The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-27
In THE STABLES OF 4 QUEEN.
The Horses Carriages of Queen Victoria Are Sufficiently
Numerous for Small Village. q @

| height of fourteen feet; the total
weight is upwards of four tons.
The queen and the prince consort
did not much approve of this gorgeous
but numbering old vehicle, and so when
they went over to Dublin, in 1S45, they
ordered another, one TO be built there
This is in much the same style as the
coach of the Princess Of Wales. but
the royal arms here are inlaid and not
painted. 1t is, of course, on G springs,
and has the most finished india rubber
tires, which SECURE perfection of easy
motion. VI
Another carriage, known as the
queens landau, is always used to fetch
her majesty from the stations or to
take long drives It is painted in
black, picked out with red, lined with
blue silk rep, and has massive rubber
tires. This is generally horsed by four
bays. Then comes the queens two
horsed carriage, of similar but lighter
build. All these are used by the
sovereign only. OF course, in addition
to the special carriages 1 have men
toned, there are a large number used
by the various members of the royal
family. For instance, when the Prin-
cess Christian, the Duchess of Albany,
or any other of the queens family,
opens a bazaar. or attends any one
of the charitable institutions under
riages are supplied from the royal
news.
The stables, of course, are not Of
modern construction; but they are
capacious, and well ventilated, and it
is hardly necessary to say that they
are kept UP to the pitch of cleaAy
perfection. The creams and blacks Oc-
cupy one large stable to themselves,
over each box appearing the name Of
the animal occupying it. One or two
of them are remarkably clever in I'M
derstanding what is said to them, and
it was with supreme delight that the
state coachman showed me some
special tricks Of one of the black
Flemish horses. Many of these ami
mails are named after British battles;
thus you see Tel-el-Kebir, Kassassin,
Chitral, etc.; these names are chosen
by the grand equerry. When the royal
family are in town this stable is
favorite afternoon resort of the princes
and princesSes, who, most of them,
take very great interest in these rare
animals, and make practice Of feed
ing them with sugar and apples.
There are many other horses-specia1
ones, we'll worthy of note amongst
those reserved exclusively for riding
One is favorite. Of the Duke Of Con-
naught, and another was often used
by the late Prince Henry of Batten-
berg; those, too, that are hidden by
the equerries in ordinary are fine ami
mails. and very pretty they look in
their semi military dress; in fact, there
is little to distinguish them from the
one ridden by the master of the horse
himself.
While the royal news are open to
visitors, it is not the easiest matter in
the world to obtain permission to see
them and the wonders in horsef1esh and
coachbuilding they contain. Still,
very large proportion of the crowd
that comes andn goes is composed Of
Americans, who's take the keenest in
terest in all that they see. The Eng
lish grooms and caretakers admit they
prefer to show the sights to an Ameri-
can, who, while not SO much given
to saying her majesty, God bless her,
as an Englishman, is really more ap-
preciative.