RECOLLECTIONS OF MEN AND HORSES 



S. Hammond, Henry A. Barclay, James L. Barclay, 

 W. B. Dickerman, Samuel Weeks, W. M. Fleiss, 

 E. H. Dunham, G. G. Howland, Geo. C. Clausen, 

 Paul Dana, Alfred DeCordova, Hugh J. Grant, J. 

 B. Houston, Wm. Crawford, Albert C. Hall, David 

 Bonner, Myron P. Bush, Geo. B. Alley, Shepard F. 

 Knapp, Joseph Harker, A. A. Bonner, J. D. Ripley, 

 H. W. T. Mali, Geo. J. Whitney, Lloyd Phoenix, 

 Alexander Taylor, Jr., General Dan Sickles, Wm. 

 Rutter, Charles H. Kerner, Chas. M. Reed, Frank 

 Work, H. M. Whitehead, Thos. L. Watt, and 

 Robert C. Watson. As I call the roll I am startled 

 at the silence. How many fail to answer " Here ! " 

 After an eight o'clock breakfast the smokers 

 lighted cigars and followed their host along the walk 

 which wound through flowers and shrubbery up the 

 hill where the stables stood in townlike cluster. 

 Here the yards which caught and held the warm sun- 

 shine were as neat as the good housewife's parlor, 

 and the big box stalls were fragrant with bright clean 

 straw, thickly strewn under hoofs. The well-drilled 

 stable attendants threw the doors open noiselessly and 

 stood with mute lips. On the frame of each door 

 was the name, with pedigree, of the animal in the 

 copperplate handwriting of S. D. Shipman, and the 

 visitor need not ask a question unless such was his 

 bent. Mr. Backman, supported by his cane, puffed 

 quietly at his cigar as each door opened and closed, 

 but his questioning eyes were not often deceived as 

 to the impression made upon the mind of the ob- 



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