The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-11-15
WHOLE NO. 1886.
sIr. vanderbiI,'s Stable.

ted up In manner that surpasse
in costliness and elegance the hou
es of large majority of the popula
ton. Pressed brick, brown ston
and marble, costly woods and plate
glass combine to make the million
aires stable a place of luxury an,
even splendor Maud S. and th
other trotting wonders in which vii
liam Ii. Vanderbilt takes pride ar
housed in a manner beftting tn,
pets of the richest man in America
A Tribune reporter visited Nh
Vanderbilt's stable at Forty-seconC
street and Madison Avenue recently
and was shown through the build
ing. catering from the office, the
visitor found himself in spaciou!
room. 1t was just after dark, anC
numerous gas Jets were burnins
around the walls, the light stream
ing through porcelain globes, eacf
ornamented with broad band In
the centre OF which was horsel
head. Walls, floor and ceiling wer,
all polished wood; cherry, ASH anC
black walnut being arranged il
strips and pannels IN a way thai
brought out the beauties of each t.
the best advantage. In one place j.
long mirror rejecting the line o
sOmbre and stately coaches oppo
site, and in another a case of nicklt
plated bits on a back ground o
black velvet hung glittering on the
wall. A set of English hunting
scenes, and oil portraits of Maud 5
and Fullerton in heavy guilt frames
relieved the baroness of the ash
walls. In the corner, on platform
of cement, a stableman was washing
a light wagon which had been whirl-
ed over the road that afternoon be,
hind Aldine and Early Rose. The
stable implements which lay around
him flashing in the gas light with
their heavy mountings of polished
brass, and the pail in which he dip
ped his sponge was decorated with a
big brass monogram. There was no
scent of the stable in the air. The
noises of the horses in the stalls a
few feet away could scarcely be
heard through the thick walls and
heavy doors of black walnut and
plate glass. Only the man at work
on the long line of coaches against
the wall gave the large,
well proportioned and really
elegant apartment any appearance
OF connection with a stable. There
Is no loud noise, no confusion and
no dirt in this big hall at any time.
Even when some famous trotter
comes into the stable, fresh from
some new exploit on the road, or the
stout coach horses comes in champ
ing their bits and rattling their har-
ness heavy with silver, the wheels of
the light wagon or heavy coach roll
on broad strip of carpet, stretched
dlagonally across the floor, and there
is no din or tumult.
Looking into the harness room,
large cases, with fronts of plate
glass, extending on all sides, were
seen. The walls of the room above
the cases were of plate glass, and
the light from the court yard stream
ed through in a flood upon the shin
ing black and cleaning silver of the
harnesses. Here were all sorts of
harnesses, from the plain affair
whose only ornament was the mon
Dgram of Mr.. Vanderbilt, to those in
which the leather was almost hid
len by a profusion of heavy silver
decorations. At the command Of
Mr.. Phelps, the superintendent of
he stable, two grooms rolled back
TWO immense sliding doors, and a
linn lit apartment rooted by dome
)f glass, was entered. Up and down
he centre on the hard cement floor,
we're arranged a row of light vehi-
lies and around them extended a
anbark track. This is called the
track, and here the horses
ire exercised. The red pressed brick
walls of this place were hung with
pictures of hunting scenes and cele-
orated horses which, with their bits
If color showing in the semi-obscu-
'ity, produced a pleasant and stri-
King effect.
The most interesting part of the
itable, however, was that devoted to
he horses. Here the light from the
numerous gas Jets showed long lines
If box stalls of light and polished
wood trimmed with black walnut.
Beyond was a line of open stalls
where stood the powerful black car
.iage horses. Even here there was
10 unpleasant odor, nothing but the
mell of clean straw with which the
lorses had been bedded down for
he night. Up and down the pas
age way between the stalls moved
bout sturdy grooms carrying feed
or the animals and giving the last
inlshing touch TO the bedding. The
hadows cast by the stalls, the deep
,anels of the room and the dark /
orms of the coach horses produced /
striking combination Of light and
hade. The picture was relieved and
upplied with color by the bright
'lue checked shirts of the grooms
nd the mating of plated straw and /
ed tape behind the stalls Of the /.
oach horses, and the. effect was still .
lrther heightened by the glitter Of
brass which adorned all
be stable utensils and shown in the /
as light. Opening the door of
arge box stall at the end OF the 4
com, the reporter entered it. The I
tall was lit only by the light that .
anne over the top and was in a state
{ half darkness. In one corner, up l
0 the fetlocks in straw, stood Maud
/. quietly eating her well earned
ats. The blanket covering her was J
emoved and her fleet hmbed sym
1etry was brought out to the fullest
dvantage by the background of light
rood and straw. She submitted to
eing patted and caressed with the
Utmost unconcern when she saw
hat the intruder was Mr.. Phelps,
nd paid strict attention to her sup
'er.
Maud did not like the idea Of be-