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

!. black horse. which he calls ''DOuglaSs
before light, narrow, Brewster bug
gy, and generally goes alone. When
the senate adjourns. Douglass is gen.
{ orally waiting for his master at the
! east front of the capitol, and takes a
stretch of six or eight miles before
I before dinner.
Ex-senator Robertson, Of South
Carolina, has aspanking pair of grays,
Z which he drives to dog-cart with a
palmetto tree painted on the cart.
Senator Burnside drives a hand
J some pair of bays. large and fast, to a
sort of Irish jaunting-car, and is fond
of having a young lady by his side.
\ Senator Cameron has quite stud OF
: horses, and good taste in matters OF
equipage. His favorite outfit is.a dog
cart, pair Of fast bays he has. and
!. his daughter by his side. Miss Cam
eron is an accomplished horsewoman,
as is Miss Bayard, also.
i. Congressman Townsend, OF Cleve-
land. has the handsomest and fastest
pair of horses in Washington. lie
brought them from Cleveland treats
them us f they were his children, and
when he gives the word they will
pass anything on lile Iodu.
, Senior Mantilla, the Spanish minis
ter. has the swell equipage of the
avenue, a pair of clipped chestnuts.
with banged tails, harness of polished
leather, heavily mounted with gold.
I, and reins of white satin. His coach
! men and out-riders are Spanish ne
groes from Cuba, and wear livery OF
navy blue and yellow bands. The es-
cutcheon on the door of his coach is as
large as your hand. Madame Mantilla
like Lady Lofty, reclines on the
\ pearl-coored satin cushions with an
air of queenly ease.
The Russian Minister has a man.
moth pair of bays, with a 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.
r They have family of little ones of
their owr. and to their use the car
riage is mostly devoted.
The foreign Ministers all have styl-
ish turnouts Sir Edward Thornton
has handsome pair of clipped chest
nuts which he drives before an ele-
giant borouche. but he generally pre-
fers walking. and is one OF the most
inveterate pedestrians in Washing
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 ism t too
stormy, YOU can see Mrs. Sherman
! waiting for her husband at one of the
entrances to the treasury department,
and, as he is very methodical, his APP
: pearance at the door is as regular ev-
cry dav as the clock strikes four.
"Dick" Mccormick. eX-assistent
secretary of the treasury, used to
drive II pacer-a white animal that
could make very good time.
John Jay Knox, comptroller of the
currency. has a bay which he speeds
regularly that can trot in 300 to a
wagon.
Corcoran. the banker and philan.
thropist. drives Il pair OF small. jog
ging bays before Il comfortable car
riage. swinging very low to the
ground. which was made at 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 be seen
standing either at the Ebhit House,
or at the White House. OF the Capitol,
or one of the departments. and it car
ried him faithfully for many years.
1t was low. the box reaching down to
within an inch OF two Of the curb
stone, and WAS made expressly for
him. 1t was scratched. and battered,
and worn. and the horse he drove be-
fore l. wits one of the forl0rnest spec
linens of animal life that ever WAS
seen. The harness was old and rusty.
and the repairs it had undergone were
we'll advertised. Mr. Norton had 4
peculiar antipathy for anything pre-
tentious-it was almost affectation
with him: rs ii was With Lincoln
and no one could ever induce him Il
get his coupe vanished. OF trade his
old crow-halt OF fora horse. pne day
his driver left him. and he engaged :
new one. The first time the new
driver made his appearance he wore i
livery he had brought from his form
er service. but Mr.. Morton would moi
enter the carriage until the negro haC
taken off the roSette from his hat. anC
put on suit of ordinary clothes. He
used to 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 n numbering
evidence of responsibility. and hi:
coachmen and footmen wear the MAJ
of Ireland on their countenances.
Senator Dorsey has the handsomesi
team and the handsomest wife of any
senator. Ned Beale. Californis
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. Gran
made him minister to Austria, ant
while he was over there Beale go