, 1870-11-06
III About His TeNms nndl HIS
TrOttefxs

PRESIDENT GRANTS STABLES. !
III About Hi. Tenms ana His
Trotterss
From the Warrington Star, ott. 81.
From carly boyhood, President Grant Lac
boon An ardent admirer Of horece, and. since
his h11ival At yearn Of maturity, he has Al9,ys
boon the posseseot of ono or tnors attractive
auimAla. His stable 1T the Executive Mans!on
District, and tho best ever owned by any Pres
i!ent. All of tham were his ozn private prop
city, purchased or raised By him bafose his
election to the Presidency. Although he never
perrnitaany Of hrs ssocA to pazticinate in races.
s,o has observation-disclosures tlottera which probably
cannot be easily passed by Auy horee In tho city
At pseaent lie has eleven hosses here, most Of
them flooded animals, bes,des numbar Of
inferior horneB On his farm near st. Louie
The stable Of thu Executive Mansion. while il
ri h that OF Boss Tweed, or HonnsE, OF Now
York, il nevertheless very comfortable aud
respectable establishment, such as beats =
gentleman of uoodest taste. It ID located in
the southwest corner Of the garden, about 400
sards east Of the Navy. Department. It isa
Of fifty feet aud depth Of forty feet. An sd
diHon on the north end accommodates the
| foals and stallion in two comfortable apart
| ments. The cauiAge-house ts in the min
building, about fifteen feet wilo and forty
feet deep; tie ceiling il painted light elue
| and the room il spacious enough to contain
eight or ten carriages A vide hall rams
through the building, At right angles with tho
ca11isge-house, ard upon either 1lde Of this
,,,s ss two 'F9s 9sc,fe teGs y "hfs tss
head Of each etall 1e an oval window. with
cast-iron frame or ooIlar, openiag iato the
passage above described. giving free ciecuta-
tion through tue building At all times. The
wi9dows are latKe enough to admit the head
and neck OF the horse. and it sccroa to be the
favorite attitude Of some Of tho auimls to
have their heads constantly out OF the via
dow, gazing 1t their neighbors scross the pass-
age. Upon either side Of the passage are two
rmallct rooms. in which the harness Is kept in
glass csses fixed to the wallis. A portion Of
tho second storF is devoted to the feed, aud
the other is diyided into comfortable rooms, in
which the 1ostler lives. Tue building Ia lighted
Throughout with gas. and store in one pot-
ton keeps the atmosphere therein at mod
erete Temperature. Tho entire stable ia "a
clean II new pin, and is kept in this order
| 1t E1l times. Tho hostler ia Nj Richard Cur
TN, vho thoroughly understands bis business.
and eaioys the full confidence Of the Presi-
| dent
The first to claim attention upon entering
the stable IL beautiful chestnut-sorrel stat
! lion. Who Inns not get received 4 name. He Ia
| az years old, fifteen and thrse-quArter hands
high, with both hind ietloeks white. and a
.,Atch OF white on his facs. He cao trot his
nl!e n s;ag, mo altoso woshs ven ~ t., M,
nena. hu1 T. u = never anten except 20 hgG.
figure, as he IL thoroughbred HAsnbteto.
. MAN. and q powerful arisu1l. Of be1ntiful
form, well, hammered, aud courageous, With
snpeTo asapn. he Mas Isa q OsInge Ig IoGhs nE
, belonging to Rysdyk.
HJen Davis. the Presidents favorite SD
aie-hoEse, Is = noble black gs'dang. beastn{
the above name from the fict thtt ne VA
. csptafed On p!An,asion peloasl1g 70 ssA
/ Davis, IN Mississippi. during s1s rebellion. ..nt
. then commanding in that section. he !
