Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-07-06

couple Of brown-stons dwelling housea When
Mr.. Rockefellar wanted 70 enlarge his stables
he tried TO purchase the two houses. II II an
other version Of the story Of the man Who
killed the goose who laid the golden egg. The
brown-stone houses suddenly seemed to the
stable and rebuilt two doors away, 10 that the
two houses are wedged in between two stables,
and when DR.. Seward Webbs horses begin
kicking on that second floor in that pleasant
way horses are apt to kick when other people
are asleep, fear the owner will not be happy.
Mr.. Rockefellar's new stable il one of the most
substantial and fnely-appointed in town,
although he has not gone into the esthetic, a.
has Mr.. Vanderbilt. 1t ID ceiled and lined with
oak and heavily carpeted with cocoa mating.
showers OF sunlight stream down in the oak
framed stalls where stand Femidole, Cleora and
the other famous trotters that under Mr.. Rock.
efellars whip are so well known on the road.
On the second floor are the feed rooms and the
rooms for the stablemen, Brussels carpeted
and decorated after the fancies of the stable
men. Still above is q handsome suite of apart
ments FOR the superintendent as the head
functionary in Mr.. Rockefellars stable il
called.
Fifty-fourth, 55th and 5sth streets, between
7th avenue and 9Th avenue, are largely made ND
OF colonies OF famous stables. The Holbein
studios on each side of 55th street are built over
stables, and are among the most popular studios
In town. Here are the veteran Mr.. Geo. In
ners, Mr.. Kenyon Cox, Mr.. VIM. L. Coffin, Mr.
Horace Martin, Mr.. Geo. Bogert, Mr.. Hartley,
the sculptor, and some of the best-known men
in town.
This is to prove that New York stables are
so admirably kept that they offer desirable
habltations for human folks. It is on this row.
and almost opposite to the handsome stables OF
Mr. VIM. ID. S.oane, that Mr.. ]. b. Houston has
bullt his new stable. Mr.. Houston's stable was
intended for the accommodation Of his string
OF trotters. These, but a short time ago, were
sold at auction, and the sole tenant Of Mr..
Houston's stable, now that the hot DAYS are
here, is his small boys pony and trio of lively
| cookie spaniels.
Mr.. HousroS's STABLE
is handsomely paneled and ceiled in oak. The
ceiling would be handsome in private house
The horse stalls, which are arranged in the
lofty, sky-ighted room in the rear as in other
stables, are marked off by Acknowledgement
oak columns, and these the stablemen have
adored with a curious straw fringe, mixed with
! coiored WOODS that is exceedingly ornamental.
In fact, all through these different stables the
evidences OF taste for ornament particularly
In the manipulation of straw, which have
noticed before, is conspicuously apparent.
Equally conspicuous has been the love the
men have for the precious beasts and the pride
they take In them. The unusual susceptibility
OF horses to cold requires them to be always
blanketed when in the stables. Each day they
are exercised either on the road or in the
stable. If on the road, after they are back in
the stable they are sponged down and
rubbed of with the salt-bag cloths and their
legs bandaged While people in consequence
have been indulging in tonsilities, the fashion
able epidemic in the fashionable stables has
been sore throat, Maud s and all the swell
horses having been little indisposed.
MARY GAY HUMPHREYS.