CAPTAIN SANDEMAN 



Captain Robert Preston Sandeman, familiarly known to 

 his many friends as ** Bob " Sandeman, only son of the late 

 Captain T. Fraser Sandeman, 42nd Highlanders (Black 

 Watch), was born in 1852, and received his education at 

 Cheltenham College. In 1872, he was appointed to the 6th 

 Dragoon Guards (Carabineers) exchanging later on, when 

 arrived at the rank of Captain, into the loth Hussars. 



Cradled to sports of all sorts from his earliest childhood, 

 and a first-rate horseman to boot, the subject of this memoir 

 had not been very long in the regiment, you may depend, 

 before he was seen disporting himself in a silk jacket between 

 the flags, and before proceeding to India with his regiment 

 rode frequently with more or less success in races under 

 N.H. rules. 



In India Captain Sandeman soon became a man of mark, 

 riding with great success, principally for Captain and Mrs. 

 Cook and Captain Hayes. 



It was while riding The Twin for the former at Meerut, 

 that he sustained injuries, that would certainly have given 

 most men their quietus; the horse in question falling at the 

 last fence, when leading his field, with disastrous results to his 

 rider, who, besides concussion of the brain, split the bone of 

 his skull, and cracked the drum of his ear, being insensible for 

 days. His recovery was a miracle, and it is not surprising to 

 hear that he was sent home on two years' sick leave. 



It was exactly a year to the very day when he once more 

 donned a silk jacket, the occasion being a steeplechase at 

 Sandown Park, and having now plenty of time to devote 



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