The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-06-12
The Royal Stables of the Emperor of
Austria.

Having procured tickets OF admission we pro-
ceeded this morning to the Royal stables, and
were astounded at their dimensions. l stated in
a former letter that these buildings covered ground
about four times as large as Franklin Square.
We found upon entering them that eight times
the space of Franklin Square would be nearer the
correct figure. The number of blooded horses in
the stalls is 400, and they are all, with a few ex-
ceDtions, English horses. Here were the En-
press's riding horses, and the Emperor's riding
and hunting horses, the Empress ponies, the
Prince Imperial's riding and carriage horses and
ponies: white horses, to the number of over 100
for the royal carriages on state occasions over
100 brown and sorrel horses for light carriages,
about fifty coal black horses to be used for funer-
ais and when the royal family is in mourning,
and twenty mules, including several pet mules
belonging to the Queen. The number of royal
coachmen is seventy, positions forty, and 200
groOms Tor the horses, with about fifty stable
boys and laborers. The Emperor and Empress
are both passionately fond of horses, and can
81 talk horse with the best Jockeys in the land.
1t Is evident that they do not intend this to be
regarded as a - one-horse" country. There is a
hospital for horses, with a professor and students,
and a large horse apothecary shop among the
buildings.
We were next taken into the carriage loft, and
here were 200 carriages, about one-third Of which
were immense and ponderous vehicles covered all
over with gilt, some of them especially for grand
state occasions, and others for lily use, all as
bright and beautiful as If just from the factory.
There was also the grand gilt chariot built for
Maria Theresa, the panels of which were painted
by Rubens. Then there were the gilded sleighs,
and the smaller chariot of the sainted Maria,
with q dozen little pony phaetons, used in their
day by the Emperor and the Empress, and a host
Of other great folks when they were little boys
and girls. There was also in this loft the mourning
hearse upon which the remains of Macmillan
were conveyed to the tomb, and the mourning
carriage in which the Emperor and Empress rode
on that occasion. In another building We were
shown an immense array of gilded harness, hun
dreds of sets, all ready for use, with the suits OF
livery to be worn by the coachmen and Positions
with each set of harness. Then there were u
vast number of sets Of harness for funeral and
mourning occasions, light harness, saddles, ETC.,
innumerable. The saddle used by Macmillan
in Mexico was also shown US, with other matters
pertaining TO the horse too numerous to mention.
We also visited, in a large building, the royal
riding school for use in winter, where the boys
and girls of royal blood arc taught to ride on
horseback. Ii is an immense hall, 240 feet long
by 40 in width, with a canopy box for the EN-
perUr and Empress to sit and witness the perform
ance. 1t has a carefully prepared turf floor, and
the wallis and ceilings are elegantly ornamented.
This being only for winter use, furnaces are
placed under the floor, with fues for heating it.
The whole establishment is almost as elegant as
the palace, and everything clean and in fine order.
The horses are all kept in broad stalls, with cush-
toned sides to them swinging from q bar. The
main building is about as long as from North
street TO Eutaw, and there are half q dozen i'm
mense buildings in the rear. Carriages with the
royal cOachmen and positions can be seen flying
about the city at all hours, and the Emperor and
the Empress and the father of the Emperor ap-
pear almost every day, either on the streets or at
the Prater.-T Vienna Letter of c. {. Fulton,
editor Baltimore AnerIcGn.