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ROYAL STUD TO BE KEPT UP Rumors That-King George Was to Quit as a Breeder and Owner Are Authoritatively Denied. LONDON, England. September 8. There "have been many rumors in racing circles that, owing to the cost and non-success of King Georges stud and stable, the racing stable would be disposed of at the end of the seaso.i, and that the Royal Stud at Sandriugham would be gradually dispersed. It is r.uihoritatively announced, however, that all the rumors are untrue and that the King regards the maintenance of the stud as something in the nature of a trust left to him by his father, the late King Edward, and that he will always keep up a racing stable. The affairs of the Sandringham establishment are looking up. Friar Marcus, the young sire at its head, is sending out winners and promises to be a success in breeding. Friar Marcus, by Cicero Prim Nun, by Persimmon, is Sandringham bred and, though ho was only a great sprinter, is a noble individual and much sought as a sire. He had fifteen living foals up to this year and two offered at the sale brought 8,250.
