SOME CURIOUS HORSES 251 



a friend who was coming up by one of the Midland 

 trains. Getting there before the train had arrived, 

 I was wandering about the station, to pass away 

 the time, when I saw a string of horses being un- 

 loaded, and amongst them there was one that had 

 been unboxed and was standing as quietly as pos- 

 sible by itself not the least startled by all the noise 

 and clatter. I glanced at it, and thought it a fine- 

 looking animal ; but just then, my friend's train 

 coining in, I joined him, and we went off together. 



In the afternoon I was going clown by a train 

 from London Bridge, and when I walked out on to 

 the platform, curiously enough there was the same 

 string of horses beino; boxed to go down to a large 

 firm of dealers in the South ; there too was the same 

 horse that I had seen at St Pancras, standing as 

 quietly as possime waiting her turn to be boxed. 

 I went up to look at her, and admired her very 

 much. She was a dark-brown, and seemed to have 

 very good legs and feet, though I could not see 

 much of her, as she was all clothed up and legs 

 bandaged ; but I had not much time to look over 

 her, as my train was ready, so I got in, and, for the 

 moment, never thought anything more about her. 



Some short time after this I had a letter from 

 a large firm of horse-dealers, telling me that their 

 " show day " was to come off next week, and asking 



