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■ SANDRINGHAM ARRIVES IN MISSOURI. s . i.ouis. Mo.. Jaaaary i_ James McAlester, I son of Dr. A. W. McAlester, ot Columbia, Re I passed through St. Louis yesterday, having in ebargt , the thoroughbred stallion, Sandrlngham, recently i donated lo the Missouri Bureau for Army Remount:! I bj Harrj Payne Whitney, New York millionaire. Mr. McAlester made a s|H cial trip lo New York i to get the horse, which wa- shipped bj express to Columbia. This is easily th, highest hred horse I lat I ha- iv.-r been brought lo Missouri. Sandrlngham i- i a brother to Persimmon, winner of the Epsom Derby, St Leger, Ascot Gold Cup, Edipae stake-. Jockej i t 1 I j t i t r I i i , I i : i • i .- I I Club Makes, etc.. and I brother to Diamond Jubilee. winner of tin- Two Thousand Guineas, Derby, St. Leger la-lips.- Stakes, etc.. and also a brother to Ilorizel. winner of the Goodwood Cup. the As coi Gold Cup. the Cold Vase. etc. li is not often the farmers of a state have the opportunity to breed their work mans io a brother to Epsom Derby winners. The keenest interest ha- been awakened through out the -tate by the proposed bureau and tin- country pn ss j- taking up the matter enthusiastically. Letters are being received from all parts of the state asking for Information and requesting that stallions be shipped to these wiitei- The following letter from L. A. Wetxel, secretary of the Greenfield Com mercial Club, is a sample of some of the commnai cations: "Bj order of tin- Greenfield Commercial Club, 1 am writing yen in regard to tin- move which has been made by the Department ol Wa: towaid the establishment of breeding stations in Missouri for army remounts. This organisation desires to obtain ne of tin- stallion- for Dade County, if possible." A meeting -on will Im- held at a central point and a plan formulated for distributing tin- stallions and making an aggressive campaign among tlb horsemen ot the countrj to procure high class stallions.
