Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-01-17
MAGNIFiCENCE WITH WHiCA
THE EMPEROR TRAVELS.
MIllION-DOLLAR
RAIN
His Yachts, His Automobiles and
the Costly Character of His
Stables and State Equipages-
Nothing too Rich for His
Majesty.

abroad. Whether ne QflYeS for pleas
ure. reviews his army On horseback,
flies about in his automobile, goes
a-yachting or travels On his own
special train, the Kaiser's magnif-
cence is truly royal, says an article
in the Junior Munsey.
There is many a palace in Europe
that cannot boast the luxury of the
kaiser's home, or his horses and car
riages il Berlin. AS matter of fact,
he has no fewer than % stables IN
different parts of his realm, and every
one is maintained in perfect order
Although he may not have use OF the
horses housed therein from one years
end to another, still they are always
ready for instant service. But none
of those outside the capital can COM
pare with the new imperial stables in
Berlin, which cost two millions of
dollars to build and require an ex-
penditufe of $250,000 year to matt
tain. They face the palace, and are
regarded as a fine addition to the
architectural beauties of the capital
But the interior is more impressive
than the exterior. The entrance pas
sage leads into a large, glass-covered
inclosure, where there are two riding
courts-one exclusively for the use of
the kaiser and the crown prince, the
other for the kaiserin and the younger
children. On the ground floor are &C.
commodations for 270 horses, and
there were very few vacant stalls
This stable has its own horse hospital
Nowhere are there finer or more
aristocratic horses under one roof
black Trakhener stations, Hungari-
ans, Arabs, English thoroughbreds,
American trctters, the favorite east
Prussians-aIl manner Of horses, in
Guiding two wonderful animals recent
ly presented to the kaiser by the shah
Of Prussia, a brown and bay, rather
small, but eXQuisitely formed animals,
with tails reaching to the floor The
pair have conspicuous place to them
selves. Each horse in the stable
wears a blue blanket trimmed with
yellow and red and decorated with a
w. and a crown. The stalls are
separated by brass pillars and bars,
ali highly polished and there is a
plate that gives the name, age and
pedigree of each horse. The horses
set aside for the exclusive use Of the
Imperial family are four pairs OF
blacks for the kaiserin, 16 white Hun
garians for the kaiser and three cObs
that no one but himself ever drives.
The stable is run on military princi
pies, and all those connected with it
are cavalrymen. They wear red
coats, white leather breeches and
turnover boots. Those whose PRIV
ilege it is to attend personally to the
kaiser are, of course, specially distin-
guished.
The carriage hall is the most re-
markable part of the establishment.
1t is on an upper floOr-a huge, we'll
lighted room. There are stored not
only the remarkably large and brill
liant assortment of vehicles used by the
kaiser and his family, but gorgeous
state carriages for all the reigning
monarchs of Europe, as we'll as for The
shah of Prussia and the khedive Of
Egypt. These latter are never used
except when the monarch to whom
they are assigned visits the kaiser, Or
when an ambassador represents his
sovereign in a matter of international
diplomatic Importance. Their cost
was enormous, for they are most beau
tifully furnished and decorated. The
panels of the vehicles, as we'll as the
draperies, bear the different royal
arms, while in nearby glass cases
hang the gold and silver mounted har-
ness belonging to each, as well rs
the liveries of the different courts.
There are also historical carriages
| in the collection at Berlin. The cum
| bersome war carriage and the heavy
wooden sleigh used by Frederick the
Great are on view. The big state
| coaches, which suggest the circus
chariots seen in America, make a
curious contrast with the modern
victorias and phaetons. There is also
the golden coach in which the Kais-
erin rides on state occasions, and in
which she made her entrance infO
Berlin when she was married. All
Hohenzollern brides spend the night
before they are welded in the castle
of Belle Vue. The present empress
rode from there to the capital in d
golden coach drawn by eight coal
black horses and headed by 40 out
riders in the old position costume.
Although the kaiser is a well-knowr
figure to the people of Berlin, his go
ing forth is always made a matter Of
importance. When there is unusual
activity on the famous Avenue Inter
den Linden, when the police hustle
the s1ow-going cabs to the right side
of the street and the people make Ions
lines down the middle of the thor
Berliner will tell the stranger that the
kaiser is coming.
Far up the avenue a team of white
horses is rapidly approaching. The
Berliner smiles and says, Der Kaiser
kommt." for he knows that the en-
peror rarely appears except with th>
white Hungarians. The kai5er is
alone. and he wears a light gray over
coat, and a helmet. He lights man
cigarettes, but only takes puff or tw'
Of each before graciously tossing then
away for the benefit of boys, VIII;
wildly scramble for them. Tn,
coachman is Kreczy Janosch, III
kaiser's favorite driver, and he wear
the dark court livery with a broac
band of silver braid about his hat, in
dicating the princely blood Of the OF
cupant of the carriage. Beside III