Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-05-06
SELLING THE SEAL BROWNS.
Mr.. Cleveland's Stable Outfit Under
the Auctioneer's Hammer.


the Auctioneer's Hammer.
TIE SCENE AT THE SALE THIS AFTERSooN-rHE
SEAL BROWNS 90 TO Mr.. JOHN E. BELL-rHE
CARRIAGES, LrvERIEs, AND OTHER ARTICLES
SOLD.
The seal browns stood in front of Wood Bros.
stables on N street at noon to-day attached to
a brougham. On the sidewalk was a throng of
livery stable men and of persons attracted
either from curiosity or from business
instinct to the sale of the seal
browns and the carriages and stable
outfit belonging to ex-President Cleveland. In
the Office of the stables, sitting where he could
observe all that went on in front, sat Marshal
Wilson, who occasionally had a conference
with Mr.. c. c. Duncarson, the auctioneer
The several carriages belonging to Mr.
Clevelands establishment were standing at
the curb. The seal browns were harnessed
in the brougham. with the silver harness bear
ing the monogram &c. c." on the head piece.
A colored man sat on the box. but il was not
Albert. Secretary Blaine drove up in his car
riage and looked critically at the carriages
over which the red flag foated. Then he
had long conference with ex-Represen-
tative SWEET, who was one OF the
throng on the sidewalk, and then drove away.
Mr.. Blaine, it is said. wanted to buy the VIC
toria. When ii was finally offered under the
hammer Mr.. SWEET made bid on it. but he did
not go high enough. Ex-senator Van Wick
also examined the horses and carriages through
his spectales and remained through the sale,
but his desire to possess himself of the articles
offered if he had any. did not manifest itself
in the form of bid. At high
noon a colored man began ringing a large
auction bell, and Auctioneer Radcliffe
stood up in one of the open carriages to begin
business. Just at that hour, too, the thousand
or SO of colored children in the Sumner school
building opposite streamed ont of the building
for their noon recess, and a small army of them
gathered around the auctioneer and the group
of men who came there to bid.
SELLING THE SEAL BROWNS.
The seal browns were put up first and the
auctioneer began his harangue This is the
team that was purchased by Mr.. Cleveland
through friend in Syracuse soon after he came
to Washington and shipped to this city. The
price paid for them was said at
the time to be between 5000 and 500. They
were sold together to-day, the bids received,
however, being for each horse separately. The
bidding was started at 800 apiece. They
ought to bring $3.50 apiece" said the autioneer,
with a tone of contempt for the bid; but he went
on all the same. ringing the changes on the
bid, stopping to have the team driven up and
down i'll front of the crowd to show off their
movement. Thus he worked the bidding up
to 1925. and at length got bid of Sl35 from
Mr.. Alison Nailor, jr. Here the thing came to
a standstill for few minutes
Suppose you let them go up the street
again said Mr.. Radcliffe to the driver. 'Maybe
I'll get another bid out of it, So the whip
was cracked and the seal browns were trotted
the length of the square and back.
and bid of $40 was made. Mr.
Ratcllffe shouted, "a hundred and forty,
at
until he was quite red and hoarse, and the re-
suit was he got a bid of Sal. He could not
get raise" on that from anyone in the
crowd, and so knocked the horses down at S141
a piece to Mr.. John E. Beall.
THE CARRIAGES AND LIvERIEs.
The bidding on the other articles was not
very lively, and the purchasers all got good
bargains. according to the opinion of experts
The brougham was sold to Samuel F. Burns
for $3.50. The landau for which Mr.. Cleve-
and paid 81 400, was sold to C. W. HAYES
for $500 The Victoria said to have cost Mr..
Cleveland $1,000, was bought by Mr. J. E.
Beall for S4S5. Mr.. Beall also bought
the silver mounted harness with the
monogram for S62.5O. and two suits of
ight-colored livery, with silver buttons. and
green striped vest; one suit costing
Beall bought also an extra pair of
reins for sf.25, three lap robes for S1.5O.
green carriage robe for 81, pair OF rubber
blankets with hoods for 81. rs. a pair of halteys
for 80 cents each, whip for 80 cents and two
pairs of traces for $4.25. He emerged
from the sale with a complete outfit,
carriage. horses, liveries and trappings.
Three dark-green livery coats were sold to
Wood Bros. for 1925 each, and three pairs of
pants, matching them, were sold to d. F. Me
Cauley for SO each. A black fur robe went to
j. W. Martin for So white rubber coach
mans overcoat. to Henry Tatum. for Sl25: a
pair Of quarter blankets, to Wood Bros, for 81:
green cloth lap robe to W. King for $3.50. J.
ID. Langhorn bought cloth robe for 81 so. a
linen robe for so cents and a pair of sweat
pads for g. so. Mr.. Murphy bought plush
robe for %, and j. W. Martin pair of blan-
kets for % each. A pair of gloves and a
pair of stable blankets somewhat frayed went
to young man in the crowd for 81 for the lot
A very pretty whip, with handle and stock of
knotted wood, was sold to Mr.. ID. F. McCauley
for 81. Mr.. McCauley said it was Mrs. Cleve-
lands whip. Mr.. Gait bought pair of surcin-
giles for 80 cents and lap robe for 81 Glr. ].
Nj. Young bought n carriage jack for Sl.l0
aud Mr.. McCauley bought the last articles
offered for sale, pair of head pieces. which
were knocked down to him for fifty cents
This disposed of all the articles belonging to Mr.
Cleveland. except the horses and carriage which
Mrs. Cleveland used to drive and which she
took with her to New York. The seal browns
since Mr.. Cleveland left the city, have been
used by Mr. Villas and his family