The sun., 1888-04-22
RzoPLE ON HoRsEsAcx.
Eeuestris. Preei,vitses or Numereus states-
men In wsshtsGteu.
rup fhs Washtppfon star

Npm tAe wasntngton star.
Two striking figures have become familiar
topeople along the fashionable part OF Rhode Is
WSs on oSa m
trot or canter. and whisking around corners
with q reckless grace. The one Is 2 man q
ths ssns sS Of soldier His hss
bold. carriage Of his head attest that he
would be an erect figure dismounted,
sss sRs a Thsa sas hs hSTss sTs to M he
round head is set firmly, and his heavy black
mopstache. brushed straight out on either side
France, and black goatee drawn down and
waxed in the same style, give him q fierce eX-
ths efS boSd II bay % o large bua WhsS
carries him always at sweeping trot. The
sPdo S VIE oS aSR aea all s
tract attention She is . daring rider, as we'll
to q more reckless pace than Is his wont.
,,,s Sometimes they are are accompanied by young young
day in the winter, when less enthusiastic
horsemen restricted their equestrian exercises
TO- the & tanbark auadrapgle Of the riding aead; n;
with dash that s howed thsm n seasoned to the
sport. The mans striking ,resemhlanee to
rome rome Bonaparte ian and Nine. Bonaparte. Bon II Is
swings her husband SO often into the saddle:
This active out door life gives her youthful
TSe the a d w
Every one ut all familiar with the portrait OF
the last Emperor of France Is struck with the
graceful! a. rider as his wife.
and al the Fashionable young men and women
who 90 not not know hoy TO ride q os gre learning as
as as h'% ha sp 5 er
was one five years ago woman on horseback
was one OF the rarest sights in the capital few
years ago. Now many may be seen making for
the country roads at a swift trot early eVery
morning or OF an afternoon. Most OF hem ride
courage for u woman to mount and they ride
them with tenriessness and grace.
NJ BANCROFT. the hs nS M n tori n stu
Librarian sponold. The two w29rn, men 9! hooks, gen
style OF riding. and they are picturesque pair
FpEEGnng n9,s along side by side in gentle dog trot
which has been avorlte OF his for some ears.
and Mr. sp3iord's horse Is heavy aT,Lpnei
@sn rG Eh aSns Mr. sHR ESes ouso
rein to his horse and lopes along the street in
apparent forGetluIness of where, he is. He often
drives his horse to Dayton. He then reads u
book or the morning papers. giving the horse
his head to 20 as he likes only occasionally
speed. When these two gentlemen are riding
together they never permit their horses to
break from adog trot, and each rider carries;
A Star man met them last Sunday. jogging
a leather belt about his waist. riding at the
proper distance behind. MIR. Bancroft looked
ago H. Ike Fnher Time % Els
snow white beard then, and he appears no
older now. Mr.; sp1fiord is 2 younger ger man. and
and scattering beard;
Nearly every member Of the Cabinet rides
Attorney-General Garland. i believe, Is the
execution, Secretary
OF the finest horses in the city, and is a con-
rider Mrs whitney IL On
use. She and the Secretary. and perhaps also
sponsibss for tRS habt Mi,na 6ecomng suddenly So
horses. She has several young ladies, who ride
Messrs; Bayard and Lamar used to ride much
| when they were in the Senate. and they still
consei Mr.. Bayard's horses have ancestors.
brio brdie e baths Trough the a' woods @ and over The
hills. Sometimes in the morning and again in
e e ~ rssb T srors apS
BE is rider OF the old school, who knows what
a horse can do, and often tests his mettle with
There was nothing fancy or proud in Mr.
beast in the Cabinet stables. Since he has
on the bench he has y
an old-style barouche on high springs and
open ON both sides, driven. by an old time
colored man in an old-time Ivory. and drawn
Secretary Fsirchild is most persistent of
pany with Secretary Bayard, and there is not
that he las ip not eSplored. Ike Mr. Bayard he
style. secreary Endicott H Is deliberate and nd
dignlfled rider. Miss Endicottis most ardent
riding academy, and goes out often twice q
DAY. She never n,, misses ride ln the morning
All Mr. Cleveland's Cabinet have not been
able to get him in the saddle. He may follow
not afraid Of the horse So much as q the no;
odd notion that there would be something
in o hs be dSs m
and q saddle horse is kept there for him. but
the az ,d 10 has 81 to yet was
sspesIsIiS as Mrs. N @hitnes, II M Miss Basard snd
Of the delightful sport they enjoy, but she is re-
strained by the fear Of notoriety. She is not at
all Sf horses and + gqOdM aSs
| ton is Miss French the daughter Of Representa-
tive French ofConnecticut. She, sits her saddle
dealer; Miss Bliss, Mr., Bancroft's granddaugh:
| ter. and his daughter. Mrs. Carroll; the wife OF
| Representative Hit; Miss Cox. Judge Cox's
DAUGHTER; the Misses Letter. Miss Quay, Miss
| ford Miss Minnie Freeman. Miss Nadill. Miss
Mitchell. daughter Of the Oregon Senator, and
her sister, Mrs Handy, and fifty other young
ladies Of Washington society ride horseback
with considerable skill. Most, Of the foreign
Ministers and attaches are horsemsn and
horseman Of them all, except Mr. Greger. is
said to be DR.. Vow of the Chinese Legation.
Representative Cannon OF Illinois is a. con-
stant rider. At his home In the West he keeps
two saddle horses that are ridden by no one
but himself, and he IL fond Of riding to the
hounds. Whon he came here this winter he
bought fine saddle mare, and he rides out
gets II chance, Mr. Glover Of Missouri and his
wife ars members Of the riding academy, and
South Carolina do not ride as much as they
used to. Representative Allen OF Massachu
has a chunky little pony. rs fat and round as
a butter bali with It's tail aud mane cropped,