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CONCERNING KING GEORGES HORSES. The king had no horses running during the latter half of the racing season, but the royal purple and scarlet livery was frequently seen in its earlier stages, if not as successfully as every loyal sportsman desired. Friar Marcus, it is gratifying to recall, established himself as one of the best of the sprinters when, at the beginning of the season, he by a game effort won the Crawford Handicap after a fine race with Jameson, Dulce Domum, and other speedy performers, and if he just failed at his next attempt in the Bretby Handicap to concede nineteen pounds to Barbed Wire, it was a good performance, and he picked up the winning thread again shortly afterwards in the Chesterfield Handicap. On that occasion, with thirteen pounds the worst of the weights, he administered a beating to Vanitie, with Queen of the Seas, in receipt of thirty-three pounds, third, and Jameson this time unplaced. I am not aware if it is intended to train this good horse for another season, but, in any case, am assured of his success as a sire, for he is beautifully bred, by Cicero out of Prim Nun, extremely handsome, with power, and that fine speed which is so attractive to the present-day breeder. It is some time since there was a stallion at Sandringham, but I am sure Walker, the stud groom, would wlecome Friar Marcus to the paddock in that capacity. Sir Dighton, by Bayardo Prin-cesse do Galles, is another speedy horse, and divided the Craven Stakes with Roi dEcosse, but he is one that wants a shorter course, and a man on his back, to be seen to best advantage. Several of the Egerton two-year olds showed more than average promise, notably Llewelyn, by Sunstar Princesse de Galles, and Lucknow, by Minora Amphora, two good-looking and well-grown colts, of which the former in particular may make up into a high-class three-year-old. I was not a little impressed by his performance in the New Coventry Stakes, when, although only third to Diadem and Golden Maid, he had Margarethal, the Marchetta filly, North .Star and Sunset Glow behind him. It is well to know that the Royal Stud at Sandringham is being kept up to full strength, and that the yearlings recently sent to Marsh at Egerton House will fill the vacancies of the recent weeding-out of the team. "Vigilant" in Loudon Sportsman. i
