He could be seen disappearing between two of the stands on the other side of the course.
Carriages were still arriving.

They were by this time drawn up five rows deep, and a dense mass of them spread along the barriers, checkered by the light coats of white horses.

Beyond them other carriages stood about in comparative isolation, looking as though they had stuck fast in the grass.

Wheels and harness were here, there and everywhere, according as the conveyances to which they belonged were side by side, at an angle, across and across or head to head.

Over such spaces of turf as still remained unoccupied cavaliers kept trotting, and black groups of pedestrians moved continually.