H.R.H.THE PRINCE OF WALES 



pane fell down dead after passing the post " is her 

 brief requiem in the Calendar. The purchase of 

 The Imp — about the only really poor performer 

 that ever won the Jubilee Stakes — was an un- 

 fortunate transaction, as he never recovered one 

 shilling of his purchase-money. This was in 1890, 

 but three years prior to this time a happy inspira- 

 tion had induced the formation of a breeding stud 

 at Sandringham, which was placed under the 

 management of Lord Marcus Beresford at the end 

 of 1889. One of the earliest records of the stud is 

 before me, and I find that in 1888 it consisted of 

 eleven mares. This number has never been very 

 largely increased, which is probably one of the 

 chief secrets of the wonderful success which has 

 been achieved. Perdita II. was one of the first 

 inmates of the boxes, and amongst the other ten 

 were Lilian — a record of whose performances on 

 the Turf occupies more than three long pages of 

 the book — and Welfare, a three-parts sister to 

 Ormonde. 



The Prince's horses went to Egerton House 

 early in 1893, but it was not until the following 

 season that the indifferent luck which had hitherto 

 attended the royal colours began to show much sign 

 of improvement. This change for the better was 

 brought about by Florizel II., a brown colt by 

 St. Simon out of a Hampton mare, Perdita II., 

 whose purchase for the comparatively small sum 

 of £900 may be said to have been the making of 

 the Sandringham Stud. Florizel II. was a weak 

 and overgrown two-year-old, who did not make 

 his first appearance in public until the end of 

 September, and was really of no use at that age. 

 Still, he showed just a glimpse of form when he 

 ran the speedy Priestholme to three -parts of 

 a length for the Boscawen Post Stakes at the 



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