private carriage<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Mrs Langtry's Railway Traveling Saloon|url=https://archive.org/stream/jstor-25584133/25584133|journal=The Decorator and Furnisher|date=December 1884}}</ref> attached to an [[Erie Railroad]] express train bound for Chicago. Another railcar was transporting 17 of their horses when it derailed at [[Shohola Township, Pennsylvania|Shohola, Pennsylvania]], at 1:40 am. Rolling down an {{convert|80|ft|m|adj=on}} embankment, it burst into flames.<ref>{{cite news|title=Wreck on the Erie Road|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030272/1888-08-14/ed-1/seq-5/#date1=1883&index=2&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=crash+crashing+embankment+horse+horses+Langtry+Train+train+trained+trains&proxdistance=5&date2=1890&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=langtry&andtext=horses+train+crash+embankment&dateFilterType=range&page=1|access-date=19 December 2013|newspaper=The Sun|page=5|date=14 August 1888}}</ref> One person died in the fire, along with Gebhard's champion runner [[Eole (horse)|Eole]] and 14 racehorses belonging to him and Langtry. Two horses survived the wreck, including St Saviour, full brother to Eole. He was named for St Saviour's Church in Jersey, where Langtry's father had been [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|rector]] and where she chose to be buried.<ref>''The New York Times'', 14 August 1888, p. 33</ref><ref>''The New York Times'', 15 August 1888, p. 20</ref> Despite speculation, Langtry and Gebhard never married. In 1895, he married Lulu Morris of [[Baltimore]]; they divorced in 1901.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mr Frederick Gebhard to Pay His Divorced Wife a Fortune. ... .|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1901-10-30/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1836&index=3&rows=20&words=Gebhard+Marries&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1922&proxtext=gebhard+marries+&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1|access-date=20 December 2013|newspaper=The San Francisco Call|date=30 October 1901}}</ref> In 1905 he married Marie Wilson; he died in 1910.<ref>{{cite news|title=Fred Gebhard Near Death|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1910/04/22/104930363.pdf|access-date=7 March 2014|newspaper=New York Times|date=22 April 1910}}</ref>

[[File:Langtry buys Regal Lodge 2.JPG|thumb|Langtry buys Regal Lodge (situated in the village of [[Kentford]], near [[Newmarket, Suffolk|Newmarket]] in the English county of [[Suffolk]]) from Baird's estate in 1893]]
[[File:Regal Lodge, Newmarket exterior, 1899.png|thumb|right|220px|Regal Lodge in 1899]]
[[File:Regal Lodge sale 1919 Bury Free Press 31MAY1919.JPG|thumb|Sale of Regal Lodge in 1919]]
In 1889, Langtry met "an eccentric young bachelor, with vast estates in Scotland, a large breeding stud, a racing stable, and more money than he knew what to do with": this was [[George Alexander Baird]] or Squire Abington,<ref>{{cite web|title=Baird, George Alexander (1861– 93)|url=http://www.horseracinghistory.co.uk/hrho/action/viewDocument?id=1246|publisher=Copyright © 2003 All rights reserved worldwide The National Horseracing Museum|access-date=25 March 2013}}</ref> as he came to be known. He inherited wealth from his grandfather, who with seven of his sons, had developed and prospered from coal and iron workings.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bulloch|first=John Malcolm|authorlink=John Malcolm Bulloch|title=The last Baird Laird of Auchmedden and Strichen. The case of Mr. Abington [i.e. George Alexander Baird.]|url=https://archive.org/details/lastbairdlairdof00bull|year=1934|publisher=Privately printed|location=Aberdeen|page=2}}</ref> Baird's father had died when he was a young boy, leaving him a fortune in trust. In addition, he inherited the estates of two wealthy uncles who had died childless.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bulloch|first=John Malcolm|title=The Last Baird of Auchmedden and Strichen|url=https://archive.org/details/lastbairdlairdof00bull|year=1934|publisher=Privately Printed|location=Aberdeen|page=[https://archive.org/details/lastbairdlairdof00bull/page/2 2]|isbn=9780806305431}}</ref>

