Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-11-01
WASHINGTON TURNoUrs.
HOW the Cabinet Omcers Travel IN the
CaPital-The Establishment OF the su.
preme Court Justices-The Foreipn
Ministers.
Washington Special TO p6;1a P.oord

preme Court Justices-The Foreipn
| Ministers
| Washington Special to Phila. Record.
! very little work has been done here this
week. Everybody has been at the races
IL mas been difficult to find public officials
aiteT noon anywhere this side of the race
| track at Ivy City, just outside the town
and when you did find them thew aid nnf
care to talk of anything except the horses
and the jockeys. President Arthur
sets the example, and all the rest fol-
low. The President is driven there. az
elsewhere, in a well-built cOupe. drawn
ny a1alr team, pronounced "nothing eXtraO
Dy horsemen. There are some good horses
III the Executive stable, substantial
ana somewhat ornamental building lust
below the State Department, but they
compare better with Hayes horses than
with GRANTS. Garfield had better horses
tnan Arthur has. He was fOnder of
riding. The President buys his own
horses and carriages, unlike his Cabinet
Ministers, who are provided with ssturn.
OUT apiece by the dear people.
secretary Chandler is one of the busi-
est men IN Washington. Still, he goes
TO the races occasionally, and his sbarn
eyes takes in all there is to be seen
secretary Chandler rides behind the
nandsomest team sin the Cabinet,,-
handsome, stylish and fast. Secretary
Lincoln goes to the races occasionally
put ne rides in government wagon and
behind government team. Much of his
travel is done on foot. He likes to chew
an unlIt cigar and whack the pavement
Win a hght cane as he walks
AM; anu thinks rapidly. Secretary FIRE.
lnghuysen doesn't go to the
races. He is a Presbyterian
of the Presbyterians, and Secretary of
State besides. So he sits in the middle of
MS handsome room in the State Depart
ment collecting foreign stamps
until evening every day, and then rides
to his pleasant home on L street behind a
staid New Jersey team. Secretary Folger.
farmers boy, retains all the old love for
the morse. lie has a good pair of bays to
draw him to and from the Treasury De-
partment, and better pair of sorrels he
hlnd which he whirls out over the Soldiers
Home roads now and then, Secretary
Teller, farmers boy, doesn't seem to
remember his first love. His pair are
only ordinary horses. They seem to be
able to travel pretty rapidly, though.
Folger and Teller both go to the races,
Attorney General Brewster drives very
nne horses IN very fine style. Postmaster
General Gresham, being from Kentucky
and Indiana, loves good horses; but he is
poor man, and he has to content himself
with fairly good pair of grays, which
the government loans him, while he rides
IN the Postmaster Generals carriage. He
is good walker, though, despite his
wounds, and he doesn't ride half as much
In the official equipage as does his First
Assistant, the lrrepresslble Frank Hatton.
Chief Justice Waite of the United States
supreme Court rides behind a pair of
glossy bays, although he likes to walk to
and from the capitol in fair weather for
health's sake. Like all his brethren of the
bench he goes. to the races. Justice
BlatchtOrd, the richest man on the Su-
preme bench, has better horses than any
of his brothers, Justices Bradley, Field
and Matthews have decent horses. Hor-
ace Gray, the rich Boston bachelor. re-
Gently added to the court, rides in very
stylish coupe behind very stylish horse.
Gray lives more elegantly than any of the
others. He always did his own market
ing In Boston, and spared no money to
procure the best of the seasons good
things. Here he gets the best that can
be had. He is already recognized as one
of the best judges of good food and good
drink in the capital. l don't think that
either Harlan, Miller or Woods of the Su-
preme bench has a good team. They are
all poor. They probably hire carriages
as they need them during the season. OF
course every lady who 'gOeS out" at all
must have carriage. Many people in
society" prefer to hire them as they are
needed. 1t is cheaper and less trouble
some, besides being just as satisfactory
in the long run.
The Diplomatic Corps, it's leading men
at least. have good hOrses-when they can
afford it-sometimes when they can't.
Mr.. Lionel SackVille West, the British
Minister, and Senior Barco, the Spanish
Minister, who committed suicide this
summer, had good horses. His daughter
drove stylish dOg-cart. The Japanese
Minister has a fine team. Nevertheless
he became so hOmesick that he got leave
of absence and went home this summer
The Chinese hire their horses at a livery
stable. The Coreans did the same. These
Eastern diplomats are very fond of riding
around town. The Mexican Minister has
good horses. The Russian Minister has
handsome horses; he proposes to introduce
Russian vehicles here this winter. The
French Minister has rather good look
ing equipage. The Haytien Minister
walks. The Turkish Minister who will
always be dearest to Washington, Aris-
tarchi Bey, always walks.
OF course there are many fine horses in
the stables of people of less prominence
in and out of public life. Commissioner
of Agriculture Loring has mare said to
be the fastest in Washington. Paymaster
General Smith, of the navy, has a very
fast team of very pretty horses. Bob In
gersOll has some snowy horses, lather
tall and long. Senator John Sherman
drives a pretty pain General Sherman
walks or rides in an army wagon. Alli-
son, PendletOn, Don Cameron, and a
dozen other we'll known Senators have
good horses. Most of the Congressman
are hOrsemen. They delight in races.
QuOrums are hard to keep on race days.
Beck, In the Senate, and Blackburn, in
the House, lead the turf element out on
the Ivy City road. Both are frequently on
the list of Judges.