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Show TO GUARD QUEEN VICTOniA. Ifor-M at noj-.l Slal.U Tanilil Not to If Aalomobll.a. Few Uvea In thla world aro watchod with such care a Queen Victoria's, and tboto of tho members ot tho royal family. Thla Is an old saylnr, but It Is particularly true In tho case of what might bo called automoblllsm, which as yet Is only a hobby In England. Still steps havo just been taken to protect her majesty from any danger while driving through tho use of automobiles. automo-biles. All tho horens In tho roynl stable sta-ble havo been drilled In the prosouco of an automobile. Tho horses In tho throo stablo yards at Windsor wero first led nnd then driven around a stationary sta-tionary car. Then the car was propelled pro-pelled around tho horses, Finally tha car was moved between the horses In n dangerous way aa thoy stood near each other. Tho automoblltst finally mado tho car aa objectlonablo aa poj- Bible. The horses wero very amenable, as they had already been schooled to such noises as the playing ot bands, i tho noise ot cannon and railroad trains g and the cheering ot crowds. Tho best bred horses proved to be tho least sensitive sen-sitive to the novelty, a puro bred Arab stallion showing the least concern of ' .,, all. New York Sun. t( luv |