Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-04-25
President Gran, ne uis Farm

-Four miles from Kirkwood, and seven from,
Carondelet, the train stopped ~ Grant Stati,,f,
al which point the road runs through the Prssl-
dent farm. This i one OF the hntst farms lu
the state, and comprises 605 acres a large pari
OF which H. IN an excellent state OF cultivation.
A prominent feature H. the large farm buildings
used tor the cattle and line bloOded stock. Tue
asSiduity with which the President pursues his
hobby might have been imagined hy any one
previously Ignorant OF the facts, on elanciug
INTO the barns. General Grant. on leaN ny the
car, led race with Mr.. Harvey 60 the cattle
barn, and soon dstanced the other visitors
Passing through the building be merely glanced
at the common cattle on one side airi remarked.
81 ana not prOud OF that stock" but ne uoiu.ed
with PRIDE 10 the HclsteIn and Alderney cattle.
OF which there were tNenty head. There we're
OF common stock thirty-nYc a. al.
HOODED STOCK.
i he stable u about 800 feet distant from the
building last mentioned. and was SOON reached.
IL was the central point OF attraction q the
owner and To most Of the eNcurs.Ouists. a. h. a
lofty and airy frame structure, nd eminentIy
adapted Tor IT, purpose, and the Interior l. kent
scrupulCusly clean. There were eighteen bead
IN it-four yearings, three twO-year-0ld colts
Two three ear-Old colts, and one -four wears
two stations, and eight work horses. The Pres
ldent, IN calling attention 10 his stock was ali
animation, and moved about with "A bri~kusss
which eontrasted greatly with his usual pace.
lie INST had the four Near-Old colt. which ne
bought at Long Island, aud which he has ma mel
feaeemaker: exhibited This Is a very Ene an-
imsl, possessing size, beauty OF color and action
ard IL the very reverse Of vicious. The spec
tatOrs were warm in their admiration OF him
Rysdyk's HambletOnian, a nve-vear-Oll sfal-
lion, raised on the farm, is a greater favorlte
with the Presiden: than any OF the other stock
Cinderella. a three-yeaT-Od colt from FLYING
cloud, the Bashaw Maid; Beauty, "A fOur-year-
old from Ethan Alien; Flora, by Legal Fender:
Belle, a two-year-old colt from Hamhletonian.
Jennie, Bashaw stock, and three one -vcar-old
HambletonIan hllies were favOrably criticised.
Jennie can tr0t mile inside of go. Cinderclla's
time Is 30 and the President intends sending
her 20 Washington, where ne has ten horses in
ending his war-hoTse Cincinnati. Bashaw
Maid and Cinderella were harnessed to an open
buggy, and the President, with Mr.. Garrison
drove along the Grant and GrayOis road. A
mile was made in less than three minutes. There
was a mare in the pasture which hal cost
81 20, and had been ruined by hard driving,
though not by the owner. The President ad-
vised that she be killed, but Mr.. Elrod, the
Superintendent OF the farm, said he had given
her 60 Mr.. John kiernan, chief faTrier OF the
army. The course was acquiesced ina.
THE DENT HOMESTEAD.
While the gentlemen were at the stable the
ladies visited the old Dent homestead, a large
rambling kind OF a building. and OF frame. and
occupied by Mr.. Elrods family. The President
Afterwards asked MTs. Grant II the rooms we're
as large az those in the White House. - NO."
she replied, they have wonderfully dmIn-
ished."-Nt. Louis Republican. I'D.