Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-30

cared for by this groom. But nothing that
relates to her is done except by Mr.. Bon
ner's express order. Near by is Rarus, who
seems still to have recollections that he was
once king of the turf and cost $28, 900. He
has not and never had the lovable nature Of
Maud S. In his proudest days he was cross
and his ill-nature has now settled in his
hind heels, which we skirt with caution,
for they are active, though sore. Rarus Is
never driven on account of these sore feet,
which Mr.. Bonner is caring for. he is
walked on the track outside the stables,
which is prepared with regard to his tender
feet.
Across the stable is the stall in which
Dexter died, and from which he was taken
to his grave on the Tarrytown farm. Here
also are Pickett, one of Mr.. Bonner's favor
ties, bred on the farm, 4-year-old, who has
made 25, and some 2-year-olds who have al
ready accomplished 40 These are but a
handful of the blooded stock which Mr..
Bonner keeps and breeds at his country
stables.
THE PERFECTION OF NEATNESS.
Talk of Dutch cleanliness, of the tradi-
tional kitchen floor, off which one may eat,
neither can surpass the spotlessness, the
shining neatness of Colonel Lawrence Kip's
stables. There can be no house in town in
habited by humans SO fawless as this cheer-
full, spacious home of May Dawn and
Katrine. The waxed floor is fawless as
mirror. The heavy hemp carpet on which
the horses walk from their rooms to the door
is swept and garnished, really gsrnished,
TOR an ornamental border of straw fringe
borders it The stalls are thickly laid with
straw, scent-laden and shining as if just
from the threshing floor. The stsblemen
have an art of arrangement all their own,
and it is turned In at the edges as skillfully
as hem learned at sewing school. The
carriage wash is covered with large and
handsome red rug and shade OF all that is
decorative. The carriage wash is faced
three feet high with Mexican onyx. The
plate-glass stable doors and windows, the
faucets, glass and brass everywhere are
shining. .a,
''My stable is smy yacht" said Colonel
Kip.
The comparison is good, for it is as pro-
fusely and nattily rugged and beautiful y
tended as yacht. Colonel Kip has been q
military man, and he brought to his stable
all his military habits of order and pre-
cision. Every morning at 9 o'clock he is at
his stable and everything is to be ready Tor
inspection. Every implement must be
clean and in place. What there is not for
convenience he has invented. Swinging
like brackets are gilded spikey frames.
This is one of his inventions intended to
hold the harness as it is removed from the
horse, and the ends are covered with rubber
that the harness may not be scratched.
COLONEL KIP's FAvoRITEs.
The favorites of the stables are May Dawn
and Katrine, dark bays. Katrine is the
half sister OF Guy, whose REGARD of 211
makes him the formidable rival of Maud S,
whose time many people think he will. yet
equal, as he is years younger. She is a
beautiful little bay mare, with slender aris-
tocratic legs and an air of trimness and
tautness which again suggests yachting SIM
lies. She comes up promptly to be petted
and rubs her nose in that affectionate man.
ner which, as Alfred Wallace says, is the
rudimentary form of kissing once prac-
ticed by humans. She has no record, hav-
ing never been trained for speed. She is
simply fof her masters delight, and, says
ColoneI Kip, "it would seem q spoilt day
if, from to 6, I was not out with May
Dawn and Katrine."
May Dawn is but a shade different in
color and lives next door, with small fox
terrier, who plays in and out among her
heels like kitten. Her portrait is in the
large room and Katrine is to sit for q pend
ant to an artist next month.
Colonel Kip has quite a picture gallery
including Ethel Medina whom he once
owned and who was the late lamented
Maxey Cobb's great mate
The only racer in the stable IL Bay Tom,
vino has record of 2:25, but does not COM
mend himself to feminine eyes on account
of his architecture, which Colonel Kip de-
scribes as "hippy" and which no amount of
corn and oats can overcome.
MARY GAY HUMPHREYS.