The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-24
SOME FAMOUS EQUIPAGES.
Carriages and Horses Kept by Person
ages in Washington.
President CleveIand's Turn-outs-The
Magnificent Stable in Which They
Are Housed on Wheels.
From the WASHINGTON Star.

/
Are Housed Diplomats on Wheels.
From the Washington Star.
! Though President Cleveland works
| hard, he dwells in the midst of luxuries
which might well satisfy an oriental po-
! tentate. The very stable provided by the
/ nation for his use is on a palatal scale,
and would make a spacious and beautiful
dwelling, with slight alterations. 1t is Of
! brick, with mausard roof, situated in
grove of trees nearly a quarter Of mile
south of the white house. In front Of tits a
courtyard, as big as a Pood-sized city lot,
| paved with asphaltum. Eight horses
browse on the best of oats in the rear part
of the building, while the wings are occu-
pied by carriages - those which are
the private property of the President
on one side, and the official equipages on
! the other.
No President of the United States has
| had finer carriages than those Mr.. Cleve-
| land owns. There are five of them, rep
| resenting a total cost of nearly $4,000.
| Each of them is a perfect specimen of
the builders art, constructed in the very
! latest style. There is a landau of glossy
black with green trimmings, for which
] - NOU was pau. ~ UEOuR nam, nOlQInR
| two persons, is worth 81 800, and a stylish
victoria, in which the father and mother
| of the white house babies drive together
on bright days, stands for an equal sum.
| Mrs. Cleveland's phaeton was made to
order and the price of it was 81 600. 1t
has rumble behind in which the coach
man sits But the vehicle most used by
the President is a surrey, in which he
takes Baby Ruth ont in the mornings
fO1, cOiD "a the SOldipVg) bpuna ~ A flinC-
ton
THE PRESIDENTIAL COACUMAN,
Only four of the eight horses in the
stable are the private property of the
President, Two of them, light bay and
a dark brown of medium size, named Tom
and Jack, are driven by Mrs, Cleveland
with the phaeton. The other pair are
large and strong bays. Though not re
markedly fast they are good trotters.
The coachman of the chief magistrate is
a tine-looking colored man named Willis
He drove for Gen. Arthur's private secre-
tary and subsequently for Private Secre-
tary Dan Lamont during Mr.. Cleveland's
first administration. Early in the Harri-
son regime he took the presidential rib
bons from Albert Hawkins, who had
| handled them continuously for twenty
years, beginning his service under Gen.
Grant ,zs~ E
Hawkins was well-known in Washing
ton as public man. The place of coach
man to the President is mot in politics"
and he only relinquished it on account Of
| age. the incumbent of the Office is per-
sonal employe of the chief executive, by
whom he is paid for his services. Mr..
Cleveland's livery is dark blue with brass
! buttons. He has to buy the feed for his
own horses, but Uncle Sam provides him
with groom. The latter may perform the
| duties of footman, adding to the gorgeous
ness Of the presidential turnout by sit
ting on the box with folded arms; but
Mr.. Cleveland seldom utilizes him in that
capacity.
The private equipages and horses of the
! President occupy One-half of the stable
The other half affords quarters for the Of
| fetal turnoutS. The latter include five
carriages victoria, a coupe, a phaeton,
a buggy and q low box vehicle somewhat
like a landau, holding four persons. Mr..
Pruden, the chief magistrates fGctotum.
uses the buggy whenever he is sent to the
capitol with message for congress. Four
| horses are provided to draw these convey
ances, all of which are under the direc-
ton and control of Private Secretary
Thurber. He employs them for his own
convenience and on all sorts of errands
for Mr.. Cleveland. Incidentally to his
| business he is obliged to make many for
/ NAL calls on diplomatic and other per-
oOlldSOS L VI CAdIlDlG. Wutu bilG
Hawaiian princess was in Washington,
he paid visit to her and informed her
| that the President would receive her and
her suite at stated hour on a certain
day. Mr. Thurber's coachmanand groom
are both paid by the government, which
| furnishes the carriages, horses and
feed.
Uncle Sam provides and maintains
! equipages for all of the cabinet officials
! though some OF them are mnch better OF
in that respect than others. For ex-
ample, only a conpe is furnished for Mr..
Hoke Smith, while Secretary of Agri-
| culture Morton has the use of three
handsome black horses and as many
stylish VehicleS-a coupe, a closed car
| riage with four seats and phaetOn. On
this account Mr.. Morton does not find it
worth while to maintain any turnout of
his own here, though at his home in Ne
| braska City he has two phaetons, buggy,
n sulky, coupe and four horses. Out
there he does his own driving mostly. 1t
I is said that he possessed the first
/ thorough bred horses, thoroughbred cat
/ tie, thoroughbred hogs and thoroughbred
/ dogs in Nebraska.
THE CABINET CARRIAGES.
| Secretary of the Treasury Carlisle like
| wise has three Official conveyances-
/ landau, a coupe and an old-fashioned high
! leather-bOdied buggy. The last he uses
! sometimes in the evening after dinner
/ though he does not have much time for
/ driving. Two horses are furnished for
/ his benefit, an iron-gray and a sorrel He
/ keeps pair of bays of his own, as well
/ as two-horse coupe and a victoria Gen
/ Gresham is provided with u coupe, a sur
rey and two horses. He possesses no
/ private equipages, but hires a carriage,
/ when he wants one, at the Arlington no
! tel, where he lives. Having no preten-
| sion to fashion, he makes no effort for
/ style A dude is his pet adherence.
| Secretary Of the Navy Herbert owns no
| carriage. For his convenience the de-
4 partment keeps at livery coupe and an
| old-fashiOned open vehicle thathOlds four
/ persons
Postmaster General BisselI has private
/ arrangements with a livery stable for
/ carriages and horses whenever he wants
| them. His wife uses them a good deal,
| though he, being the busiest man in the
] cabinet. seldom has time 10 drive except
after dinner. He has no his disposal
/ coupe and an open conveyance for four
. belonging 20 his department Tho war
/ department maintains couple Of turn