'CHERRY AND BLACK" 



constructed for the production of mushrooms, is quite a 



model of Its kind. The floral productions comprise 



roses of varied shade and perfume, and water-lilies of 



delicate hue peep out from their hiding-places, while 



rare exotics from distant points of the Orient and the 



Occident grow side by side in profusion. 



The training stable is circular in shape, and within is 



a walking ring for winter work on the straw-bed, and 



well sheltered by the boxes surrounding it. 

 The Training ^j^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^j^ p^^.^^^ j^^^^^ 



Stable . 1 11 1 • 



looking rough and ready as he rolls his 



eye at us. Herbert follows, "a plain horse but a good 

 doer"; Barrett lays back his ears in sullen disdain, as 

 though he overheard some remarks from 

 ^hefad'''^' the company of his being "a Derby disap- 

 pointment." Pizarro, "the Lincolnshire 

 beauty," dances gaily in the sunlight as he passes, look- 

 ing more robust than when he last bore the "cherry" 

 jacket. Gonfalon, a burly brown, and little Nimrod 

 jog along demurely. Spartacus we hardly fancy, but 

 Amazon, a lovely filly, prances and dances with excess 

 of spirits. Venetia follows, and then Dis- 

 , '*!. °^"^ dain. Inconstant, Breeze and Battledore come 

 along in Indian file, quite a corps d'elite, 

 comprising winners of the Atlantic, August, Red Bank, 

 Optional, Breeders, and Champagne Stakes. Hiawasse 

 is enjoying the "rest cure" in her box, round as a ball, 

 and few would recognize the winner of the Monmouth 



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