Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-06-02
THE LIVERY MAN,s PARADISE.
How Congressmen Afford to Sport Showy

How ConEressmen Afford to Sport showy
 Teams--Fast Trofters aud Their Owner.
 The Washington cores spondent of the Baltimore American says: There IS
 probably no city in the Unltet States
 where m proportion to population so
 many carriages and driving horses are
 kept as m Washington. A well known
 liverymau said to the American corre- sponient today that the greatest lea
 ture of his winter business was the
 hiring of teams by the season to Con
 gressmen. Said be "They always want
 the best. They are in for show. Many
 Ot them want liveried foOtmen and
 drivers, and their own monographs or
 arms emblazoned on the doors Of tn IT
 coupes or carriages. IEe general pub
 lie. of course, admires all this
 show, and from these outward
 appearances estimate the wealth of
 the Hon SO-and-So. They little think
 that all that show is the product of the
 enterprise of a much -loOke l-dow1 upon
 plebeian livery proprietor. Why,
 there Is landau" said he, pointing to
 a handsome vehicle near by, that has
 given service to three different congress-
 men and their families during different congressional seasons. Three different sets of hveries and as many different
 monogrsms have made 1t distinguished,
 and next week 1t is to be reupholstered ! in terra-cotta satin and ivory for the use i of a West Virginia senator, who pro 1 poses to put in the season at Cape May. | He saw 1t the other day, and ordered ! the changes and its removal to Cape May about the lst of June. But speak | ing of tumouts and the lveries Of the past season m Washington, said the l stableman, reminds me of one interest ! ing fact, which ls, that there was never | before seen in he city such splendid | stock in horsefiesh. President Arthur, | I am inclined to believe, took the initla- | tive in the matter. His stable and stud are simply superb. Of course. his horses | are not racers in the turf sense but they
 are sound of wind and limb, beau | tiful to look at, and have plenty of go | in them. Gen. Beale and Gen. Beverly l Robinson cone next, probably, as the | owners of the horses. The formers stud | consists Of large, big-limbed Roman l horses, slow but sure. and the latter 8 are iirst-class, well-bred high steppers. ! Col Alexander's horses are all racers, as l are many of those owned by George M. Oyster, Capt. A. T. Whiting, Mir. W. B. Moses. Maj. BrittCn, and others. For
 real style, however, and perfection, MT. ! Blaine and Jesse Brown take the lead. | Mr. W. W. Corcoran's teams are all fine
 ones, and Senator Beck, when in town, generally brings speedy horse or two with hIm. Mir. McLane. of Maryland | formerly had a splendid lot ot horses ! L. ,sl Ind q Fps ! from a snug little dog-caTt to stately ' | baroucbe. Horseback riding Is becom- ipe very fashionable here. The mania | has materially increased since the al | vent of the members of the present 1 British legation. The riding horses
 most in demand are English cobs. We
 have a trimmer and currier in thi' ! city who can turn out | first class English cob in tiv, | hours notice. HIs faculty of turning
 an ugly blow horse into a closely | clipped, sllck, bob tailed English steed
 is wonderful, and his business Is brisk
 during the season. Mir. Bancroft, the | hist lrian: Mir. Crosby S. Moves, edItol
 of the Evening Star; Mir. Harry Cook the banker and many officers of the army and navy, and others who could be men
 tloued, are daily horseback riders, and
 there are some splendid horsemer
 among them. This fine weather bring, the entire cavalcade out on the broad
 treets and avenues of Washington. and the panorama will be bright and
 animating, but it will be temporary
 only, a. the scene wIll soon shift to the
 mountain top and seaside, the chatter o l the hoofs of the aristocratic high
 stopper will give place to the plodding
 click -clack of tbe plebeian work-horse
 who knows no change or pleasure the
 year round.