Langtry and Baird met at a racecourse when he gave her a betting tip and the stake money to place on the horse. The horse won and, at a later luncheon party, Baird also offered her the gift of a horse named Milford. She at first demurred, but others at the table advised her to accept, as this horse was a very fine prospect. The horse won several races under Langtry's colours; he was registered to "Mr Jersey" (women were excluded from registering horses at this time). Langtry became involved in a relationship with Baird, from 1891 until his death in March 1893.<ref name="Camp, Anthony 2007 p. 366 " /><ref>{{cite web|title=Lillie Langtry and George Baird of Stichill|url=http://www.bairdnet.com/borders/article2.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130410144049/http://www.bairdnet.com/borders/article2.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 April 2013|work=Thanks to Stichill Millennium Project|publisher=Bairdnet|access-date=22 March 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Dudley|first=Ernest|title=The Gilded Lily|year=1958|publisher=Oldhams Press|location=London|pages=128–34}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Baird's of Stichill|url=http://www.bairdnet.com/borders/article1.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130410131701/http://www.bairdnet.com/borders/article1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 April 2013|work=thank to Stitchill Millennium Project|publisher=Bairnet|access-date=22 March 2013}}</ref>

When Baird died, Langtry purchased two of his horses, Lady Rosebery and Studley Royal, at the estate dispersal sale. She moved her training to Sam Pickering's stables at Kentford House<ref>{{cite web|title=Pickering, Samuel George (1865– 1927)|url=http://www.horseracinghistory.co.uk/hrho/action/viewDocument?id=1150|publisher=The National Horseracing Museum|year=2003|access-date=27 March 2013|archive-date=11 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111200227/http://www.horseracinghistory.co.uk/hrho/action/viewDocument?id=1150|url-status=dead}}</ref> and took Regal Lodge as a residence in the village of [[Kentford]], near [[Newmarket, Suffolk]]. The building is a short distance from Baird's original racehorse breeding establishment, which has since been renamed [[Meddler (horse)|Meddler Stud]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Dudley|first=Ernest|title=The Gilded Lily|year=1958|publisher=Oldhams Press|location=London|pages=Chapter 14 and Postscript}}</ref>

Langtry found mentors in Captain [[James Octavius Machell]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Machell, James Octavius (Captain) (1837–1902)|url=http://www.horseracinghistory.co.uk/hrho/action/viewDocument?id=882|publisher=Copyright © 2003 All rights reserved worldwide The National Horseracing Museum|access-date=25 March 2013|archive-date=14 December 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214050019/http://www.horseracinghistory.co.uk/hrho/action/viewDocument?id=882|url-status=dead}}</ref> and Joe Thompson, who provided guidance on all matters related to the turf. When her trainer Pickering failed to deliver results, she moved her expanded string of 20 horses to Fred Webb at [[Exning]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Webb, Frederic E (1853–1917)|url=http://www.horseracinghistory.co.uk/hrho/action/viewDocument?id=1229|publisher=Copyright © 2003 All rights reserved worldwide The National Horseracing Museum|access-date=25 March 2013|archive-date=17 May 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050517181004/http://www.horseracinghistory.co.uk/hrho/action/viewDocument?id=1229|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1899, James Machell sold his Newmarket stables to [[Harry McCalmont|Colonel Harry Leslie Blundell McCalmont]], a wealthy racehorse owner, who was Langtry's brother-in-law, having married Hugo de Bathe's sister Winifred in 1897. He was also related to Langtry's first husband, Edward, whose ship-owning grandfather George had married into the [[County Antrim]] Callwell family, being related in marriage to the McCalmonts.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bigger|first1=Francis Joseph|title=The Magees of Belfast and Dublin, Printers|date=1916|publisher=W&G Baird|page=26|url=https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/197645-redirection|access-date=14 March 2018}}</ref>

