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TRAGIC ENDS OF THE BERESFORDS LORD MARCUS DEAD THE CURRAGHMORE LEGEND Lord Marcus de la Poer Beresford, K.C.V.O., an Extra Equerry to the King, and manager of the Royal Thoroughbred Stud, was found dead in bed at his flat in St. James's St. London, on Saturday morning. He had suffered for some years from neart trouble, to which cause death is believed to have been due. He had intended to be present on Saturday, if possible, to see his horse, Rory O'Neill, run in the Surrey Hurdle. THE TERROR OF JOCKEYS Lord Marcus was a son of the fourth Marquis of Waterford, and brother of the late Admiral Lord Charles Beresford. He was born in 1848, was educated at Harrow, and joined the 7th Hussars, being A.D.C. to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1874-6. He will, however, be remembered by his great devotion to the Turf. Appointed in 1885 a starter for the Jockey Club, he was, says the "Evening News," the terror of jockeys with a weakness for "poaching" at the start, and, after a single reprimand, these never took further liberties when he was watching them. Then, at King Edward's request, he became associated with the Royal stud. Lord Marcus's successes were as follows:—Persimmon won the Derby and St. Leger in 1896; Minoru the Two Thousand Guineas and Derby in 1909; and Diamond Jubilee the Two Thousand Guineas, Derby, and St. Leger in 1900. King Edward's friendship for Lord Marcus descended to King George, and, though the royal racing manager more than once desired to retire during the past 15 years on account of ill-health, the King always persuaded him to postpone the resignation. CURRAGHMORE "CURSE." Of the seven Marquises of Waterford only three have died natural deaths. The late Marquis, father of the present one, was accidentally drowned in the river that flows through the grounds of Curraghmore. The fifth Marquis shot himself in his study at Curraghmore after years of suffering from a spine injury in the hanting field. The fourth Marquis, a Protestant clergyman, was found dead in a shooting box at Curraghmore, death being ascribed to poisoning. The third Marquis had his neck broken by a fall from his hunter. Lord Delavel Beresford was killed in a railway accident in Texas, and Capt. C. C. de la Poer Beresford was killed at Aldershot in 1910 in trying to stop a runaway horse. Lord Marcus himself narrowly escaped death some years ago in a motor accident, and once while steeplechasing he was nearly drowned in an open ditch. This long line of ill-fortune was ascribed to the "curse" resting on the family, a curse which the death of the late Marquis was supposed to have lifted, he having been the last of seven Beresfords doomed by a legend to an untimely death. At country fairs one may still hear the ballad-singers chant the legend of the "Curse on the Beresford Breed." In the beginning occurs the prophecy, "You'll hunt with death through all the years," and it goes on to say:— And you and yours accursed will be, You can't escape by land or sea, For death…