Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-10-23
NOBBY MACS.
The Fly Turneuts Of Washington
officials.
HOW THE RACES CAUGHT THE soYs.
foIser, Brewster, Gresham and the lre-
press bic Frank Hatton s Horse
Jocke,s-Three' Cent Car
Fellows.

| this side OF the race trsck ct Ivv City, just
outside the ,osn, and when you did 6ud
them they did not care 70 talk Of anything
/ except the horses and the jockeys. fhe
races were good, - you tnov, and held
| large audiences every day, despite the fsct
that they had TO bet very vigorously In
order to keep from freezing. Racing 10
very popular here, although our track is -
young and our money % scarce. President
Arthur set the example and all the rest
/ followed The President was driven there,
AS elsewhere, in . we'll. built coupe, drawn
| by q fair team, pronounced nothing eK-
| ira" by borsemen. There is a coat-of-
| arms on the door Of the coupe, and two
| good looking eolored men-AIbert Hawk
ins,
"The Prestdeat's CearnmaS"
| under several Administrations, and his
| footmsn-in dark, well ftGus liverirs
| There are some good horses IN the Executive
| stable, o substantial aud somewhat orna-
H. entail building just below the State DE.
| psrtnent but they compare better with
| lIuyeS horses than with Grants Garfield
| had better horses than Arthur has He
Was ionder Of riding. lie looked very we'll
| on horse shSck 80 does Arthur, for that
| matmr. The hest horse in Arthur's stable
| Is a roal.blatk hide mare, with kindly eyes
| and silky hair, which Mrs. Arthur used 10
| ride. The President buys his own horses
| and carriages. unlike his Cabinet Ministers,
| who are provided with turnout
| apiece by
| The Dear Peopte.
| Secretsyy Chandler is one OF the busiest
men III Washington. lie was never knusn
| knuwn Ia shlTk task, and he has IN IRE I'd
| do than falls io the averSg" public ofhCiii.
| \ III. he gl,es 10 the races occasionally, ard
| his sharp Eyes take in oil there IN to be s""n.
| Secretary Chandler rides behind the hand
| suursst team in the Csbinrt'-han isom-.
| Swish n, a Isst. Secretary Lincoln goes 10
| the races occasionally, but he rides In
| Government wagon and behiud Govern
mrnt team. Much OF his travel Is done On
foot He likes to chew an unit cigar and
whArk the pavement with q II ght can. ~
he walks and thinks rapidly. secretary
Fr,linghuysen doesn't so To the races.
| lie 10
A PsssbytertRu or tho Prr~bysertass
and Secretary Of State besides. 20 he sits
| In the middle of his handsome room In
the State Department collecting foreign
sIsmps until evening every day, and then
rides TO his pleasant home on "l' street
behind . staid New Jersey team. Secretary
Folger, q farmers boy, retains al his old
| love for ihe horse. lie has q good pair Of
bays TO draw him TO aud from the Treasury
u, psrtmpnt, and q better pair OF sorrels
| behind which he whiris ont over the sol.
| disrs Home roads now and then, Srrrs-
tary Teller, n farmers boy, doesn't seem 70
remember his first love His psir are only
ordinary horses They seem 10 be able u
travel pretty rapidly, though. Foigri and
Teller
Both go 90 che Races.
Attorney General Brewster drives very
line horses in very fine style. Little benny
Brewster helps LIm. Tue Attorney h-n.
ersl and MFs. Brewster, both Of whOm like
good horses go 10 all the rrcrs. So d-ss
| nitIe Benny. The Brewster coat Of arIn.is
still prominent on the Attorney Generals
carriage and livery, as Is the Greeley ~hits
hat on the Attorney Generals distinguish
| ed head. Postmaster General Gresham.
being from Kentucky and lpdiana, loves
good horses: but he Is poor man, and he
has 10 content himself with n fairly good
| Iair OF gTays. which the Government l1sns
| him while he rides In the P0stma masl"r Gen
erals Carfisge He In good walker ihOugs,
despite his wounds and doesn't ride hall
Hs much in The official equipsgs ~ does his
| First Assistant, the
EVepr~s. ibie FRANK Hnitos.
