FORBURY PARK TROTS.

Evening Star, Issue 18852, 29 January 1925, Page 12

FORBURY PARK TROTS.

tinned in Gun Handicap, l,o2bsovj; second 120sovs, third lC0»o\>. 2m.--1 .1. jimrc's Hogan Chief (Logan Pointer--Regina Bell), 48yds (J, J. fveurcrlevl 1; 7 Logr.nwood scr (1) Withers). 2; J.O Whispering Willie, acr (H. y -siii'lis) '3. dlher.i ; 2 .Limlen scr, 1J Adair acr, S Harbor Light acr, n Away 12vd,s. 4 Jack Pot's 24, 0 Ommet 24. 6 Harry Audubon A 8 Lady Joan 36/ Loyauwood led all the way, and was pipped tin the post a head, third half a length away, Lindou fourth, then Away and Hajrbcn, Eight. Time, 4min 23 l-Ssec,

wench." Ho was a. good man, was Knox, and a great, one, but a mighty poor com:onet io a worried, young, and reckless woman wiih the claims ot triple thronchood luuu. mug her years. With Alary—a queen, a girl, and a. Bi eivan--1 act was, a minus ipiaiiiv; witlt Knox- a fanatic, a, dogmatist, and an oM man, accustomed to getting his own way-■-consideration for the feelings 01

others Bits not, a, conspicuous attribute. The nuetmg of these lw\ as opposite iu everytriing else, as in sex and years, may well appeal lo the imagination of the lover of romance, bill, they must- have, been pretty .strenuous for the actual participant*—and mighty iiiieoinl'oriable for Mary! Beyond this audience chamber is the room whorii siary slept, amt tu it staaids her lie I to ihis day. At. least., I would have taut believed so, but, that some base iconoclast, o; an historian, wliosc name 1 forget, atm wno»e soulless work 1 .shall ever oeplorc having made acquaintance with, has thrown toino suspicion upon flic matter. Jiut there js no doubt, apparently, thin, in the little supper room beyond occurred that, tragedy wn.ch one associates with Alary somehow moio closely than all the, oiaieis oi her tragic life -1 ho murder of Etr/.io. in this smail room, a. favorite retreat, of the- Queen, she sat, that latal night <d -March in lo on, ami ai- her fret there, knelt the musician twin Piedmont. .One, picture* the scene, the dark-faced singer, and Alary, musicsiirrcd; iho sndueit intnsli of the eager men, led on by Uarniey, the, husband whom she haled; the, savagery of that dragging lonh ; the efforts, of me, hunted man to. grasp the skirls ot lung tits only hope; ihe. .-'tabuing on the, stairs; the weeping woman in iter misery and fear. Vos, one piciuies the. scene, easily enough even when one reads of it 10,000 miles ami more away —now much mere, real does it not become, remembered on ihe very spot where it occurred! The spot where liizzio was left a(. last, dead and hacked with a score of knives, is still shown, Don asked the guide to ] joint, otti the bloodstains on the floor, and, when he. eonld not do it, react him a bt tie lecture on his lack oi enterprise. ■■■Any really thoughtful guide,’’ said Don, " would easily arrange a HUlo thing like that. Why, a brush till of mahogany floor polish lightly ami carefully applied has been known to work wonders in such cases before now.’’ The. guide seemed a Hit, doubtful, 1 thought. .Anyway, ho omitted to say •■Thank you" foe (he tip, which was xcnliy ungrateful of him! for 1 am sure Don meant, him well in the matter. These rooms of Queen Jlaiy, by ihe way, arc the only pmtions of the original palace built by James V. which still remain, the rest of ihe building having been destroyed in 16b0. .Bv whom, do you think P Look at the date. Cromwell h .Of course! Eight llio first time. Cromwell it was! THE ABBEY. The okl ruined Abbey of Holyrood stands behind the palace, and is very much more ancient. ltd liistory, like that of Thaflrcray s Jennies, is " wropt in mystery.” Tradition says' that Queen Alarguret, the mother of David of Scotland, and the sister of .Edgar Atheling, brought with her from her English homo a piece of the true Cross. This was preserved in a chapel elected on ihe site where afterwards the Abbey stood; and hence the name which has been handed down. Tradition also says that King David hi in seif named the spot from the tact that lie defended himself there nom a wild slag, ami drove it off’ wish a cross which ho ‘held. The place is hallowed by centuries of occupation as a church of one kind or anolhor, and to-day, solitary, m ruin and decav, ils memories are as sacred as its .site. All "that is lelt of the Abbey is the shed of I lie. nave and portions of the two aisles; but Tiow bcautilul some of those mined arches and columns are! Due should visit Holyrood Abbey, as well as "fair Melrose,' doubtless, by the "pale moonlight," to see it and to feel it--aright. That opportunity was denied ns; bin- we are not grumbling. What we saw will never be forgotten; and, above all, we. remetiiber well the great grey Nfwman 'Power at. tne western end. This ;s probably the very oldest part, of Ihe, existing ,-mtcturc —if such a. ruin can be soul :o e.J-t at nil—and the strength of those old Norman builders it very well exemplifies. t,.e i_n.it gateway that pierces, ft is « glorious piece, of work, its carved and foliated ne.sl. of arches and its mnlpltired pillar sh'altjs especially atlraeiing our attention. ~\ml near those' meulderinp Abbey walls, between the. Abbey Mill and I’alace Yard, there is a, little rniious building with a pointed roof. They pall it "Queen Alary’s Built,'' for .here, they say. the Queen Was wont, to bathe he.,-elf in white and webwarmed wine to keep her lovckuof.s m proper trim. A quaint “immoral" adjunct surely to the ancient. Abbey, and one wonders "what- John Knox had to say about it. Enr one. may be quite sure lie knew of it,. There were go-raps in Edinburgh —even in . thoso days.