Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-11
BEAUTY ON HORSEBACK.
Girls Who Ride Steeple Chases-Mrs.
Cleveland and the Paper Chases.
Senator'S Wives Who are Fond of Horses-Cab.
met Riders-ROyalty on Horseback.
Diplomats in the Saddle.
copyrighted 1900

copyrighted 1902
Special Correspondence.
WASHINGTON, May s.-The equestriennes of
the capital. They are numbered by hundreds.
You see, them in parties on every country road
about Washington, and their fresh young faces
glow as they ride across the country leaping
hedges, jumping bitches, and following the wild
paper chase. The last administration set the
fashion for out-of-door sports. Mrs. Whitney
and her husband patronized the country club
and the diplomats joined in with her in the en-
couragement of long rides about Washington.
At one of the paper chases Mrs. President Cleve-
land distributed prizes of diamond horseshoe
scarf pins and nearly every member OF Cleve-
land cabinet rode. Secretary Fairchild had s
good horse and took turn in the country
daily. Secretary Whitney donned rid
ing costume every afternoon, and even Justice
Lamar, who was then secretary of the interior,
pottered around Washington on pot-bellied
horse. The president mounted horse now and
Them and Mrs. Cleveland took some rides from
her country seat. Bayard was an ardent horse
man, and his daughters accompanied him in his
rides across country. 1 remember seeing Kate
Bayard dashing around the ring at the race
track one season and leapins the hurdles and
bitches OF the steeplechsse. II was a freak done
by her merely for amusement and the crowd on
the grand stand cheered, and cheered again as she
made the run in the shortest time of the day.
SENATOR'S WIVES WHO RIDE.
The craze started then has since steadily
grown and there are now 800 thoroughbred sad
die horses in Washington and fully 200 maidens
are out riding every week. 1t seems to me
that the girls have better compilations than they
ever had before, and the sallow, doughty, pasty
faces of Washington society are fast disappear
ing. You will find no better complexion in the
world than that of Mrs. Senator Davis. Her
face is a beautiful one, and It's skin Is as soft
cheeks shine with the roses of the fairest maid
ems of Dublin. She has SO much color in them
that people have charged her with painting, but
k1.s- o-No Csl,s md har
only cosmetics are horseback riding, good walk
ing and q love for oatmeal porridge. She is one
Of the finest looking of the equestrlennes OF the
capital and her tan Juno-lihe form perfectly
rounded shows to good advantage In ner riding
costume of black jersey. She has her own
ideas about her clothes and her riding naplt -
made Ia princess with double skirt and it its
her form like glove. She does not wear riding
trousers like many of the girls OF wash
b ngt0n o but S sns has tbi, seTs which
ends in high top boots. She is a good rider and
she has a number of sisters among the senator's
Hawley learned to ride in England. She has
ridden after the hounds and can Jump as wide
ditch as any woman in washington. She IS
rides out with her soldierly husband. Mrs.
Senator Spooner is frequently seen in
the saddle riding, along With With the &c
no new thing to her for she and Senator Spooner
have ridden together for score OF years, and
they enjoy their gallops Just IS much today as
frequently rides out with his daughters he has
good horses and sits erect whatever be the gait.
he wears q SLOUGH hat when he rides, and even
his white beard cannot give him the dignity on
horseback that he holds IN the senate. senator
Sherman rides occasionally, and there are
number Of congressman who get their open air
exercise horseback. Tom B3yne Is good
rider, and both Mr.. and Mrs. Representative
Hit love the saddle. Mr.. Hit has seven
fine thoroughbreds in his stables and Don
Cameron has . number OF good horses, ana both
he and Mrs. Cameron ride them. Mrs. cameron
is good rider. Her figure is trim and sne sits
horse well.
CABINET RIDERS.
have not yet seen President Harrison on
horseback. and President Cleveland, although
he was member of the riding school, took but
few horseback rides. Arthur rode every day:
and James Buchanan used to go dashing abcu-
washington on horseback with Harriet Lane
Uncle Jerry Rusk, the secretary Of agr1crlturfs
has tall KENTUCKY horse, which ne r1oes Al
most daily. BE makes hne-look1ng ngures
and sits his steed like centaqr me vice.
Fsfldent's daughters are all fond OF riding ana
t4e i've girls Of the family take their regular
riding lessons. They range IN age from seven %
fifteen, but they are all large for their 1no
every one Of them can stick to the saddle fles VICE
President Morton frequently rides out VITA
them, and his private secretary now ana tnen
accompanies them in 8 dash along the eonSt3