The boys in their jockey suits and the little girls as horsewomen led in some frisky ponies decked with ribbons as well as very old docile horses, amid shouts, children's laughter, betting, and prolonged sounding of the bell. One could have fancied one's self on the green and newly mown turf of a miniature race-course.
Les garçons en costumes de jockeys, les fillettes en écuyères, amenaient, les uns, de fringants poneys enrubannés (decorated), les autres, de très vieux chevaux dociles. Au milieu des cris, des rires enfantins, des paris et des longs coups de cloche, on se fût cru transporté sur la pelouse verte et taillée de quelque champ de courses en miniature.