St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-01-31

al thO appiiahSc vi lli'oto tiSati iISalS,
gem of a room, more costly, brilliant
and gaudy than Niblo's or Wallack's.
The coach house is filled with cerriages
of the most costly description, among
which is his magnificent barouche, drawn
by his tour-in-hand, in which he takes
an airing pleasant afternoons. His
stables contain every elegance and conve-
nience that modern ingenuity can sug-
gest. They were finished before his
magnificent mansion was completed. The
house is in the Chateau style, and like
the stable, is built of brick, ornamented
with white marble But the owner al
ready tires of it, and the whole establish
ment has been leased to the Loyal Lea
que for a term of years. The stables will
become billiard rooms; the cosy theatre
a saloon for receptions ssand the whole
editice will be transformed to suit the
purposes of the new occupants.
vANDERBILTs STABLE.
Commodore Vanderbilt has never had
the uptown nor brownstone front fever.
He resides i'll Washington place, near
Broadway, in massive, substantial brick
mansion, comprising more comfort than
is found in modern houses with modern
improvement. His stable is in the rear
of the house, opening into another street.
In his yard, under cover, is well tanned
track for the exercise of his horses His
stables is of the old style, and his horses
are kept in the basement, quite warm,
but dark. His two tavorite horses, the
Mountain Boy and the Mountain Gal,
have box stalls assigned them, off from
the track. The Commodore takes de-
light in horse flesh. lie is hard driver
and pushes his team as he pushes his
business. He drives double team, and
sometimes uses five horses a day Yet
his fayorite horse, Post Boy, which he
uses ottener and drives harder than any
horse he owns, has been i'll his possession
ten years. He is n small, fragile looking
animal, and, as the groom expresses it,
would not bring $50 at Bulls Head
lie is rs smart and as fleet as when the
Commodore bought him. Vanderbilt
has seven horses, and three men are con-
stantly employed in taking care of them.
lie has recently made three purchases
Lady Noe, better known as the ''Boston
Ga" The "Mountain Gal" 4 double
teamster, used with Post Boy" has re-
markable things said about her speed
But the Commodore's tavorite is his new
horse, the Mountain Boy" lIorsemcn
say that he will beat anything in the
country, eclipsing even Dexter. Van
derbilt paid Sl4,0 and has refused the
offer Of $4,000. lie is not TO be trot-
ted till the spring Indeed, all the
horsemen are LAYING off, and when the
weather becomes milder there will be
such trials OF speed and tests of superior.
ty rs this section of the country ha.
never seen. Bonner is getting ready his
teams for work, and Dexter and Poca-
hontas are receiving special attention.
STEWARDS STABLES.
A. L. Stewart is not n horseman n.
The pleasure and exhilaration that Bon
ner and Vanderbilt find on the road,
Stewart finds i'll hard work in his store
making money. lie don't think much
of fast horses. but those for his private
use are very elegant and very valuable.
His stable on Thirty-seventh street has
all the modern improvements Seven
horses wait on his pleasure, His usuaI
carriage is a small coupe drawn by a
dark bay horse 1t is a modest but
handsome turnout For his family and
for state occasions his carriage and hor-
ses cannot be excelled by any in the city
| lie is famous for buying churches. The
Ninth street Dutch Church he bought
and pulled down, and on the site erected
his uptown store. DIR. OSgood's church
he turned into theatre. The Amity
street Baptist church he turned into q
stable. Here he keeps his thirty-cight
horses and wagons with which he does
his immense business. This concern,
like all that belongs TO Stewart, is on .
gigantic scale. Nearly every well-to-dc
merchant, banker, broker and speculatol
drives his fast horse or fast pair. Going
up on the road is the regular business OF
New York on pleasant afternoons. The
hotels in the Park and around it do q
thriving business, for men who own fast
teams are usually liberal.