14 Hark Away. 



Trotter, or Mr. T. Wood. Trotting along at a very 

 moderate pace, ample opportmiity was given for a 

 critical examination, as they journeyed along the 

 banks of the Serpentine, turning at the corner and 

 proceeding past the Barracks, and on to the Queen's 

 Gate, where a considerable number fell out, returning 

 through the Park, amongst whom was the Prince 

 of Wales. The rest journeyed onwards to Orleans 

 House, which was the rendezvous of the day, where 

 luncheon was provided for a large number of 

 members of the Coaching Club and their friends, 

 who had an opportunity of wandering through the 

 delightful grounds of this fashionable Club, where 



" Half in a blush of clustering roses lost, 

 Dewdropping coolness to the shade retires ; 

 There, on the verdant turf or flowery bed, 

 By gelid founts and careless rills to muse ; 

 Whilst tyrant heat, dispreading through the sky, 

 With rapid sway his burning influence darts 

 On man and beast, and herb and tepid stream." 



Certainly a most desirable spot to spend a sultry 

 afternoon. 



Returning through the Park, the appearance was 

 brilliant in the extreme. Equipages of every de- 

 scription were to be seen. Her Royal Highness the 

 Princess of Wales in a beautifully appointed Victoria ; 

 and a host of lords and ladies of high degree ; 

 pedestrians innumerable listening to the band, and 

 some few equestrians, amongst the number one who, 

 it is to be hoped, will be prevented by his friends 

 from taking horse exercise for the future, his per- 

 formance being irregular and, to an extent, original. 



