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yearling, had plenty of room. When we laid up, which 

 was every night but one, and a great part of the day also, 

 I could not prevail on the conductor to draw the car to the 

 platform, where I could take the colts off to exercise ; so, 

 when not in motion, I turned them loose in the car. After 

 the first night, they would lie down and rest as comfort- 

 ably as if in a stable. The second day I discovered the 

 Knight was lame in one of his hind legs. After the 

 closest scrutiny, I could not tell where it was seated, 

 and came to the conclusion it must be in the foot. He 

 was in a good deal of pain, holding up the foot, or resting 

 it on the toe. 



Before I got to Chicago, the lameness was less apparent ; 

 and leading him from the cars to the stable, he went as 

 sound as ever. I took the colts to the blacksmith shop, 

 had all of the shoes pulled off, and after a good groom- 

 ing, put them in roomy box stalls with comfortable beds, 

 gave them a warm mash, and felt that they were well 

 cared for. 



When I woke up the next morning, it took me some 

 moments to realize I was not on the railroad ; but the 

 luxurious hair mattress and the comfortable room at the 

 hotel recalled me to a knowledge of the true situation. 

 As I did not expect to continue my journey for a day or 

 two, I was in no hurry to get up. The deprivation of all 

 comfort for the last few days made my present position 

 the more enjoyable, and I felt inclined to make the most 

 of it. 



I lay building air-castles in which the half-brother to 

 Mammona and Magenta took a conspicuous place. He 

 must be run till four or five years old, leaving the legi- 

 timate turf, crowned with bays, to gather fresh chaplets 

 on the "Union and Fashion Courses, the meed of victories 

 won at the less graceful trot. My reveries were cut short 

 by tho ostler coming to my door and telling me one of 



