Show I 1 aa ROYAL TRAVE LER HOW A VALUABLE CREATURE JOUR I 1 i i FOUR THOUSAND MILES f I 1 0 I 1 kingly quarter quarters tor for a costly trotting Trott lne stallion A aiono that coni COSSI constant stant attendance hight igat and nd uy day A I 1 palace car for n eq 1 I 1 when mr bonner bought sunol out on ithe pacific coast at suck such an enormous alg aire wre there were people who wondered how uch an expensive piece of horseflesh was 1 ito be b safely brought over BO so many many miles and if the price named was payable upon delivery in good condition only lathe in the 0 O of the baby horse called arton which J malcolm fortes forbes of lassach massachusetts isetts purchased for from senator stanford the money was paid before the horse took A step butof out of his its stall still at palo alto mr forbes farm is miles from palo alto amythe and the transportation from tea sea to sea was at the risk of the purchaser two lay after the sale arion arlon started east ina in a palace horse car made the journey in abety and landed at mr forbes tarm farm feeling tho the frisky 3 year old that b he a wag justat just at the time of the sale it happened that the palo alto consignment to the annual eales sales was ready to start to new york the private cars stood on the side track to receive twelve them arion axion went with them he was to in perfect winter condition with no more preparation than the throwing OB on of a blanket he was led from the stall to the stock chute and thence into the car ile II 11 found quarter quarters there which should hare have made him ashamed of his old whitewashed home he ile was backed into a hardwood stall open at the top the sides rising to the th height of his back the rear end and both aldee were padded like th the a corner posts of a prize ring a bit softer perhaps and across the open front was placed a restraining strat ning bar padded like the stall his ills etall stall was littered with straw the feed box was VM swung to the bar under his nose bis his head was tied up a light sheet was thrown upon him and be was ready right under his nose his attendant was curled epand up and over la in the neighboring tall atal I 1 was tho the colt hay bay gauge CAKE CARE THAT A RACE RECEIVES baggage for a race horse means blankets of all colors and weights hoods to match boots in variety paints and powders drinking buckets and mash tubs A gentlemanly race horse wears no ones clothes I 1 drinks from no ones mug between the farm and the slope of the sierras arion munched his hay bay and talked horse with the attendant he ile was running special as railroad men say and was not bothered with switching and sidetracking for the ignoble freight train the I 1 fast freight got out of his way when the train started up the sierra grades and the chill air off the snow capped peaks began to drift into the car tho the attendant busied himself and opened the big wooden trunk he ile got out a heavy blanket 1 1 and substituted it for the lighter sheet which arion was w earing wearing tho the doors were I 1 closed and the ventilators rs in the top of the car similar to those in a passenger coach we were shifted so that no draft of chill air could steal in night came on and the lamps were lighted A hinged bunk was swung down from the wall la in front 0 I 1 anions etall stall and the groom turned in arion did not ho ile down horses are I 1 never allowed to do that even on a thirty day sea voyage and it is the only hardship they suffer standing does not hurt them much they sleep very well with a leanto t against the soft padding of the stall anions journey east was uneventful until he reached cheyenne and then be met the surprise of his life to give relief from the tedium of the journey the horses were to remain in cheyenne two days when I 1 the train arrived there was a four inch I 1 snow on ou the ground bred under sunny california skies arion arlon never saw snow ho ire was led off oil the car in the early morning i FIRST ExrEn rENICE WITH STOW SNOW 4 tho the moment he caught sight of the white plains glistening in the sun rays ho be stopped short and looked about him with blank amaze amazement mint pictured in his big eyes 11 ills ilia groom groom coaxed him down the decline of the chute but when he reached the ground he stopped again and blew one of those snorting orting a signals which means distrust much coaxing and petting got him down but he put his fet feet into the snow as gingerly as a debutante puts her pink toes into the water of monterey he ile was not satisfied until he fie had trust his ests muzzle into tho the snow amow he ile took a deep breath and tho the frozen mist piled tiled his nostrils he ne shook his head with an im angry snort and blew the enow snow up lo 10 a tiny cloud that scared seared him and aud with ears cars at full cock ho be backed off 1 there was a lot of this sort of maneuvering a before be he could bo be persuaded to go along the raco race track stables were two miles away and the band was taken there every horse was carefully blanketed and tny crooks iq te the f taua were carefully closed TL there ore was waa ono one brick stall at the tile track and arion arlon by right tot bf his record got that the weather was bitterly cold too cold for tI to stand out in and arion was invited up town to banker hicks private stable which is built of brick and heated by steam coming out of his stall tho the colt struck a yard of ice and slipped A man on each side threw throw their shoulders against him bim and supported him until ho be secured a tooting footing the groom was as pale as a ghost when the danger had bad passed in the hicks stable arion passed bis his first night in bed securing horse snores on a luxurious couch of sweet smelling straw while outside the door the groom took cat napa and watched the thermometer between times I 1 LIKE ICE WATER the two days in cheyenne were spent in walking exercise and in faking taking the much needed rest for the feet and legs once he got used to the snow arion rather liked it aud when token taken out outto to walk alk he kept his groom in conga tant tear fear lest ho he should slip and strain himself at play J malcolm forbes traveled on an the regular passenger trains ahead of 0 his pet while at cheyenne arion arlon was called upon by the most prominent citizens of the town no amount of persuasion could induce him to drink cheyenne ice water finally the groom went into the trunk and brought out a bottle of california claret and mixed it with a bucket of water arion sniffed it ft and sunk his bead in up to the eyes after that there was no trouble about the water ater from cheyenne to boston the trip was barren of events there as another stop midway the ne kew w to york ir ana anzi were twitched switched into ala yards arion had a few hours rest with them then he resumed his hl jo journey joey ey attached to a regular passenger train and reached his new E england home sound and well and domi domiciled cUed in quarters qu artera quito as vs comfortable as those at palo al alto california will see eo bim no more san francisco examiner the united states pos possesses poses es 44 per cent of the total railway mileage of the tLe world |