The New York herald., 1869-03-28
OUR EQUINE PALACES.

Horse ArIsfocracy and How II Lives and
Thrivcs-Pronsinens Stakes Of the Metro-
polis-Tbeir AIagnificeace aud Appliances.
For more than fifty years the trottsnG horses Of
America have been Justly accounted the best in the
world. the exploits OF the most celebrated among
them have never been equalled, and 1t is safe to
assert that some Of the "cracks'' OF our New York
stables can to-day outtrot anything in the shape OF
horsenesh on the face Of the earth. The thorough
breds OF England may outfoot our running horses,
but her turfmen admit that the superb combinations
OF 'blo0d" and "boneu which have carried or the
flrst honors or the American trottlng course must
be considered the noDpareis OF the race to which
| they belong.
| Our famous trotteis are national pets. The whole
community Is proud OF them and ieels interested In
their contests and achievements yet comparatively
few OF the thousands who read OF their wonderful
performances have any idea OF the amount OF care
bestowed on their cultivation and training. Their
| diet exercise and grooming, the ventilation and
temperature OF their domices, the tone OF the light
by which they surrounded in short, every thing
| connected with the management OF these valuable
and intelligent ANIMALS source OF constant soil
ctude to their owners, and well they repay the care
that IS bestowed upon them.
As regards cleanliness many Of the horse palaces
| Of New York would compare favorably with ma
| Health might derive some useful hyglenc hints from
visit to the quarters Of our aristocratic nags.
Hercules would have found his hosser's job sinc-
cure had the Augean news been as free from impu-
| rites as the trottlng stables OF New York.
Believing that an inside view or the surroundings
| and manner OF life Of the equine celebrities OF
Harlem lane and the Bloomngdale road cannot
fail to be interesting to every class Of readers
| present below the results Of tour OF inspection
among the principal horse palaces Of Manhattan
| Island.
The stable Of Mr. August Belmont, the eminent
banker, which is perhaps the handsomest In New
York, adi0ins his house, the northeast corner OF
Eighteenth street and Fifth avenue. 1t is built Of
brick. ornamented on the front with brown stone
coping and is two stories high. The carriage house
and stable measure nifty feet by one hundred 1t Is
paved with brick and the Sewerage and drainage are
Of superior character A skyght Of grained glass
diifuses softened light through the interior. The
carriage house contains eleven carriages Of various
| kinds, among which are three four-in hands. The
woodwork Is grained TO resemble oak On the
right are harness closets, containing ten sets
| OF carriage harness and fifteen saddles, with
| handsome show cases for bifs and BRIDES. A
leads to ten apartments for the grooms ali or which
| properly ventilated and comfortable There are
| two wooden pillars ON each SIDE Of the carriage
| house, with shields at the submits which display
| the Belmont arms. A bathroom, with hot and cold
water, for the use Of the grooms is on the second
| 1o0r In the stable are fourteen stalls and q box
stall, seven ON a side. IN each Of which Is an iron
rack for hay just above the horsc's head, and gal
vanlzed cast Oar box below and on the LEFT Of
| the rack There are no managers in the stalls. The
partitions are surmonnted By iron latticew0rk and
over the head Of each stall tablet for the
name Of the horse None of these have been inscribed
as yet. There are fourteen horses at present Ia the
stable, viz.-Mr. Bemonts celebrated bay four-ln-
hand team, the wheelers seventeen and the leaders
sixteen hands high: Mrs. Bclmonts two sorrel sad
die mares, groom's bay horse, creain-colored
pony, two bay mares, named Rose and Blanche and
two brown mares to drive tandem. There Is o zinc
lined water tank In the yard. sixty feet OF hose,
terriers &c. Tne convenences and comforts Of this
stable are fnnumerable, and the equabe warmth
which Is dnused by the hot air and hot water fur
naces in the cellar must be very conducive to the
/ heath Of the horses. The whole establishment is
marvel OF elegance, cleanliness and comfort.
|, A. T. STEWARDS STABLE.
Mr.. A. T. Stewards stable Is at No. East Thirty
seventh street. 1t Is OF brick twenty-five feet 'front.'
and contains nine stalls five OF which have high
iron-barred racks and all have iron feed boxes 1t
Is thoroughly ventilated and well lighted. Five OF
left. There Is small tank for water on the right.
Tne stalls on the let have no racks. large closet
the stable utensils The straw in n the stalls
each stal is an oblong vcntllator built III the wall
anere are in the stable par OF carriage horses
Charley, bay, and Billy, brown; pair Of bays
and two saddle horses Prince, bay Arabian, and
the bay horse Harley. In the coachhouse, which
contains the usual harness closets, dc.. are ba-
rouche, top wagon coupe and q Park wagon.
This stable without any pretensions to superior ex
the horses ana the convenience OF the coachman and
Is well lighted, ventilated and drained.
COMMODORE vANDER3ILT's STABLE.
The stable Of Commodore Vanderbilt, the railroad
and steamboat king includes Nos. "a and - Fourth
street. II has brown stone front, Is two stories
higll and communicates with the residence OF its
distinguished owner, No. 10 Washington place. Ad-
joining it Is BRICK oflcc. The entrance Is through
covered way some seventy feet in length, thickiy
strewn with puverlzed tan bark to prevent injury
to the norses feet At the end OF this vestibue Il
the exercise ring which is also covered with tan
n
covered yard, well lighted and paved with cobble
stones, at the western extremity Of which are two
Cal above the entrance. These staiIs have
ans SSSasn aoors '' In yard are SsrouShs Sns
coupe, coach and doctors gig. On the
whip racks, &c, aud live liant wagons Under the
coachhouse Is cellar stable, the domicle OF the
ceebrated blood bay mare Mountain Gal, 15,< hands
high, long tail black feet and the image Of Noun
tam Boy. The dark brown coach team Bill and
Doctor, the renowned dark brown horse Post Boy
mare, half sister TO Lady Norah are also IN this
stable, which h lighted and ventilated through
and closets for oats. In the spacious lott are oet
bins which viii hold 1909 bushels OF oats, and accom-
nnS 1r a nay snS Tne
ton Is paid to the comfort OF the horses by Joseph
tine coachman, snd his assistant both colofcd.
WILLIAM vANDERBHBS
Mr. William vanderbIlrs stable adjoins his house
on the southeast corner OF Forticth street and Fifth
six open and two box stalls and s lighted by glass
covered ventlator Ia the roof. pipe connects the
gutter tile roof with the sewers in the centre OF
each stall. aud running In front OF the stalls Is a
stone channel which permits tine escape OF water
Into the main n-sewer. There are two perpendicular
shoots for grain aud hay nom the upper story. At
the right OF the stalls Just the horses head are
iron barred racks for hay and on the len tho iron oat
boxes. There are two bay carriage horses, nne,
| speedy animals, and three trotters-a black and .
brown mare and q sorrel horse. The woodwork,
| two iron rings ut the head OF each stan, through
| which the rope haters with blocks at the end slide
| easily and allow the horse TO move his head with
| comfort. In the carriage house arc q clarence, q
rockaway, q top wagon and q road wagon. There
are large harness closets AMI drawers. ON the left
OF the entrance Ii little bedroom for the coach
| man.
R0pERr BovNER's STABLE.
Mr. Robert Bonner's stable includes Nos. Ala and
| 418 West Twenty-seventh street, and Is between
Ninth and Tenth avenues. Upon this stable, the