THE ''RED COW" 



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strong roadsters for the coaches nuiuiDg to Bath, 

 Bristol, Wells, Bridgewater, and Exeter, and here the 

 elegant samples of horseflesh which liad brought the 

 coaches at a spanking pace from the " Belle Sauvage," 



THE "red cow," hammersmith. DEMOLISHED 1897. 



on Ludgate Hill, were changed for animals who could 

 do the rough work of the country roads. They were 

 not particularly fine to look at — especially those used 

 on the night coaches — and it was often a matter of 

 surprise that they were able to keep up the pace 

 required, and that the greasy old harness stood the 

 strain. It has been said that in one of the old- 

 fashioned rooms of the " Red Cow " E. L. Blanchard 



