Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-05-17
HE QUEENS HORSES.
Great Care Taken to Accustom Them ts
the City's Noise

the City's Noise.
The residents of Buckingham Palace
road in London are specially favored
in the matter Of display.
Twice q day the guardsmen ma-"f
from barracks to st. James's Pal. 4
with drums beating and colors flying
and every fine morning an imposing
calvacade may be seen prancing oui
of Buckingham Palace gates.
The procession consists Of all the
Queens horses and all the Queens
men, and its object is to give the royal
animals their daily exercise. The
sleek. well-kept horses and the com
Portable, well-kept men astride them
proclaim regal state ut every step, and
the weary Journalist looks at them
with envy, and is not sure which he
would rather be-one of the Queens
horses or one of the Queens men.
They do not seem to have & single
worry about them. 1t is plain that
the cares which surround throne do
not extend to the stables.
In one respect the Queens horses are
subjected to special training. When
they take kings and princes abroad
they have to travel through crowds
and connections.
1t would not do for them to shy
when distinguished personages should
be wearing their most gracious and
dignitied air. A royal prince may be
thrown at military manoeuvres with
no worse result than causing the Tom.
mics to smile. But it would be awk.
ward for the same prince to be in d
runaway at a London ceremonial. II
might disturb the programme.
Therefore, the Queens horses arc
trained so that the shouting OF crowds,
the fiuttering of Rags and the clamor
Of brass bands shall be no more to
them than the tolling of church clock
to the sedate bus horse. Once in II
way Captain Nicholas, the superin'
tehdeut of the news, gathers a num-
fer of healthy youngsters, warranted
10 make a noise, in the courtyard.
He gives them banners and trumpets
and drums, and tells them to wave and
blow and bang, and when there Is
nothing else to do to shout at the top
of their lungs. The HORSES are Tot.
ted and drlreA past, and ;afrsf q few
experiences of the Yah.sttee,r:t YS'ashstee,r:t they: can be
guaranteed 10 Stand :pandemonpiiun.
No stsRs are run. RefoA~ we last
Jubilee procesSiHA soldiers were
brought in u assist the children. There
I1rere Se,nds Of music and side drums,
@Hlu when the horses had graduated
with these band of pipers VIA intro
duced. 1t was assumed that lf the
horses could stand hagpipes they could
stand anything. ,u.
II any preference is $iyeh, It s 70 the
white Hah6yedanS, ;or these, being
her MajastT's favorites for state oc'
chsfoGs, have heavy responsibility to
bear. The original stock came from
the Elector of Hanover's; stud in the
time Of the frst, f2sstSfssie ana until the
Queen ass:rrHded the throne most of the
serH'MifTTIs came from Hanover.
Since 1887 they have been bred at
Hampton Court, and they have be.
come almost q purely English breed.
Although they have improved in shape
since the Hanoverian days, they are
still a triie clumsy, according to Eng
lisl notions. But they are strong and
steady, they never give in, they arc
perfectly docile, and 1T would require
an earthquake and a hurricane TO dis.
turb them.
A stroll through the royal news is
. vaiusd privilege The animals are in
Eerfect condition, and the stables are
models of convenience and sanitation.
Z The harness room is sumptueils. But
the chiefest treasure Sf Tie mews is
the state carriage, which, short Of
India, il; perhaps, the most orna:e
yehfcfe in the world. 1t cost about
$40, 900, and the Lord NJ; 5r's coach
is a hackney carriage beside it.
But it has the limitations Of all
things here below. 1t is so uncomfort-
able that the Queen never rode in it
without developing a headache. 1t Is
never used nowadays.