Told of a good horse for sale in Australia called [[Merman (horse)|Merman]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Allison|first=William|title=My Kingdom for a Horse|year=c. 1917|publisher=E.P. Dutton & Company|location=New York|page=346|url=https://archive.org/stream/mykingdomforhors00alliiala#page/346/mode/2up/search/merman}}</ref> she purchased it and had it shipped to England; such shipments were risky and she had a previous bad experience with a horse arriving injured (Maluma). Merman was regarded as one of the best [[Stayer (horse)|stayers]]; he eventually went on to win the Lewes Handicap, the [[Cesarewitch Handicap|Cesarewitch]], [[British Champions Long Distance Cup|Jockey Club Cup]], Goodwood Stakes, [[Goodwood Cup]], and [[Ascot Gold Cup]] (with [[Tod Sloan (jockey)|Tod Sloan]] up).<ref>''The New York Times'', 15 June 1900, p. 16</ref> Langtry later had a second Cesarewitch winner with Yentoi, and a third place with Raytoi. An imported horse from New Zealand called Uniform won the Lewes Handicap for her.<ref>[http://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/lifestyle/david-arnold-lillie-langtry-s-horses-were-lewes-winners-1-6284053 Sussex Express] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161106061551/http://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/lifestyle/david-arnold-lillie-langtry-s-horses-were-lewes-winners-1-6284053 |date=6 November 2016 }} (Consultado el 5 de noviembre de 2016)</ref>

Other trainers used by Langtry were Jack Robinson,<ref>{{cite web|title=Robinson, William Thomas (1868–1918)|url=http://www.horseracinghistory.co.uk/hrho/action/viewDocument?id=1089|publisher=The National Horseracing Museum|access-date=25 March 2013|archive-date=27 February 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040227205443/http://www.horseracinghistory.co.uk/hrho/action/viewDocument?id=1089|url-status=dead}}</ref> who trained at Foxhill in Wiltshire, and a very young [[Fred Darling]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Darling, Frederick (1884–1953)|url=http://www.horseracinghistory.co.uk/hrho/action/viewDocument?id=927|publisher=The National Horseracing Museum|access-date=25 March 2013|archive-date=18 March 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040318220640/http://www.horseracinghistory.co.uk/hrho/action/viewDocument?id=927|url-status=dead}}</ref> whose first big success was Yentoi's 1908 Cesarewitch.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1908/10/15/archives/mrs-langtrys-victory-her-yentoi-takes-cesarewitch-stakes-wins.html ''The New York Times'', October 15, 1908]. Retrieved November 2016</ref>

Langtry owned a stud at Gazely, Newmarket. This venture was not a success. After a few years, she gave up attempts to breed blood-stock.<ref>{{cite book|last=Langtry|first=Lillie|title=The Days I Knew|year=2000|publisher=Panoply Publications|page=Chapter 18 ("The Races")}}</ref> Langtry sold Regal Lodge and all her horse-racing interests in 1919 before she moved to [[Monaco]]. Regal Lodge had been her home for twenty-three years and received many celebrated guests, notably the Prince of Wales.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kentford Village History|url=http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/kentford22/walk_through.htm|publisher=A Forest Heath District Council (Suffolk) Project|access-date=24 March 2012|archive-date=13 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413150320/http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/kentford22/walk_through.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In honour of her contributions to thoroughbred racing, since 2014 the Glorious [[Goodwood Racecourse|Goodwood]] meeting has held the [[Group races|Group 2]] [[Lillie Langtry Stakes]].<ref>{{cite web|title=European Pattern Committee announces changes to the 2018 European Programme of Black Type Races|url=https://www.britishhorseracing.com/press_releases/european-pattern-committee-announces-changes-2018-european-programme-black-type-races/|website=British Horseracing Authority|accessdate=12 March 2018}}</ref>