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SANDRINGH AM. In speaking of Diamond Jubilees Derby, the English weekly, Country Life," of June 9, 1900. lias the following to say of Sandringham. Diamond Jubilees four-year-old brother, which John E. Madden recently purchased for stud duty in Kentucky : "Sandringham. the four-year-old brother to Persimmon and Diamond Jubilee, has been sold to go to America. Our friends over there were pretty alert, for the cable to purchase Sandringham arrived the morning after the Derby. Sandringham is possibly the finest horse of all the illustrious family, but he got jarred on the hard ground and it was found impossible to train him. So he alone has not been able to make his name on a race-course, but there is no reason why he should not prove as good a stud horse as any of his three brothers. Very great expectations were formed of Sandringham. as we well know. It was always uncertain whether such a heavy horse could_ be trained, but that Marsh expected great things of him, or should we say, hoped for great things, is beyond question. It is the first time, if our memory serves, that a member of the Royal family has sold a horse to go to America, and the fact that Sandringham was bought from the Prince of Wales just now by an American has a pleasant significance."
