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himself to his favourite amusement, Captain Sandeman adopted 

 quite the wisest course he could have done in taking up his 

 residence with Mr. Arthur Yates at Alresford, bringing with 

 him at the same time a few horses of his own. What with 

 riding gallops in private, and races for himself and friends on 

 his horses in public, he may be fairly said to have lived in the 

 saddle, and he will tell you that at no period of his life does he 

 look back with more pleasure than his stay at Bishops Sutton ; 

 " neither," he will add, " shall I ever forget Mr. Yates' 

 hospitality or cheery kindness whilst under his roof." 



Captain Sandeman whilst at Bishops Sutton rode princi- 

 pally for Lord Wolverton, Colonel Fenwick, and Captains 

 Childe and Faber, whilst he invariably rode for General Byrne 

 in any military races. 



On his marriage in 1884, Captain Sandeman left the 

 Service, and in 1885 took stables on his own account at 

 Richards Castle near Ludlow, where he trained and rode for his 

 friends and himself; and that he met with more than ordinary 

 success during the three years he was there, may be gathered 

 from the fact that in one of them he rode and won more 

 races under N.H. rules than any other jockey, amateur or 

 professional, his best day of all being at the local Somerset 

 meeting at Crewkerne, when he rode in four races for Mr, 

 Yates' stable and won them all. 



After giving up training Captain Sandeman rode almost 

 entirely for Sir Peter Walker, Mr. John Reid Walker, and 

 Mr. Gordon Canning, and he rode and won his last race 

 in 1 90 1. 



On retiring from the saddle. Captain Sandeman went in for 

 rifle shooting with a will, and having joined the Royal Gloucester- 

 shire Hussars, took to serious work at Bisley, where he was 

 highly successful ; whilst as Captain, and shooting in the team, 



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