Die schweißbedeckten, abgematteten Pferde, die soeben gelaufen waren, wurden von Stallknechten in den Stall geführt, und eines nach dem anderen er schienen die neuen, frischen Pferde für das bevorstehende Rennen. Sie waren größtenteils englischer Herkunft.
The perspiring, exhausted horses which had raced were being led away by their grooms, and one by one the fresh ones for the next race were appearing, most of them English horses, which in their hooded coverings and with their tightly-girthed stomachs looked like strange gigantic birds.