The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-05-23
HORSES IN WASHINGTON.
Who Drives the Swiftest Turnouts-A forty
miners Hungarian Cart.

before light, narrow, Brewster bug.
gy, and generally goes alone. When
the senate adiOurnS. Douglass is gen.
/. orally waiting for his master at the
L east front of the capitol. and takes a
y stretch of six or eight miles before
4 before dinner.
Ex-senator Robertson. Of South
Carolina, has a spanking pair of grays,
= which he drives to Il dog-cart with Il
palmetto tree painted on the cart.
/ Senator Burnside drives Il hand
! some pair of bays. large and fast. to a
sort of Irish jauntirg-caI, and is fond
OF having Il young lady by his side.
y Senator Cameron has quite Il stud Of
horses, and good taste in matters Of
equipage. His favor;te outfit is.a dog
I cart, Il pair Of fast bays he has. and
/. his daughter by his side. Miss Cam
erOn is an accomplished nOrseWOman,
as is Miss Bayard, also.
Congressman Townsend. Of Cleve-
land. has the handsomest and fastest
pair of horses in Washington. He
brought them from Cleveland treats
them us if they We're his children, and
when he gives the word they will
pass anything on the road.
:. Senior Mantlla. the Spanish minis
ter. has the swell equipage of the
avenue, Il pair Of clipped chestnuts,
with banged tails, harness Of polished
leather, heavily mounted with gold,
/, and reins of white satin. His coach
! men and out-riders are Spanish ne
grOes from Cuba. and wear a livery Of
navy blue and yellow bands. The es-
cutcheon on the door of his coach is us
large as your hand. Madame Mantilla
! pearl-colored satin cushions with an
air of queenly ease.
The Russian Minister has a NAM
moth pair of bays, with Il great lum-
bering chariot, on which are spread
the cOat-Of-arms Of his own and his
wife's family. He and Madame Chi
chine are very estilnable. unasSumlng
people, and put on less style than
any other of the 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 Il family of little ones Of
their OWL. and to their use the car
riagc is mostly devoted.
The foreign Ministers all have styl-
ish turnouts. Sir Edward Thornton
has a handsome pair of clipped chest
nuts which he drives before IN ele-
CANT borouche. but he generally pre-
fers walking. and is one OF the most
ton.
Secretary Sherman takes his daily
drive in an open carriage, drawn by
two ordinary looking horses. Every
day about four o'clock. if it isn't too
stormy, YOU can see Mrs. Sherman
waiting for her husband ut one of the
entrances to the treasury department,
and, rs he is very methodical, his APP
pearance at the door is rs regular ev-
cry day rs the clock strikes four.
"Dick" Mccormick, eX-asSstent
secretary of the treasury, used to
drive Il pacer-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 in 800 to Il
wagon.
Corcoran. the banker and philan-
throplst. drives pair OF small, jog
ging bays before comfortable ear
riage. swinging very low to the
ground. which WAS made ut his order.
because his rheumatic limbs refuse to
enter high carriage.
Senator Morton ; old coupe is missed
from the streets. Every day of his
life In Washington it could he seen
standing either ut the Ehhit House,
or at the White House. OF thet apitol.
or one of TIE departments. and it ear
RED him faithfully for many wears.
1t was low. the box reaching down To
within IN inch OF two II the curb
stone. and was made expressly for
him. 1t was scratched. and battered.
and Worn. and the horse he drove be
fore i WITS one of the f0rlornest spec
linens of animal life that ever was
seen. The harness WAS cid and rusty.
and the repairs it had undergone were
we'll advertised. Mr.. Norton had Il
peculiar antipathy tor anything pre-
tentiouS-it WAS almost atfectation
with him; Is il WAS With Lincoln
and NJ one could ever induce him -
get Ai> coupe NaiiiSneG. of tfade ms
old croW-hait OF for i horse. pne day
his driver left him. amt he engaged a
new one. The first time the new
driver made his appearance he wore a
livery he had brought from his form
Ell service. but Mr.. Morton would not
enter the carriage until the negro had
taken of the rosette from his hat. and
put on a suit of ordinary clothes. He
used 10 say that livery was badge of
Servitude.
Fernando Wood drives mammoth
pair OF bay horses. with gold mount
ed covered all over with his mono
gram. His carriage IS a numbering
evidence of responsibility. and his
coachmen and footmen wear the map
of Ireland on their countenances.
Senator Dorsey has the handsomest
team and the handsomest wife of any
senator. Ned Beale. 4 California
forty-niner. who is living in Washing
ton and spending the money he dug
out of the ground. has the most con-
spicuous turnout in the city. Grant
made him minister to Austria. and
while he was over there Beale got
what he calls Hungarian cart-a|