/ fourteen bands high. AND an excel
! lent paoeE. dong his mule 10 three minutes
! easily. Nothing Is known of his pe1ig.ee. H'
. i very gentle, 4nd ia neser used s1cspt nnde
IS ls hsnds s hish, I'd II ! 5es1s Cd: M Il kss
!, famous tsottes, and eau maks his mile IN thse
q minutes Ihe PRESIDENT has owned Mua sine
j 1851. hut nothing ia kno~n Of hig pedigree
Ills hind teoeks ar wate; ,sa sna ne = sessTaa
q With % Cincinnati. anoeher dark bay ge1dinef
Q IS yeafs Of :sse. 1915 lands hugh pefteetl
J, gentle. and the son o. gfea; sret lef'nf
/, ton. Cineinnah Is NE oia w - horao -
hs ,1 saee @ e. &;
l. ~ :s.; st,.A 80, WV, .rt;,b :. ~ +
was christened Alter tho sit hs IL I;. noE e.
o. tae s,sf,age hofsei: ~ - a,,sen t. WA ~
T. LOUIS. nis uAIe' oAA6ntet -! suaa ~" ~
% s1nn1u, thoaen very Coca s M m1,e he
ao;na s ,,o,o ia Pfasi3cnt nn4ch,.ei him
ID - o nn;s mai n ,sS1 and i;ts Csnrinnst;s hs ",
ef rho.a hnrsa. ,ua ,rs Sa,y sy much .5mired and
ta,1 e,,.1a 1s NJ ~ rsrr s,sr ma
u pst;n,s es"A'' 41-A ~ way "1. o->S1
,f aenen; W,~ . b.x ,r,t,;ne mara .bo
ID u .e.1s of .re ff,een md tbTee-ousrt
y S Sar nYs Ysnrt S fon1 vesIs seo for 81 go. 81
lc n,I IN nav MA T., S.s IL e;nc1. },,rnesa a,
..,n net '.e u ~ ln n1a nHta 1aIioo -;
r. i,afnra ~ 49, h.b'nJ 60 "a nars- nssd =
II cent for III the I'm hursrA A1nd il nnr d,;ran 10 n
I'd I,ta MI ~ 4 1s-2S, h-;cht bsr smsrc
By {rns,,nn - -,.ra ~ S.e,, " sna.9 ~ r:,rs ~ 40
Of sf,a.s sf,s e y ~ ssgG q. 1st =. ~ ~
eh.a -;h .1u M W. 9n - nss W. W. ~ =
iy snrn - a. IN, Tb's i. ma ~ tha Tra,;5eni
=; fa1orite teams, md slTsFs attract. astsatio
he WI = tb;s - III ~ M rs @ 'sA>A -
tr p1s psta. n.sn e ~ ~ ~ s1n az :,
% Aeos u1A ~ W.; n 49, o.
n, %1s n5es. saea ~ ~ ~ ussat ~ m".o
4 nh pb;1.da,nh;s = Ia a. d'1 r., ~ - adJ;s !"
NJ n ,.;. Issue'pn.s. M ass1 et us1 va aoS!e'
id 10y not.ang Mata !otnety oaneo os I
I'd iIesioent. Nmen aea aoou. one seeI sin
"a / .rou ean1R fome POISONOUS Saostsn
ID in me WINE AeS Ae9s~
Of pro,nisic9 AnmA. but q eohrse,
a not get broksut and nothing can
~. ~ told Of her speed. Great things xre ezpecsl
=, | Of her, however :. Loretto." ! sister to
~ bscca, is \ bright bay Ally, Of the sans Is
x md WAS Iii ed By ths s1ms hurza. Her d1
" " is Jennie" shove mentioned Lo1etto
- has four white feet, il Of fine fosn1. and vi
-. proper training will no doubt make gos
IL trottet.: Both a RebercA' and Is Lotetto "
se / be trained ue1t fall.
= "Julia,"a ; bl.ck mars, oSs5 yez,a old. is a
y. ~ other beautiful animal, raised By the Pre-.
- dont. she was sired By Washington" nj
ho tS v~1 Z Ia p. S1A1Ae' - .Hs oss' ~" -
Ia .r 49,. ..;,..d :,
,ee ee foal Of I. Jeunio," about s mouths Of Is
&c &c sired b IS Baahaw," Of Georgetown.
te. ino .saeeV - a..a s 10y Ensr. ~. - =
res cet1k46 ~ ~e~ss1 te-.s - :
Mo hefs - htesen., g inc tosmef 1efaE . LIE ee
nd =. Ss .. ~ oeoatEs'o"n, w ."a W" 'AA>eA
ut ! A00S IHA0o, ~ alt. Lucy b