Chief Justice Waite, Of the United State
supreme Court rides behind . pair of
| glo,sy bays, although he likes 10 walk To
and from the Capitol In fair weather for
bealihs sake. Like all his brethren of tbs
| EenCh lie goes to the races. JuBtic. Batch
| ord tie richest man on the supreme
| J,rch has better horses than any OF hts
| nroii srs. Justices Bradley, Field aud
| Matthews bayc decent horses. HOraos
| Grsy, the rich Boston bachelor recently
ADDED 10 the Court. rides la very stylish
| coupe behind very stylish hors-. Gray
| ives more elegantly thar any of the 9th
| ere. lie aiwsys DID bis own marketing In
30, ton. aud spared no money W procure
| the test Of
| The SEASON. CSod Thiaxs.
| Here he gets the best that can be bad.
lie IL slre,dy rscognis.d ~ one of the bcs
| judges Of good foOd and good drink ip the
| capital don't think that either HaHlan
MiIlfr or Woods, Of the Supreme Bench,
has 0 good team. They are all poor. Tney
probably hire csyriagrs as they need them
during the season. OF course every lady
no 'go'- OUT u, oil must have q carriage.
NsBy people In ''socieiy' prefer ~ hrs
Ih'm eS hey ere needed. IL IL cheaper
end lees truu DlssOms. be.ides bring iI't -
satisfactory in the long run. The Uplo-
matte COfps. its leading men at least bsve
rood bOrsss-xhen they can afford it
,Onsiinrss when they can't Mr.. Lionel
ssckyiils West, the British Minister.
Avevy QsIss Little ass.
whose chief sm ussmSnt this summer wM
TO ,it ip Lafayette Park contemplating tbs
fearful and wonderful statue OF the hero OF
New Orleans, has very ordinary horses.
s.nor BsIco. the SpsDish Minister. who
committed suicide ms summer, hsd HoSd
homes. His daughter, . very ATTRACTIVE
girl, drove stylish dpg-oart The Japanese
Minister has . fine team. Nevertheless he
| k.csms 20 bon.si that he got leave of
htsrbc. and went home this sumnsr. The
Ihlusse hire their horses At livery stsbls.
The Coreans did ths same. These Rsstsrn
diplomats or. fOhd Of ridlog around toun.
TIE AsIi IN Minister has good hosssL
The Russisn Minister has handsoms horses.
he proposes
To IstseAaee Rsssiss vehteses
here this winter. The Fr.nch Minister has
rather good looking .quipsgs. Tue Hay
tisn Minister walks Tue Turkish Miais-
iDgtop, Aristsrcbi BY. slrays walked. N
courts, there are many fine bors~s In ths sta.
bI.s o, people Of less proninSncs IN sod
out Of public life Com mmis-ioDsr of As,i-
culture. LOrIng, has . mare ssid 70 be the
fastest in Washington. Psyms.tsr G-nsfa!
Smith, Of the navy, has . very fsst team of
very pretty horses. Boo inesrsoit hss
.OrS. snowy bor,es, rather tsll and long.
s.ns,or John sherman drives pretty pair.
G.lersl Sherman walks, or rides In an
my xsgon. Allison, P~ndlston, DDn
rstp, ron, and a dom other we'll knoua
$.nrtor,. b,r- good horses. Bat most of
tteir coli ssfue,
RIde 10 che Three Csss Gass
or all ordinary OCCASIONS When the walk.
,pg j. go,d. though, everybody Who hu 70
p-rd he day 10 the bot, vftisted stmos.
absIs 0. the Cspitol likes 10 walk 70 snt
70 morn ing and evening. Pennsylvsnis
y.nue sidewalk, have besn worn thin By
b. crest number u feet that have pared
.-sr tbsu. Rob-son bss the worst looking
rsttle-trsp On wheels. He usss u for bu,i.
p..s tIips only. Most Of the Congsessmsn
sre bor,smsn. They. delight IN T:es,.