Copenhagen

THE SURROUNDINGS OF COPENHAGEN. EREM ITAGEN (THE HERMITAGE).

n the highest rising of an open plain in the m iddle of "D yrehaven" (the deer-forest), stands the small and ancient Royal hunting-lodge, "The H erm i­ tage". It is an unpretentious build ing on an unp reten tiou s height, and yet it has a princely

appearance, stand ing there on the green slope, with its white walls glistening in the sun. It overlooks the forest and the p la in ; from its w indow s the view is w ide and beautiful. To the east the plain slopes quickly down tow ards the Sound, from which it seems to be separated only by a narrow strip of forest and of villas, and w hich stretches out, open and blue, aglow and alive in the g littering sun, tow ards an airy, cloud-like, softly-toned strip of colour — the Swedish coast. To the west the even plain stretches far and wide, bordered in the distance by the g reat beech forest. D u ring a few days in summer, part of this plain is the scene of the Danish races. The Derby of the north is run here. The prizes am oun t only to a couple of thou sand pounds — th o u ­ sands and not hund red s of thousands change hands. It is a small Derby, in a small country. These races form the chief event in Scandinavian sport. The G en tlem en -rid ers from Sweden, Norway, and Denm ark meet here to compete w ith each other, and against the G erm an sportsm en, who never

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