The morning times., 1896-04-26
GRANT ON HIS HORSE.
fine Equestrian Statue Unveiled Yes
terday in BROOKLYN.

terday In Brooklyn.
Brooklyn, April 25.-The dedication of
an equestrian statue of Gen. u. b. Grant,
erected Ill front or the Union League Club.
on Bedford avenue, took pace TO-DAY, the
anniversary of the generals birth falling on
monday. The project was conceived and
carried out by the Union League Club, the
most prominent club in the City OF Churches.
The exercises began at p. m. The I'M
velilng or the statue was performed by
Master Ulysses S. Grant, son or Col.
Frederick ID. Grant. Gen. Stewart l..
Woodrord, the president of the Union League
Cub, presented the statue TO the city, and
Mayor Wurster accepted it Oil behalf of
Brooklyn.
The orator was Gen. Horace Porter, who
was Oh Gen. Grants starr during the war
The invited guests and subscribers to the
fund viewed the ceremonies from grand
stund erected in front of the clubhouse
The statue Is In bronze and weighs
] 200 pounds. From the hoof OF the horse
where 1t rests upon the pedestal. to the
top OF Gen. Grants hat. it measures Is
feet inches. The pedestal is g feet
high, and will make the top OF the statue
81 feet inches above the street. 1t Is
the work of William Ordway Partridge.
OF the ceremonies consisted of ex-Seni
The reception committee having charge
ator Charles II. Russell. chairman eX Mayor
Charles A. Schieren. c. NJ. Hoag gia nd, Mark
Hoyt, William II. Lyon, Nelson j. Gates,
a. II. Creigh. c. P. Haughian, A Abraham,
Charles C'rrie, Henry Carson, j. W. Crom-
well, q. 7. Emery, ]. Fields, J r. Howe,
Austin Kelly. Charles A. Moore, Ma tha mel
Mckay. Andrew Peck, W. E. UptegrOve,
S. V. White. Frank Squier, Jesse johnson,
A j. Woods and NJ. Pettet.
That portion OF Bedford avenue surround
ing the space on which the Grant statue
is to stand will hereafter be known as
Grant Square.
The dedication from military sta tandpoint
was quite an event. it marked the first
appearance in public of Troop c. Brook
lyn's first cavalry conpany-a body Of
men that would have delighted the heart
Of the great general
1t is doubtful if any organization ever
formed in the City of Churches has aroused
more interest among people with military
taste than the new Brooklyn mounted troop.
T he troop Is the result OF tire trolley strike
in this city last year, when Troop A of New
York dispersed mObs so easily by riding at
them full tilt. Adjutant General McAIpin
then decided that Brooklyn should have a
similar body of cavalry. The troop became
part of the State guard last December.
In 1892 the matter OF erecting a Grant
monument was suggested at a meeting OF
the veterans OF the Union Lea que Club on
the occasion OF & dinner. A committee
was appointed to see if it was possible to
obtain n sufficient fund. The committee
sent in a favorable report and designs were
Immediately called for from r. A. @. Wood
ami william Ordway Partridge.
The design from the latter was accepted.
His studio being in Paris at this time caused
considerable delay in producing model.
Partridge built n studio in Milton, Mass,
two years ago, and last year, when the
model was completed in clay TO the salts
faction OF the artist, the committee invited
Gen. Nelson a Miles. Gen. Horace Por-
ter and Col Frederick ID. Grant TO visit
the studio. These three gentlemen and The
committee reported the work TO be the
best thev had ever seen, and Col. Grant
has watched the progress OF the statue from
time to time.
Resdes the State troops which paraded