FAMOUS FACING STUDS OF THE LAST THIRTY YEARS. 



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triumphs. The first two are now the sires at the King's stud at Sandringham, of 

 which I have reproduced several pictures by His Majesty's kind permission. That 

 the same member of the Jockey Club should have stood at the head of the winning 

 owners in 1899, and also possessed the winning stallion of 1902 (Persimmon), who 

 was close to the top in 1903 as well, is in the nature of a record of which even 

 the King of the English Turf may well be proud ; and the triumphs of Sceptre 

 and Zinfandel, both by the King's horse, have not been ended as I write these 

 lines. There are, indeed, many who think that Lord Howard de Walden's 



" Galtee More" (1894) by "/feudal." 



Zmfandel was the best of his year, and will go on proving his right to that honour 

 as he grows older. The portrait of him I reproduce was given me by his 

 owner. The mares at the Royal stud comprise such fine-bred ones as Medora 

 and Amphora, bought at the McCalmont sale, Vane (sister to Flying Fox), 

 Laodamia, whose yearling La Paix (by Persimmon) seems her best get, and 

 Nunsuch, who is by Nunthorpe out of La Morlaye by Doncaster. Florizel II. 

 was sent to stand at the Heath stud, Newmarket, Lord Marcus Beresford's 

 establishment just behind Richard Marsh's stables, in 1896, and in his first 



