Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-06-11
HOrse.JObbing.
The Hour.l

One OF the most important personage5 Of
Modern London Is Mr.. East, the householder.
He holds to the carriage-rider of the British
metropolis a relation which at present has no
there Is ground to believe that somebody Will,
Within reasonable period copy his methods
In New York. It is the proud function of Mr.
at least half Belgravia. Within the last twenty
years the nobiemen and gentry of England
nave grown more and more 10th to be encum-
oered with all the appendages Of a London
stable. Until JOB master became social
factor. every one VINO kept carriage IN London
had TO keep his own horses. his own grooms,
his own harness, In town as well as In the coun
try. or course. its country house is the actual
nome OF an English family, and its town
establishment Is mere temporary abode.
Formerly. when the family moved up to town,
the retinue resembled the moving OF an
army raln. so numerous was the
contingent OF carriages and vans, grooms and
ied horses, for In England there is just as much
equipped stable contains special animals for
special uses. The splendid s1xteen-hand brutes,
kept Ior carriage purposes In town, are only
exercised and never actually used In the coun-
try. For the latter, there are other kinds o.
horses. The mare OF half or three-Quarter5
blood is expressly devoted to the saddle. For
necked beasts, with smart knee action-nor
by any means as high as that OF the carriage
horse proper-and a fair amount of speed when
trotting, are Invariably selected. The cover
with plenty of bottom and up TO weight, but
from whom nothing In the way OF jumping or
action Is required. The ladies have their own
animals-for the village cart an Exmoor pony.
Tor the ph9ton pair OF nimble and spirited
little brutes, expressly bred for such uses and
to be seen In their perfection onl In England
lt Is easy to see therefore, tnat OF all the IL.
mates or the stable the most useless 10 BE-
bothered With, as we'll as the most eXpen3iy
are the large snowy animals which draw the
town carriages, and whose period Of service ia
hot only very costly, but go TO pieces very
quickly Ii not exercised with punctiuOu5 reyu
laI1ty. and although employed only three or
tour months In the year. must be attended to
WITH devotion which Is as expensive as &c is
an noying. II was TO relieve London society of
this incubus that the jobmaster came into ex-
lsteIce He makes contract at stipulated
price every year to supply his customers, so
long as they are in town, with horses for their
private use. The 1obmaster takes all risks OF
sickness and collapse. II horse gets out of
order the 1oomaSter replaces him With a sound
one. All the keep and attention devolveS upon
the contractor. By the conditions OF his con-
carriage at all times in the very extreme OF
fashion. The family coachman and footman
are. OF course, retained but the customer has
no stan OF grooms and stable boys TO provide
for.
1t Is naturally an object OF interest to the
Jof master to keep his animals In prime health.
and 1t is equally TO his benefit TO reduce to q
minimum The cost OF keeping them. He relieves
his customers. at all events not merely OF the
actual expense OF maintaining suDerfiuous
grooms and stablemen. but also OF the hun ired
small robber1eS and swlndles which attach TO
tnem. Thanks to these arrangements the
jobmaster is as prosperous as he is important.
AT first the new scheme gained ground slo Wy,
CONSERVATIVE families were oppressed by the
commercial instinct, should they use hlre1
horses instead Of animals Of their own. But
10 time, even the most inVeterate opponent of
the new plan had TO admit that its ADVANTAGES
ent moment, about twc-thirds OF the people
VINO Keep their Carriages In London depend
upon joomaster for the horses to draw then,
Instead OF being restricted TO the use OF two or
contingencies OF accidents or sickness, thew
have practically unlimited stable at their
disposal. Nor is the cost Of the new system
out OF proportion to the benefit it cOnfers. 4
carriage Can De handsomely hOrsed with pair
OF line. Well-bred animals for e15 or Goo a
year. and ESQ will supply an eQuipage which
not even the richest nobIeman Can surpass.
good many gentlemen here would keen
their own carriages II 1t were not for the great
unnecessary expense and annoyance involved
In keeping horses The sport" of course, will
always prefer to own his trotter; but there are
many persons who would gladly contract to
pay 30 much year for the service of a single
horse. or pair OF horses, for their pri yate
vehicles. large 10bmaster reduces the cost
OF housekeeping to minimum, and his economy
Is. OF course, more or less reflected in his
charges TO maintain single horse In livery
stable costs at least $50 month, and pair $50
TO this must be added the prime cost OF the
animals, the interest on their price, the risk OF
death CT accident and all the train OF annoy
ances consequent on their sickness. The toS
master Is the absolute owner, not the nlere
keeper. or the horses. 1t Is In his interest to
feed them well. groom them wen and keeo them RI
In the oest possible condition, Under these
circumstances, no sensible carriSge.o wBer
would grudge, for relief from his present liabil-
tiles. payment OF, say, $40 month for
single horse and SIS for Oafr