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Klarikoff, who was literally roasted in his box. The 

 modern boxes, with their admirable interior fittings, 

 are such an improvement on the old " coaches " that 

 all the ordinary risks of travel are obviated, and the 

 horse gets through his journeys in comparative 

 comfort. Then there is another innovation which 

 we have reason to be thankful for. Many owners 

 retain their own private boxes. By using these an 

 owner is freed from the danger of travelling his 

 horses in boxes that may possibly have been 

 previously occupied by animals suffering from a 

 contagious disease. The risk is considerable on 

 railways employed in carrying horses from abroad. 

 Another serious risk has disappeared with the 

 establishment of the present system. We are 

 enabled now to pass through with our strings of 

 horses from railway station to railway station without 

 "transshipment." Discharging at one station and 

 re-boxing at another, which operation was formerly 

 necessary, was always risky and sometimes positively 

 dangerous. I remember on one occasion, when I 

 was going to Newmarket with a string of important 

 horses, Sir Joseph Hawley, who had been naturally 

 anxious that they should pass through London safely, 

 met me with them at Waterloo. Seated in his 

 brougham, he led the way at the head of the string, 

 I bringing up the rear, mounted on a hack, to 

 Shoreditch Station, which was then the London 

 terminus of the Eastern Counties Railway and the 

 station for Newmarket. We passed through the 

 crowded streets without an accident. Those who 



