The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-02-23

King Edward. These two horses were
docked before they came into the posssrss -
sion Of the throne OF England. Queen VIC
tice. and her son. whose love Of the morse
Is great, Ii opposed TO the fashlonapas Gus,
tom OF dishguring the noble animal anu
causing him the great and needless pain
consequent to chopping on part Oh the
tail bone.
The building in which the royal nags
are provided Tor adJoin Buckingham Pai-
ace. and are known as the Royal Mews'
Pimiico. II Is considered very great IA
vor to be permitted to take peep IN
at these stables. and permission can only
DE had uRon request rom some ort
very. high In authority in goverhin. mn,
affairs. This request in wiring muss
be made to Henry Ewart. crown .querry.
who is maste. Of the horses once Inc
written request Is kept on ME IN tne
horses office in case 1t Is granted, anu
the permit to examine the stables Is
filed with the butler in his once al the
gateways to the courtyard leading 10 the
stables proper.
Those gateways, while open most OF
the daytime. are guarded by two roya,
grenadiers In full uniform. The courtyard
Is about 200 feet deep by 80 feet In length,
and in this space are located all the
business offices of the stable. a great
iron fence separates the COURTYARD IRON rom
the street In front. Buckingham Palace
road, almost directly opposite Palace
Street. One part of the stables, through
which 10 an arched driveway and foot
paths. is the other confine of the court
yard.
The butler, In high hat. well fitting
dress coat, gray tight knee hreeches and
high boots. passes you on to one OF MS
assistants, who II attired similarly TO
himself. save that his breeches are OF q
dark material This attendant conducts
you through the driveway. and you ma
yourself inside q circular court, almost
as large as city square.
This court Ia Dayad with small GraNel
well pounded into the soil, and Is used
as exercise grounds for the horses. Kun
ming around the outer edge OF the circle
Is broad walk. on the outer edge OF
which are the, stables and carriage
houses. which form one continuous build
ing all around the circle, with only one
entrance other than that through which
you have entered and which leads into
Buckingham Palace yard. The buildings
are but one story high. though that
story could easily be turned into mod
ern two-story building.
confined In the stables. These are coach
and carriage horses chiefly. though there
ID one stable room containing about nj
teen hackneys used for saddle purposes.
royal family having been at sandringham
for several weeks, some of the King
horses are there and at Windsor Castle.
where Is the royal stud and where most
Of the horses are bred. With the exeep,,
ton of sixteen coal black and an equal
number of cream colored horses all Of the
$50 are OF deep bay color with dark
puoints. This is the color known as the
royal bav All OF the horses have just
been clipped. the bays presenting the
appearance usual to clipped horses Of
that stripe-a sort of mouse color.
The stalls of all are wide and roomy.
being deeply bedded with hay from the
and every stable room Is scrupuiously
clean, large and we'll ventilated. with
every necessary appliance for the COM
fort of the royal beasts.
The bays are a hardy looking set. of
stocky build, good height and noted for
bottom and strength-for they have to
haul heavy carriages-rather than for
animals Of y unusual height. and are ,eO used
for drawing the royal carriages, all ex-
cept the carriage of state. Their black
coats glisteu az though highly polished.
apd the she hss sas ysa e dd
arch them at the base. as is the wont
Of the aristocratic carriage horse.
The cream coiored horses are, even taller
than the blacks. and. while strong and
They are almost perfectly matched. Any
eight of the number are used for drawing
the carriage of state when 1t Is occupied,
rods IN and WeS p will
when 1t contains King Edward. This
will only be upon state occasions, COM
mencing first with his coronation and that
Of the queen.
One Of the rooms Of interest in the
building is that containing. the harness.
1t is quite large. its sides being lined
from ceiling to floor with glass-covered
cases. which contain the most costly of
the harness. The principal harness is
what Is known as the red set. There are
eight of these SETS all Of Russia leather,
with heavy gold trimmings. The entire
eight sets We're presented Queen Victoria
by citizens OF Dublin. Each set cost I5O0
pounds sterling. or close to $4,000 for
the outfit.
This harness Is used on the eight cream
coiored horses when hitched up to the
carriage of state. There are many har-
ness sets of black leather in the glass
cases patterned after the red. while there
are many more OF heavily mounted gold.
almost hiding the leather itself. and of
brass finish.
The harness for everyday use, which
are plain but Of beautiful finish rest on
racks in the middle room. Of easy ac-
cess.