Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-01-14
THE KAISER'S TRIPS
MAGNIFICENCE WITH WHICH
THE EMPEROR TRAVELS.
MILLION-DOLLAR
TRAIN
His Yachts, His Automobiles and
the Costly Character of His
Stables and State Equipages-
Nothing too Rich for His
Majesty.

Emperor William II. Of Germany is
the most spectacular monarch in Eur
ope, and in nothing is this shown
more directly than when he goes
abroad. Whether he drives 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 magnii-
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 in Berlin. AS a matter OF tact,
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 year IS
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-
penditure of $25O,000 a year to malI-
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-coVer9d
Enclosure. 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 ac-
commodations for 270 horses, and
there were very few vacant stalls.
This stable has it's own horse hospital.
Nowhere are there finer or more
aristocratic horses under one roof
black Trakhener stations, Hungari-
ans. Arabs, English thoroughbreds,
American trotters, the favorite east
Prussians-all manner Of horses, in
Guiding two wonderful animals recent
" presented to the kaiser by the shah
of Prussia, brown and a 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
"W" and crown. The stalls are
separated by brass pillars and bars,
all 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 cob5
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 eed
coats, white leather breeches and
turnover boots. Those whose PRIV
iIege 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 foor-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
Ios
sovereign in 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
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 into
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
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-known
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 Unter
den Linden, when the police hustle
the slowgoing cabs to the right side
of the street and the people make long
lines down the middle of the thor
oughfare and on the sidewalk, the
Berliner will tell the stranger that the