The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-24

effect that Mr.. Carson purchased the
place In the interest of the Union Trac-
ton company and that it would be
established as an excursion ground,
but such a course is highly improbable.
Mr. Carson's reasons for purchasing
Erdenheim have not been made pub
lie, but it is more than likely that it
will be continued as a stock farm
for some time to come.
The old homestead itself, except
from purely equine point of view,
is probably the most interesting thing
about the place. 1t stands there.
white and stately In the sunlight, over
looking the lovely Wissahickon and so
suggestive of bygone hospitality that
1t almost seems to speak and bid one
enter. 1t is vacant now, but in excel
lent order, and it does not need an
active imagination to fancy it filled
with the fair women and brave men
Of the old days or to hear the voices
and laughter of the jovial spirits who
were prominent in the affairs Of our
turf in it's earlier history. The style
of the house Is Colonial with great
pillars running up to the roof, and
inside the halls and rooms are large
and comfortable with great fire-places
and large windows.
To the right of the house and within
hundred feet of it. is the stable which
Mr.. Welch built for bennington in
1876. 1t has since been fitted up as an
Office, but the care and elegance with
which it was built show how devoted
Mr.. WEIGH must have been to the COM
fort of the great stallion.
On the left of the house and in the
shade of some Of the stately old trees
which abound at Erdenheim, are the
graves of the three great horses men
toned above. Flora Temples comes
first, marked with a gray slab of gran
lite, and next to her lies bennington,
whose grave is similarly indicated. But
Maggie B. B., his famous mate, the
mother Of kings, lies next to him in an
unmarked grave. Surely she, too. de-
serves a stone to tell future genera
lions where she lies and to remind
them that she, too, as we'll as Leaning
ton was the parent of Derby winner
Just beyond these historic graves and
near the entrance to the homestead is
the handsome private stable built by
Mr.. WEIGH. 1t is in excellent preserva-
ton and quite in keeping with the
beauty of the old place
is the old main stable, the stallion sta
BILE and the training stables. The old
stable and stallion stables were built by
Mr.. WEIGH, but the circular training
stable, with it's covered track, was
built by the Kittsons. 1t contains
fCrty-two loose boxes. each fourteen
feet square, and is as complete in it's
way as anything of the kind in the
country.
In the stables just now there are sew
eral horses of national reputation, the
property of various owners. For in
stance, there is Devotee quite a eel
ebrated stallion, owned by Edward
Kelly, of New York. Devotee won first
prize for thoroughbred stations at the
recent Philadelphia horse show, be-
sides many other victories in the show
ring and on the turf He is a handsome
bay, 8 years DID, by Alarm out Of Sis
ter of Mercy, and was bred at Erden-
helm.
Here also is Longford, by Longfel-
low, the property of a New York gen.
tleman and a famous performer in his
day
Theodore Cuy1er Patterson, who has
always taken deep interest in the place
and whose name has been identified to
a very considerable extent with it's his
tory, keeps here his famous America
Arab stallion, Abdul Hamid H.. by
General Grants imp Leopard Abdul
Hamid H., was bred by Mr.. Randolph
Huntington in pursuance Of that gen
tleman's theories regarding the cross
OF the pure Arab upon the Clay strain
OF American trotters, and certainly he
is a splendid type of horse From a
purely artistic point Of view he is
probably the handsomest animal in