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GATES —— — Historic. GARDENS“ ‘OF. WIRGINIA buried in the earth, papers and other portable valuables were huddled into portmanteaux and the horses and roomy chariot were ordered out for instant flight. But happily, Horseshoe has known few vicissitudes with the exception of the war-time raid and those occasioned by the ruthless hand of time. It is now in splendid condition, having been restored and beautified by its present owner, Richard Meldrum Brady, Jr., who, in 1912, purchased the place from Colonel Joseph Wilmer. The old estate is a link between the present and those far-off days of 1716 when Governor Spotswood led his Horseshoe Knights to drink the King’s health upon the mountain top. The neitghborhood has greatly changed since it was the Royal Governor’s grant. The junketings and progresses between Germanna and Williamsburg belong to an irrevocable past.. But the daily routine at Horseshoe still has in it today much that reminds one of the country life once led here by the gentry of colonial days. EpITH DABNEY [TUNIS SALE. [264 ]
