The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-09
THE WAY sAvANNAHIANs RIDE.
They Prefer Carriages and Fine
Horses to Buggy Riding.


Carriage horses in Savannah are not a
small item of expense to those who can
afford the luxury of owning them. ''They
cost way up" said Mr. Gleason yesterday,
as pair Of $4,000 grays attached to a
brand new carriage dashed up Bull street
near the Screven house. Three thousand
dollars would not buy some carriage
horses in Savannah. More money
than that has been paid for them.
All OF the old families here formerly owned
and many of them now own the finest
horses that are to be had for carriage use.
The Understands and the Screvens and the
Iattnalls and the Jacksons and in fact all
the Old families took a great pride in fine
carriage horses, and money was no object
when 1t came TO buying them.
IL Is singular, said a visitor the other
day, why there are no more fast buggy
horses in Savannah. This is easily
answered when it is known that Savannah
people prefer to ride in carriages. They do
not take to the style of sitting up in a
buggy behind a spirited animal, and sub
NIT 70 the painful experience of having
taelr arms pulled out of joint for the sake
OF pleasure. There can be no Improvement
on the carriage style, and all those who are
able to indulge it are satisfied with it, The
color of horses varies with the tastes
Of the people in every city.
In Savannah carriage horses are
either white or black, and sometimes the
pair is made up of a white horse and
black horse. White horses for carriage use
prevail, however. Out west the roam is
sought after, and the biggest prices are
paid for them.
In Savannah, when distinguished people
pay her a visit and are extended the
Inequalities of the city, it is Gus
tomary to put them behind grays
Liveryman Gleason furnished the carriage
for ex-President Cleveland upon the occasion
of his visit here. Four pretty, gray horses,
three of which he owns yet, were attached
to the carriage. The wheel horses are
named Gordon and Cleveland. 'l'll bet it
was the plainest procession that ever Sa-
had just purchased the carriage
which the ex-President and his wife
occupied, and he refused to have the wheels
decorated by driving tacks in them to hold
the flowers None of the carriages were
decorated. In each bride was a pretty ro-
settle, and the drivers whip had three
streamers tied around it. During this year
there will be several pretty turnouts i'm
ported in Savannah.
"Where do the best carriage horses
come FROM" a stableman was asked, and he
been regarded as the best horses, and he
ma ority of horses come from Kentucky.
1t has always been thought that Georgia
horses could never be raised large enough
to make good carriage horses, but of
recent years stock raisers with a good
knowledge of raising thoroughbred animals
have taken hold of the business, and some
of the very best horses now are Georgia
raised. They are of course acclimated and
are accustomed to the roads.
1t has always been a difficult matter to
get the same amount Of work out of Ken
lucky horse after bringing him to Georgia.
The change from the hard roadbeds to sand
roads is something that they rarely ever be-
come accustomed to. Often it has been the
case, the stableman added, that very fine
ANIMALS have been imported from Ken
lucky or Tennessee to Georgia and have
become a burden to the owners The
change in the roads injured them for use
When this fact became generally known,
stockmen began to raise Georgia stock. At
first the experiment was an expensive one,
but finally by changing the food and other
things the grade Of animals was improved,
so that now many of the finest horses in
this and other cities are Georgia raised.