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MANAGER OF ENGLANDS ROYAL STABLE Lord Marcus Beresford has the honor of managing the breeding stud at Saudrinchaui and the race ¬ horses at Egerton House Newmarket belonging to his Majesty the King He held the same distin ¬ guished position under the late King Edward suid Uo greater compliment can IM paid him than to say that tlie two Kings have alwavs entertained a warm personal regard for him They were great days when Persimmon nnd then Diamond Jubilee weru making history and the position of a manager mtisti be an Intensely gratifying oue In such circumstances The manager as well as owner and trainer takes a share in the glory There is not much glory to be exacted today out of a small stable of moderate horses but Lord Marcus Is still young enough to hope that he will sec the day not far distant we IIOIH when the halcyon times will return Kins George began this present season with a most moder ¬ ate lot of horses They were beautifully trained for which let their trainer Richard Marsh ba thanked But they were also most skilfully placed to win and here we have to give the credit to Lord Marcus for it is the managers duty to make th en ¬ tries Under the circumstances the Kings horses have done marvellously well and many times betfer than they were expected to do But apart from bis royal associations Lord Marcus is a leader in the racing world He is astute in the most compli ¬ mentary and honorable sense aud ho is popular He knows the game from A to and especially has hu Rome rough idea ns to how to buy and sell n horse to the best advantage He was Intimately concerned with the sale of La Fleclie for t tiOCO which was thought to be a mad price at the time j timej and which was by a long way the highest price paid for a mare up to that time Sir Tatton Sykes tried to repudiate the purchase but as the world knows he took her eventually and iu the sale of her pro ¬ geny she has more than got the money back Lord Marcus comes of si distinguished and rousing broth ¬ erhood He loves a good cigar a good joke and is possessed of a wit that sometimes sparkles which it is not surprising to find In an Irishman of his gentility and breeding London Tattler
