The daily gazette., 1878-04-29
Horses in Washington.
WHO DRIVE THE swELLEsT TURNouTs-
A EOkTY-NINER's urNGAnIAIN c.nr

/ 'o" nun taxing thelr daily drive be-
tween and o'clock. The horse, were
matter of much concern during the
hrst rev months of his administrators. II
seems That the purchase of a suitable
equlpage was lntrustcd to Private Secre-
tary Rogets. Now Rogers is very good
man. lie was educated for the ministry.
anu although he was not successful in
that Gaining, and has since been LAWYER
anu commission merchant, without sue
cess, ne sui preserves his clerical bear
ing, ana Is perhaps the most ripidly con
sclentlolls man that ever made mistakes
ne Is SO conscientious, so impartial. so
just, That the most deserving of God,s
creatures receives no more attention at
ms hands than the most vicious and nm
deserving. The dead beats of Washing
coh-ahu their name is legion-hayinp
!ouhu Rogers out, and he has not found
theln out, so that decent men have no
preference shown them at the White
House. Men go to Rogers with pitiful
stories about friends who need ernplov-
ment TO Keep them from starvation, and
tnelr nine children, and Rogers gives
them note to the head of q department.
winch generally secures an appointment.
ouch jobs are worth are about 500, and
many sharper has made that amount
oy Appearing to the pitying ear of the
private secretary.
Rogers bought them of livery stable
keeper IN Alexandria, and, as usual, was
Imposed upon. They were Unmatched.
and were IL disgrace to the natlon-a
hundred hacks in Washington were
urawh Dy better pairs. Last fall, how
| ever, after suffering much ridicule,
hayes authorized the purchase of anoth-
| er plr, and an educated horseman pro-
cured them for him in Kentucky. 1hey
are handsome. well-matched, easy-trave-
ling grays.
President Grant, as almost everybody
knows, used to drive a tour-in-hand he
lore dog cart, and it was Il familiar
sight to see him sitting ON the box, with
his habltual cigar, driving them into the
country. Grant was averse to making
himself conspicuous. He drove for the
pleasure OF IL and not for show, and was
never found on the fashionable streets
WIN his fourth hand, but always took a
DICK street until he came to the we'll
travelled country road. Grants skill as a
horseman Is national, and it required an
accomplished driver to manage his |
team.
Senator Conkling drives fine large
black horse, which he calls Douglass"
before light, narrow Brewster buggy,
and generally goes alone. When the |
Senate adjourns, Douglass is generally
waning Tor his master at the east front
OF the capitol, and takes stretch of six
or eight miles before dinner,
Ex-senator Robertson, of South Car
onna, has spanking pair of grays,
which he drives to dog-cart with n
palmetto tree painted on the box
Senator burnside drives a handsome
pair of bays, large and fast, to "a sort of
irish Jauntlng car, and is fond of having
a young lady by his side
Senator Cameron has quite a stud of
horses, and taste in matters of equipage.
His favorite outfit is a dog-cart, pair of
last bays he has, and his daughter by his
side. Miss Cameron is an accomplished
horsewoman, as Is Miss Bayard also.
Congressman Townsend, of Cleveland.
has the fastest and handsomest pair of
horses in Washington. He brought
Them from Cleveland, treats them as if
they were his children, and when he
gives the word they viii pass anything
on the road.
Senor Mantila, the Spanish minister
has the swell equipage of the avenue, a
pair of clipped .chestnuts, with banged
tails, harness of polished leather, heavily
mounted with gold, and reins of white
satin. His coachmen and outriders are
Spanish negroes from Cuba, and wear a
livery of navy blue and yellow bands |
The eScutcheon on the door of his couDe
is as large as your hand. Madame Man |
tilla, like Lady Lofty, reclines on the
of queenly ease.
The Russian minister has mammoth |
par OF bays, with great numbering |
chariot on which are spread the coats of |
arms of his own and his wife's family. |
lie and Madame Chichine are very esti- |
mable, unassuming people, and put on
less style than any other ofthe foreigners
They are to be seen walking every day,
plainly dressed, and she stops to kiss little |
children that she meets in the streets.
Having kissed them she runs after her
husband, and jabbers Russian at him till |
he smiles, and looks back at the child his
wife has kissed. They have family of
little ones OF their own, and to their use
the carriage is mostly devoted
The foreign ministers all have stylish
turnouts. Sir Edward Thornton has
handsome pair of clipped chestnuts,
which he drives before an elegant ba-
rouche, but he generally prefers walking,
ana Is one OF the most inyeterate pedeS- |
trians in Washington.
Secretary Sherman takes his drive in an
open carriage, drawn by two ordinary
looking horses: Every day about 1
0 clock, II 1t isn't too stormy, you can see
Mrs. Sherman waiting for her husband at
one OF the entrances to the treasury de-
partment, and as he is methodical, his
appearance ut the dooriS us regular every
day as the clol strikes four.
"Dlck" Mccormick, eX-assiStant secre-
tary of the treasury, used to drive PAGER
"a white animal that could make very
good time.
John Jay Knox, comptroller of the
currency, has bay which he speeds
regularly, that can trot 800 to wagon.
Corcoran the banker and philanthro-
pist, drives a pair of small jogging bays
before comfortable carriage, swinging
very low to the ground, which was made
1t his order, because his rheumatic limbs
refuse to enter a high carriage
Senator Morton's old coupe is missed
from the streets. Every day of his life
in Washington it could be seen standing
either at the Ebbitt house, or at The
White House, or the capitol, or one of
the departments, and it carried him
faithfully for many years. 1t was low,
the box reaching down to within an inch
or SO of the curbstone, and was made ex-
pressly for him. 1t was scratched and
bat cred and worn, and the horse he
drove before it was one of the forlornest
spe cimens of animal life ever seen. The
harness was old and rusty, and the re-
pairs it had undergone were we'll adver-
tised. Mr.. Morton had peculiar
for anything pretentlous-it !
was almost affapfotinn with him Il ! .