Frozen Out still. 



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as would entitle this Wormwood-Scrubby place to 

 call itself Stuccoville. However, Mr. Tattersall has 

 been fortunate enough to secure a lease for a con- 

 siderable term of years of some hundred and twenty 

 acres of meadow land, thereby offering a bold front 

 to the speculative and unromantic lord of the soil, 

 and for a while baffling the builder, whose wicked 

 will would, if he could have his way, rapidly convert 

 these flowering meads into squares, crescents, roads, 

 and streets. Thus, fortunately, are " Old Acres " 

 sometimes preserved from " New Men." 



Alighting at the entrance to the farm, I had to 

 pursue my course along a slippery way, and I felt 

 very like that versatile and clever actor Colette, 

 when describing his feelings after travelling on a 

 line of railway upon which there had been a fear- 

 ful accident the day previous. "Afraid, my dear 

 madam ! I thought every moment would be my 

 next." Accompanied by Mr. Tattersall, I inspected 

 the occupants in every box in his extensive estab- 

 lishment. 



The gem of the collection is Knight of St. 

 Patrick (sire of Knight of the Crescent, Moslem, 

 Orangeman, Tenedos, Queen of the Bees, and 

 many other winners, who have in all scored the 

 receipt of £40,000 in stakes), by Knight of St. 

 George out of Pocahontas (the dam of Stockwell, 

 Rataplan, King Tom). The blood speaks for itself, 

 and is very blue indeed ; the horse is a pattern of 

 symmetry, beauty, and quality, which, were I a 

 breeder of thorough-breds, would attract my atten- 

 tion at once ; and I cannot fancy a more suitable sire 

 for any one wishing to secure not only so good a 



