Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-08-15
HlGH.FLyERs At THE BRANCH.
The Dizzy Whlrl on the Ocean Avenue.
Who Cracks the Whip and Holds
the Ribbons.

A Sun correspondent gives this
bright description Of the turnouts at
Lous Branch:
AS Jenkins and the reporter passed
the Grant cottages, Gen. Babcock,
seated In a top buggy drawn by two
long.tailed sorrel mares, drove out
through the>gateway. He was alone,
and drove slowly. He was we'll
dressed, and bowed to jenkins. The
stables Of the Presidential cottage are,
oddly enough. placed in n Of the
front corners of the Enclosure. They
are tho most conspicuous objects la
view as the cottage Is approached. In
these stables are found a few Of the
Presidential stud, four handsome bays
that match we'll enough in action and
appearance to be driven four-in-haiid
when the occasion requires. As yet
they have not been driven rs a team at
the Branch. Mrs. Grant has here two
open carriages, a landau aud a phae-
ton. To the landau she generally
drives Cincinnati and Egypt, the Pres
ldent's war-horse. When taking this
air In the phaeton, she Is drawn b. the
other pair of bays, two very fine aud
we'll matched horses, fine steppers aud
good trotters. General Grants special
pets, In the way Of horseiiesh, at the
Branch, are a span OF colts Of great
fleetness and beautiful action, which
he drives himself, smoking rs he goes,
Of course. When not driving his pets,
the President takes the air, generally
accompanied by Gen. Babcock or Gen.
Belknap, when he Is 1t the Branch. In
his open ~phaeton. In addition to the
horses Of the President and Mrs. Grant,
there stand also In the stable Miss
Nellie's bob-tailed black ponies. The
liveries OF the coachmen and footmen
of the Grant family, though toned
down from the remarkable white, with
gold lace and gilt buttons, Of last sum-
mer, which was so severely criticised
privately and publicly, are still sui
ficlently startling to give n spectator
with quiet tastes a blow III the eye on
first view. They are gray, faced aud
branded with white, and p~rotusely
tricked out with gilt buttons. The
harness and appointments are also
showily strapped with white aud coY-
cred with gilt fixtures. AL the Presl-
Dental equipagcs are exceedingly
snowy aud expensive. The Murphy
horses and carriages are well known
to all the habitues Of the Branch. The
children have two pretty Shetland po-
MES, which they both ride and drive.
Co,,,n Rt,bor ri Nnrrbu lriy.a n fuSf
and stylish cr~ean-colored horse to 4
trottiug wagon. The ex.Collector also
drives q tlne trotter, and sometimes a
span of bays. Mrs. Murphy's open
landau Is drawn by two powerful bays
Of good action, with banged tails.
The black and sorrel team OF this sta
Die belongs to Miss Nellie Murphy.
Mrs. Paddock Maggie Mltchelll drives
a strong black horse TO Il low-seated
top wagon. She Is frequently seen
with her husband and two little
girls In u large, open family carriage,
with a high box for the coachman.
drawn by two substantial and spirited
chestnut sorreIs. Miss Josie Hoey's
basket phacton Il drawn by q pair Of
we'll matched, beautiful stepping sor-
rels. over whose backs she handles the
ribbons with rare grace and skill.
jenkins says she's the best lady whip
at the Branch. Miss Nellie. Murphy
drives with great precision anu care II
black aud n sorrel, matching well In
gait and size, to a low.seated phaeton,
while Miss Nellie Grant Is drawn In a
beautiful basket pllaeton BY two black
ponle. at q spanking trot along Ocean
avenue. whoa! boy, whoa :" cries
Il small wiry man, who grips his cigar
between his teeth and holds his fiery
.tced Joe" with n firm hand aud Il
tight rein. But Joe won't whoa till
the rein ~slackcns, and Edwin Adams
In n straw hat aud light Summer sack
coat, smoking %fnrlously, and driving
like the son OF Nimshi, passes every
horse on the rnad with his sorrcl horse.
He has other fine horses, Jenkins says.
but Joe Is the fastest.