The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-21
HORSES IN WiSHINGT TON.
Who Drive the SWEETEST Turnouts-A Forty.
Minerva MmngnrInn Cntt.

weather We are having this spring las mNdo
Washington a hOrscmcns paradise. President
Hayes and his wife are seldom prevented from
taking their daily drive between and o'clock.
The Presidents horses were mnttcr Of much
concern during the first lew months oi his nd
minisration. II srcms that ihr purchase OF
slniIc equiraRc Tor thc President OF the
United States wns ntrustcd to Private Secretary
Rogers. Now Rogers Is very good man,
lie was. educated for tho ministry. and al
though he WIS not successful In that calling,
and has since been lawyer and commission
merchant, without success. he still preserves
his clerical bearing. and II, perhaps the most
rigidy conscicntious man that ever made mis-
takes. He Is 50 conscientious. SO impartial so
Just, that the most deserving Of Gods creatures
receives no more attention at his hands than
the most vicious and undcscrving. The dead
beats oi Washington. and their name is legion,
them out. 40 that lrccnt mon have no preference
shown them at the White House. Men 20 to
Rogers with pitifui stories about friends who
ncod employment tn keep them from starva-
ton. and their nine small children. and Rogers
gives them n note to the head Of u department
which generally secures an appointment. Such
jobs are worth about $500. and many sharper
has made that amount 10y appealing to the pity
ing eur OF tho private secretary. But l was
Speaking uf the Presidents horses.
Rogers bought them Of II livery stnble keeper
in AlcRnndriu. and, M Is usual. was imposed
upon. They were ill-mat' ned. and were dis
grace to tho nntion-n hundred hacks in Wash
ingion were drawn by better pairs. Last fall
however after suffering much rldisulc. the
pair, and an educated horsrmHn procured them
FOR him in Kentucky. They are handsome.
President Grant, ~ almost everybody knows.
used to drive "A uur-in-hand before a dog-cHrt.
aud 1t WIS a familiar sight to So" him sitting on
the box. with his huhiiual cigar, driving them
into the country. Grant wis avcrsc To- making
himself conspicuous Hc drove for the pleas
ure of II and not Tor show, and was never found
on the fashionable streets with his four-in-
hand. but always took II back street until he
came to the wcl-travollcd country road. Grants
skill as horsnman II national. and it required
an accomplished driver to- manage his team
senator Conkiing drives n line largo hlnck
horse which he calls Douglass before a light.
narrow Brewster buggy. and generally goes
alone. When the Senate adIourns. Douglass ia
generally waiting for his master at the east
front OF the Capitol and takes a stretch OF siX or
eight miles before dinner.
Ex-senator Robertson of South Carolina has
spanking pair of grays which he drives to "A dog
cart with u palmetto tree painted On the box.
Senator Burnside drives handsome pnir ~
bays large and fast, to n sort Of Irish bunting
side. anu Is iona o' ""''"S young '"'' " HIS
senator Cameron has quite a stud Of horses.
and good iaste in matters Of cquiragc. HIS IA
yoritc outfit is dog-cart. pal epf last bays he
has. and his daughter by his side. Miss Cam
eron IL an accomplished horscwoman. rs Is
Congressman Townsend Of Cleveland has tho
fastest and hnndsomest mir Of horses in WASH
ington. He brought them from Cleveland. treats
them as II they were his children. and when he
eves the word they will pass anything ON the
Sefor Maniilla. the Spanish Minister. has tho
swell equipage Of the avenue. pair Of clipped
chestnuts, with banged tails. harness 81 pol,
reins Of white satin. His coachmcn md out.
riders are Spanish negroes from Cuba. and
The escutcheon on the door OF hs coupe Is as
large as your hand. Mad1me Mantilln. like
Lady Lofty reclnes on the 2carl-cOlored satin
cushions with M mir OF queeniy case.
The Russian Minister has "a mammoth pair 81
bays. with n great numbering chariot on which
are spread the coats OF arms OF his own and his
wifes family. He and Madame Chichn" are
very estimablc. unassuming people. ana put ON
less style than any other ot the foreigners.
Iltay 10 L.A uni n aNp "A Y
dressed. and she stops To Kiss little children
that she meets in the streets. Having Kissed
them. She runs after her husband. and labhers
Russian at him till he smiles. and looks back ut
the child his wife has kissed. They have a lam
iy Of LITTLE ones Of their Own and to their use
Tho foreign Ministers all have stylish turn
outs Sir Edward Thornton has handsome
pair Of clipped chesinuis. which he drives be-
lore an elegant harourhe. but he generally pre-
fers walk and IL one of tno most invcternte
pedestrians III Washington.
Secretary Sherman takes his daily drive in an
open carriage. drawn by two ordinary. looking
horses. Every day about o'clock. II Il isp I
for her husband at one OF ths entrances to the
Treasury Department. and a. he is very me-
thodica his appearance at thnt door Is as reg
ular every day as the clock strikes four.
Dick" Mccormick. cX-Assistani Secretary
Of the Treasury, used 10 drive pncrr-a white
animal that could make very good time
John Jay Knox. Comptroller of the Currency
has bay which he speeds regularly that can
Corcoran the banke- and phnanthropist.
drives pair OF small. Jogging bays before u
comfortable carriage, swinging very low Ia the
ground. which was made at his order. because
his rheumatic limbs refuse 10 enter high car
rssee. u,r,on,s u, o,u,6 :. ,,is.o, from,
the streets Evory day Of his lite in Washing
ton II could be- seen standing etherM the Lbbitt
House. or at the White House or the Capitol or
one the departments and II carried him faith
fully for many years. Il was low. the box
reaching down to within an inch or 50 OF
for, him. IL was scratched ana battered
aud worn. and the horse he drove before
II was one OF the forlornest specimens Of
animal life that was eyer seen. The harness
was old and rusty and the repairs 4 had un.
dergOne We're well advertised. Mr.. Morton had
u peculiar antipaihy for ANYTHING prrtentlOus
it was almost aifecthtion with him. ~ II WAS
with Lncoln-and no one could ever induce
him to get his coupe vanished. or trade his old
crow bait on for a horse. One day his driver
LOFT him. and he engaged now one. The first
! time the new man made his appearance he wore
"A livery he had brought from his former SER
vice. but Mr.. Morton would not enter the cgr-
! ringe until the negro had taken oN the rOseite
| from his hat. and put on u suit Of ordinary
clothes. He used 10 say that livery was L badge
Fernando Wood drives mammoth pair Of
| hny horses. with "A god-mounted harness COW
! cred all oyeg with his monogram. His clrriHge
| II a numbering evidence OF responsibility. and
! his cOachman and ipptman wear the map OF Ire
! land on their countenRnces.
senator Dorsey has the hAndsomest team and
! the hanlsomest wife of any senator.
! living in Washington and spending the money
! he dug out al the ground. has the most con-
| spicuous turnout III the city. Grant made him
Minister To- Austria. and while he was over there
vehicle Of odd appearance, nude of some light
1 an old stagecoach-and he drives a pair ~ bob
tail bays tandem before It, CoRcoIAN.