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Show . . Red-Whlte-and-Blua Horse. Ambrose Jollife, the Hestonville livery stable keeper, has what is probably the most remarkable horRe in the United States, and his one sorrow is that the park commissioners commission-ers will not permit the animal to be driven through their beautiful domain. The horse is a middle-aged, well-proportioned Kentucky gelding, about 8 years old, and once upon a time was as white as a snowdrift at the North Fole. Two years aero a young medical student, who was studying at the University of Pennsyvania, and boarded at Mr. Jollife's residence, suggested that in honor of the Fourth of July, Dashaway (the gelding's name) be decorated in the national colors. He told Mr. Jollife that he had two harmless dyes which would soon fade out,and pointed out what a unique and sensational horse Dashaway could be transformed into by an artistic use of the dyes. As Mr. Jollife was agreeable, the student boiled his dyes and with a larsrc brush stained the horse's head, neck and forelegs a bright crimson red; the "barrel" was left white, and the flanks and hind legs were stained a brilliant blue. The effect was so exquisitely beautiful that Mr. Jollife and his family drove about the vicinity of Hestonville every afternoon showing Dashaway to their friends, and save for the fact that many of the horses that they met tried with more or less success to run away when the red-white-and-bluc equine met their affrighted gaie, the cup of the Jollife's family happiness would have been filled to the brim. The excitement in the park was so great that strict orders were given to the guards to keep the patriotic horse out of the great pleasure ground. Dashaway has been freshly dyed twice since his original decoration, and the Hestonville Hes-tonville horses have now grown accustomed to his spectacular appearance. But life is cot what it used to be for Mr. Jollife on account of the park commissioners' rule barring bar-ring Dashaway from the privileges of their j domain. Philadelphia litcord. j |