58 MEMORIES OF MEN AND HORSES 



works, including the portraits of such celebrities as Sir 

 Tatton Sykes, Beeswing, Alice Hawthorn, Our Nell, 

 Magistrate, Attila, Charles XII., Touchstone, Pleni- 

 potentiary Don John, Mundig, Orlando, Charles XII. 

 and Euclid running their dead-heat. In addition to all 

 these by Herring are many by Harry Hall, such as 

 Prince Charlie, the brood mares Eastern Princess 

 (with Prince Charlie at foot) and Tomyris ; Kingston, 

 Isonomy, Stockwell, Adventurer, Caller Ou and others, 

 while of rare old sporting prints there is practically an 

 unlimited number. Everyone is sorry that the illness 

 of Mr Cooper's little daughter should have been such a 

 source of trouble to him just now, but latest reports are 

 more favourable, and one can hope that the little one 

 was pleased with the beautiful flowers and strawberries 

 which were sent up to town for her from the hot-houses 

 of Warren Tower last Saturday. 



Phantom House, the abode of young Tom Jennings, 

 has also its works of art, some of them very notable ones 

 such, for instance, as a splendid collection of artist's 

 proofs of Meissonier's best pictures and you will find 

 young Tom a most courteous and entertaining host, 

 happy to show you his horses, or in any other way to 

 meet your views. Looking over Gouverneur in his box 

 on Sunday, one could not but feel that he is good-looking 

 enough to win anything, and he certainly shows no trace 

 of the temper with which certain of the sporting writers 

 credit him. Standing about 16*1, on excellent limbs, 

 with great length, reach and quality, Gouverneur looks 

 all over a first-class horse, and though he wears cloth 

 bandages tightly sewn on his fore legs, these are only 

 precautionary supports. The defeat of his stable 

 companion Reverend in the French Derby the same 



