. Highways and byways of the South. ered cloud puffs afloat on its ceruleandepths, the sunshine was gently warm, and the grassfields were laden with dew. Kentucky is famous forits horses, and a large business is done in rearing themfor the Northern market. No industry of the country-side has a more vivacious interest, and I spent muchof the morning visiting one of the minor colored men and boys were kept busy allthe time feeding, cleaning, exercising, and training thehorses. The creatures were given the best of care,and each had a good-sized room to itself in the
. Highways and byways of the South. ered cloud puffs afloat on its ceruleandepths, the sunshine was gently warm, and the grassfields were laden with dew. Kentucky is famous forits horses, and a large business is done in rearing themfor the Northern market. No industry of the country-side has a more vivacious interest, and I spent muchof the morning visiting one of the minor colored men and boys were kept busy allthe time feeding, cleaning, exercising, and training thehorses. The creatures were given the best of care,and each had a good-sized room to itself in the floor of the room was strewn with straw, the wallswere whitewashed, and there was a window which mustbe promptly opened if the stall became too warm andas promptly shut when it became too cool. Every-thing was very neat and sweet, and the horses were The Blue-grass Country 183 rather sHcker than their attendants. One of the latterwore a white advertising cap labelled, in large letters,compressed yeast. I loitered a long time watch-. !»».^>X ??Mi- k**^. Rubbing down a Trotter ing the compressed-yeast boy and another little fellow,who looked to be about ten years old, canter over theturf among the trees on the mettlesome ponies, givingthem their morning exercise. One day I walked into a place called Athens — avillage with a look of antiquity that suggested closerelationship with the Grecian city of like name. Itwas a battered, decayed little hamlet gathered about a 184 Highways and Byways of the South few shops and stores. Various village vehicles stoodby the roadside of the narrow chief street, somewrecked past use, and others apparently left there forlack of shed room. Groups of loafers gathered wher-ever they could find convenient sitting-places in theshade, and the storekeepers established themselves inchairs tilted against the front of their emporiums andonly went inside when a stray customer appeared.
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