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he bought the Hackney stallion Danegelt, the best 

 horse of his type in all Britain at that date, for 

 $25,000, in order to prevent his sale for export, and 

 put him in service at Elsenham. He got but three 

 seasons' use of that celebrated sire, but always 

 claimed that, notwithstanding that fact, this was 

 one of the best investments he ever made. The 

 Danegelt blood has ever since fairly dominated the 

 Hackney world. Sir WALTER was also the originator 

 of the annual London Cart Horse Parade, one of 

 the most imposing affairs of its kind ever inaugu- 

 rated. The equipment at Elsenham was one of the 

 most complete in existence, the extensive and well- 

 arranged paddocks, as well as the riding and driving 

 schools, being recognized as among the best in 

 Great Britain. 



At one time Sir WALTER erected a lot of model 

 cottages for his tenants. And here one little inci- 

 dent happily illustrates his understanding. He saw 

 to it personally that no washing was to be done in 

 the house. He built the washhouse apart from the 

 cottage, and the ugly coal-hole likewise. Said he: 

 "No man wants to come home to his dinner or his 

 supper and find the place full of steam and soap- 

 suds." Volumes of rural uplift are summed up in 

 that phrase. The world needs more men of the 



