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Show NEW ZEALAND LUCKY STONES H H English Race Track Habitues Eager H to Possess Them. H Stnco It was dlscovorod, after St. H Amant won tho Derby, that hla own- H cr, Leopold do Rothschild, carried a New Zealand "lucky stono" In his H pocket, among tho smart sot thoro H has been qulto a run upon Bond street H Jowclors for them and they havo bcon much In evidence at the Ascot moot "l ings. But those who havo displayed H such eagerness to possess themsolves of this emblem of good fortune loso H sight of tho fact that Leopold do H Rothschild's faith In Its efficacy was H not sufficiently strong to lnduco him , ' to run St. Amant for tho Grand Prix H and riBk another encounter with Ed- , H mond Blanc's horses. Llko his French ll opponent, tho sporting scion of the H houso of Rothschild ack3"Tninrg "T"H mont and not his luck. Howover, M fashionable Jewelers aro catering to M tho popular fancy by laying in a sloclf :H of theso prptty translucont green M stones, carved to reprosont acorns, M shamrocks, pigs, ducks and other va- M rlous fantastlo creations, and it is not M unlikely that thoy may "catch on" H across tho Atlantic. Tho natlvo namo . H given to tho stono In New Zealand la H "Pounamu" and geologists know it as H a species of slado. Tho Maoris usual- H ly wear It suspended around their necks, and when thus carried it is known as tho "Hoi Tiki," or neck ., god. Thoy credit It with marvelous M powers ngalnst evil as well as great H potency in bringing its owner good |