The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-09-10
WAKEMAN'S WANDERINGS.
Scenes Round About the Famous
Windsor Castle.
The Famous Embattied Palace of Brit
aims Empress and England's Queen
The Pastoral Region Round About
AN Interesting Chance Meeting
With Victoria.
Especial Correspondence of the RECORD
UNION. Copyright, 1927

! w iNDSOR, EUSlduu, august ~, 1917.
If one could wholly disassociate from
the mind the royal and historic impress
! lveness of Windsor Castle, and, standing
upon the battlements of its great central
| Round Tower, merely contemplate the
place and its surroundings as a bit OF
| English scenery, the color, feeling and
| suggestiveness in all the scenes within
range of vision would still prove engag-
! ing and Characteristic TO wondrous de-
gree.
Almost at the very edge of the castle
walls are the cleaning curves of the
winding Thames, here pure and crystal
stream between yelvety, emerald banks.
winding Shore" the locality was an
GENTLY called, whence the present cor
rupted name OF Windsor. The sIlvery
surface threading away to the west I'M
! derneath fine old stone bridges, hints OF
| the rivers source, far beyond classic Ok
ford, among the hills of Berks and Glou-
| cester.
IN its eastern way through broadening
meads, past noble demesnes and through
! quaint and sleepy hamlets. it carries the
| thought past huge Old London and the
cleaning sand-reaches Of Alaplin and
! Margate to the wild North Sea. In this
much potential history mas had its origin
as along the TIber from Ostia back to the
! crags OF Aquilone.
just across the pleasant stream, its red
roofs hall hidden beneath masses of CEN
| turieS-old trees, is olden Elton town.
That mass Of low battlements and turrets
| is vision of Elton College, one OF the
Oldest schools Of England. \ ou know
the picture there, if your eyes can only
! see the setting, the low oaken rooms,
dark and rich with strange Old carvings,
| the masters gOWned and grave, the brasses
and tablets commemorative the famous
ana great who once were Elton boys, "
and, beneath hundreds of caps and tas-
sells, the fresh young faces OF those who
will rule England IN thought and act
when the twentieth century has come.
In every direction from Windsor the
| eye falls upon meadows like lawns, great
parks and forests OF gigantic oaks and
! yews. You can count nearly 100 seats OF
! the gentry and nobility from where you
! stand on the tower, Interspersed are the
quaintest of oId-worid villages, primitive
! farm houses, avenues of lines and elns,
| luXuriant hedges, gardens flaming and
lush, quaint arched bridges, ancient mills,
gray or white turrets breaking through
| masses of trees, roadside inns and col
| tages buried in vines and flowers. 1t is
| all a vast panorama Of pastoral England,
centering in, and dominated by, this royal
pile Of historic stone.
On the north, east and south the royal
parks of Windsor close in snugly upon
! the town and castle. The Home Park, so
named from it's immediate vicinity to the
| castle, is nearly four miles in circumfer-
ence and comprises about 500 acres. 1t is
| beautifully studded with clumps of forest
| trees. There are many avenues OF stately
elms planted during the reign of Queen
Anne, and George III. annually coursed
hapa ts,sh no, l,r,,
cades, artificial ponds, grOttoes and pict-
uresque bridges, Home Park contains
many structures and appurtenances pc
| culiar to royalty.
| Some of these are Adelaide Lodge, the
royal kennel, the Queens poultry houses,
the royal dairy and the royal gardens,
| The lodge consists only OF two rooms and
a pages residence, but they are sumptu-
ously fitted up with furnishings from the
| royal lodge. A short distance from this
| is handsome cottage in the Gothic style,
! the residence eft the keeper of the park,
and in the rear of this are the extensive
kennels for the fancy dogs of the Queen.
! There is not hospital in Victoria's do
minions so perfectly arranged, ventilated
and appointed. The Queen is very fond
of these dogs, especially of the collies aud
fox ferries, frequently inspects the ken
nels and laVishes genuine affection upon
| her favorites.
The burying ground of these canine
! pets is indeed a place for reflection.
When the dogs die they are laid beneath
the turf where they were bred, exercised
and came to royal dogs estate. An in
| scribed stone tablet marks each canine
grave. 1t may be there are those who
loiter in these avenues of the dead, pen
sively coming such inscriptions as,
prince, Scotch terrier. Brought from
Balmoral, June II, 1865. Died February
| 3, 1874" "Maurce, favorite Mount ST.
Bernard Of H. K. H., the Prince Corsort,
died November, 1854" and Nellie (col-
lie) mother of Bess, Flora and Sailor,
died October II, 1886"
| My companion, quite noted English
clergyman, remarked, with some bitter
ness, Better dead dog in this kennel
| than our Masters striVer outside this
royal demesne!'
| l thought not, and told him so.
Then you belle American principles"
| he retorted.
! And you, the manhood of a manly
! Englishman,' I could not but answer.
You are railing at the womanly senti-
ment and tenderness of a good woman
and your Queen
All" he rejoined, prodding 'tPrin-
cie's" headstone viciously, you Ameri-
cans are very queer people, very"
| Perhaps we are. But we don't yap elo-
cution and reach for bombs because we
| discover tenderness in woman.
| The royal dairy is as beautiful as some
| of the lady chapels of the old English
! cathedrals. 1t is about thirty feet square.
Six octagonal columns support the roof
The reservoir, through which constantly
| flows stream of cold water, is built of
encaustic tiles. The windows are of
stained class, bordered with designs in
| buttercups, blossoms and primroses. The
walls are lined with delicately-tinted
tiles, bordered with green, with bas-
reliefagricultural subjects and medallions
| of the Queen and the royal family.
| The poultry home is an elegant semi
! gothic building, with a central pavilion,
| crowned by superb dove-cote complete-
| ly lined with full length plate mirrors.
On either side of the pavilion are the
| roosting-houseS and nests. An immense
| area of lawn is divided by wire fence into
wards or runs" for the fowls, of which
there are nearly every known blooded
| species; and inside of these wards are
gravel walks, bordered by grass-plats
| leading to the poultry-house entrances.
The royal garden contains an area of
| thirty acres. Its total range of glass
| covered structures is about LOCO feet
| There is luxurious residence for the
head gardener, with two sumptuous apart
ments for the use of the Queen. The vi
! neries are each upward of 100 feet in
| length, besides two pinehouses SO feet
| long, two peachhouses 30 feet long, a con-
| servatory % feet in length, while space
$50 feet wide by I,077 feet long is di-
vided into three huge pits for forcing
melons, cucumbers, asparagus and the
| like.
The Great Park lies to the south of
Windsor. 1t contains 1,S00 acres. Sew
eral magnificent roads intersect it, The
Long Walk, three miles in length, and
bordered by the finest elms in England.
is the most famous. The royal farms are
in this park, and were converted to this
use by George Ill, and George ". al
ways made the present Royal Lodge his
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