The Russellville Democrat., 1884-04-03
.A Stery of ('Aa.nhord.

When wrote respecting the Count dc Chambord and his doings, l little thought 1 that Paris still contained m interesting and curious relic of his puposed king ship, or rather group of relics, in the shape of the royal carriages ordered for l the triumphal entry of the King into Paris. Twelve of these vehicles were ordered, but only six of them were fin- ished when the refusal of tho Prince to accept the tri-colored flag put an extin- 1 guisher on the hopes of his adherenis. These six magnificent carriages have ever since been stored away awaiting the hour of the restoration of the mon archy. The whole half dozen were exe- cuted in six weeks, so great was the hurry of the R0yalists, and so certain
 was the advent of the King considered The largest and handsomest. that i'm tended for Henry V. himself, is of great size and magnificence. The four lan- terms alone cost $7,000. It is lined throughout with white satin, and the arms of France are emblazoned on the ceiling in the center of golden sun. The seven large windows of plate-glass render the interior almost as visible as is that of an open carriage All the metal work is in repousse silver, and the ham mer-cloth is fringed with gold. The panels are painted with fieur-de-lis on a background, and are highly vanished. Access is obtained to this truly royal vehicle by series of four steps covered with pale blue velvet worked with fieurs- de-lis in gold thread. The other car riages are upholstered with pale blue satin figured with tleurs-de-lis in the same color. These six carriages cost S200, 900. They were ordered by the Count de Damas, who still pays the annual bill for their storage. They were to have been paid for by 2 com miitee of enthusiastic Legitimist noble- men; but on the final spersian of all hopes of restoration the Count de Chambord very generously insisted on settling the bill him elf wonder what ever became of the eight snow white sieeds that were to have drawn the royal cariiage2 They were pur- chased, and were being tra'ned to as sume the high-stepping. solemn gait appropriate to horses that have so inn porlant a mission to perform, when the final catastrophe came that swept the embryo royalty into the dust. re- member hearing about the controversy that took place between two highly born Legitimists who wee charged with the purchase, respecting the color of the animals Eight perfectly matched and very superb horses of a pale-cream color, with silken, silvery tails and names, were olfer q Noble man No. preferred the cream -colored horses. while No. would hear of noth- ing but white ones. Finally, the dis pute was settled by . third party.
 "Good heavens, gentlemen" he ex- claimed, If yot select cream-coiored horses to draw the Kings carriage, every street boy in Paris, on seeing it approach. will cry, Here comes the the hippodrome.' and SO the white ones were chosen. Where are they now? Some years ago the carriage of a certain far Parisiennc was pointed out to me as being drawn by two of these favored animals. Certainly never saw such beautiful white horses in my life. They were white as snow, without single hair or shading of an- other color in their perfectly -groomed coats, their nostrils being tinged with pale pink, and their full flowing names and tails shining like floss silk. If they
 were not the chosen steeds of royalty they certainly looked it.-Cor. Spring-
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