Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-01-14

cigarettes, but only takes a puff or two
of each before graciously tossing them
away for the benefit of boys, who
wildly scramble for them. ne
coachman is Kreczy Janosch, he
kaiser's favorite driver, and he wears
the dark court livery with a broad
band of silver braid about his hat, i'll
dicating the princely blood of the oe-
cupant of the carriage. Beside che
coachman sits jaeger, who belongs to
a regiment, wearing the typical green
huntsman's uniform.
The empress rides only behind
black horses and there are two out
riders to her four-horse team, while
only one outrider is allowed to other
princes and princesses. Only rhe
members of the Imperial family ride
in carriages of blue with silver trim
mings; all the other court carriages
are lacquered in brown. Sometimes
their magesties drive behind four
horses without a coachman, the off
horses being ridden by jockeys. Very
often the kaiser is driven in true four
finland style, without outriders.
On ordinary state occasions six
horses are used, the off ones being
ridden. When there is reason for
very great display eight horses draw
his majesty. The pole pair are
managed by a coachman on the pox.
while the others are led by Jockeys on
foot. The carriage and the harness
are richly decorated with silver and
gold The carriage horses, and those
of the positions as well, wear a head
dress of chenille and ostrich plumes.
The liveries used for these very great
functions are so adorned with braid,
bullion, loops, cords and tassels that
the cloth is barely visible. For a
head covering the attendants wear
velvet jockey caps trimmed with
silver
One would think that with such
magnificent horses and carriages a
man with % stables would scorn to
take up so prosaic thing as an auto
mobile. But the kaiser is very mod
ern in his tastes. He demands the
very newest inventions, and particu
larly is this true with regard to any
thing that pretains to locomotion. If
anyone should invent practical air
ship it is reasonably certain that the
Emperor William would be the first
sovereign in the world to own one
He is meteoric in his temperament
Therefore, the fact that he owns ard
runs an automobile should occasion no
surprise. 1t is equally natural that it
should have been built under the
direction of the War Officer at a cost
Of $4,000, which is pretty ste p
price even for a royal automobile
The kaiser always likes to rul
things himself, and he is one of the
most self-confident men in the worl.t.
His versatility is truly wonderful. He
is an excellent chauffeur, as he
French call those who operate motor
carriages.
Berlin has yet to see the kaiser IN
his automobile, but during the recent
army maneuvers near Stettin he was
Possibly it was the novelty of the
thing that attracted him, and possibly
it was because he found that he could
get about quicker in it. It really
amazed the army officers, because
heretofore his majesty had always
been fond of appearing on horseback
The automobile that the kaiser used at
Stettin weighs 5000 pounds It is
propelled by a benzine motor and can
make about 80 miles an hour. He
has purchased other motor carriages
since then, and will probably use them
for pleasure driving.
The emperor has almost as many
boats as he has carriages. They
range from the Imperial yacht Hohen-
zollern, which is really good-sized
man-of-war, down to electric launches
and rowboats. He has two 9th q
steam yachts besides the Hohen-
zollern, and the racing cutter Metaro,
which, under the name of Thistle,
competed for the Americas cup in
1887. His gig is painted a dark blue
and a crew of one non-commissionad
officer and seven sailors is detailed 10
look after it. The kaiser invaria by
steers himself, just as he insists upon
the Hohenzollern.
Only the members of his special
crew are allowed to touch the gig,
and they wear a crown embroidered
in yellow on the left sleeve to lis
tinguish them.
The Hohenzollern is one OF the
finest and .costliest yachts in the
world, but it is hardly fair to com
pare with her other pleasure craft be
cause she is as warlike as the kaiser
himself, and that is about the limit.
She is magnifcently fitted. of course,
and very fast
The Imperial train is in keeping
with the other grandeurs of the
kaiser's possessions, and it is the most
remarkable collection of coaches in ex-
istence. There is not any single car
in it that equals that owned by DR..
Seward Webb, formerly the president