St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-17
A Tisit 10 Mfd,cay.

Visit TO MfdtCay.
On FRIDAY last we visited the well known
stables of Commodore Kittson, at Midway,
in the western part Of the city OF st. Paul
The day was very bright and the air exceed
ingly mild All of the trotting and pacing
stock that was out on the track has been
brought home to Midway, and will winter
here With the exception of Johnston, Won
Arnim and Revenue, the stock was all out In
the pastures around the stables. Won Arnim
and Revenue are also let out suitable por-
ton of the time. On Sunday they happened
10 be in their stalls. Blackwood, Jr., was out
in the lot, and looked very proud and COM
handing as he trotted around the pasture
In the lot adjoining Biackwood's, and separ-
ated from it by high, tight board fence,
were Fannie Witherspoon and Mime X
They came from the circuit two or three
weeks ago, and were blanketed. They
nipped the grass and rolled
around in the dirt in way
that showed how glad they
were to be relieved from the restraint Of tine
training stable, where every mouthful Of hay
is weighed and every oat is counted. 1t was
pleasure to see these two feet mares, who
have trotted and paced before admiring
thousands, enjoy themselves in such free
dom from restraint. Sometimes they stand
in the sun in one corner Of the lot and look
just as dull and sleepy as any hard worked
cart horse would, but when woke up they
moved off to some other part OF the field
with bold and steady stroke, The two are
always close together and feed all around the
lot side by side. Occasionally, however,
Fannie Witherspoon throws her ears back
and manifests disposition to nip her com
panion, when the latter hastily moves of.
Across the lane leading from the main road
up to the stables is Sannie G, with her colt,
which, though not year old
yet, is as big almost as
She is. The beautiful little gray mare is as
quiet as kitten, and peacefully feeds in the
grass that is most as tall as she is. The
other stock is scattered around all over the
grounds which are fenced off in pieces of
ten or fifteen acres each. Johnston, the
king of PAGERS, occupies stall in the main
stable. The stall itself is curiosity in its
way II is about twenty-five feet in length,
and twelve or fifteen wide. The sides are
lined with the padding taken from the car in
which the Com modore's horses are trans
ported around the country. In front of the
stall is set of blue curtains, while all about
the stall are suspended a great va
riety of blankets. In the stall, all the time,
is kept Johnston's onlg stable companion,
blue, shaggy haired dog, small in size, and
lively and afTectionate. All day and all
company with the king Of PAGERS, and they
get along together in a very friendly way.
The dog belongs to Mrs. Splan, and was left
by Mr.. Splan when he went east. johnson
has had bis shoes pulled and will 90 barefoot
now for some time. He is kept in the stable
all the time now, except when he is taken
cut for exercise. 1t has been found that it
is not safe TO let him out for the reason that
he runs and jumps so that it is feared he will
break his neck. Soon after the stable got
back they let him out and he ran and jumped
like deer, going five or six feet into the air
at a leap. Dan Woodmansee said he was
never so scared in his life; and as quickly
as possible all the men on the grounds were
called together, and lively time they had of
it in capturing him in fifty or seventy-fve
acre lot They succeeded however, finally.
Since that time he has been kept in the sta
bic. There is no more freedom of that kind
for Johnston. He is kept blanketed ali the
time and looks the picture Of health. He
has taken on flesh some during the three or
four weeks he has been doing nothing, but
he looks as fine as silk. All the stock at
Midway is doing well, and it is very natural
thut it should as it is in the
hands of Mr.. Ben Woodmansee, who is one
of the most upright honest and conscien-
tious men that ever had charge of any other
mans property.