The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-22
ST. JOHN PAULET LIVES
PLAINLY, BUT KEEPS HIS
HORSES IN QUEER LUXURY
Eccentricities of Rich and Pop
ular Cousin OF the Marquis
of Winchester.
IS HIS OWN HOUSEKEEPER
But Employs Servants for the
Grooms Who Curry and Care
for His Pet Animals.
HAS MODEST RESIDENCE
While His Horses Are Stabbed in
the Most Fashionable Street
of London.
is HIS OWN HOUSEKEEPER
HAS MODEST RESIDENCE
Special Correspondence of the Journal.

Special Correspondence OF the Journal.
LONDON, May 12.-'Ten horses are
much less expensive that a wife, and much
less trouble observed the distinguished
st. John Paulet on one occasion; and thus
it is that his family" as he calls his
horses, have defeated the ambitious de-
signs of more would-be mammas-in-law
than Mr.. Paulet would bother himself to
count
st. John pronounced "sinjin'O Paulet is
the finest whip and the best judge of horses
in all London, the city of good horses, as
can be gathered from the fact that the
Kings sister, Princess Henry of Batten-
berg, herself an expert in horseflesh, has
just begged him to choose the horses with
which fair-haired Princess Ena is to get
her morning exercise hereafter in Rotten
Row. King Edwards pretty niece had an
accident while out riding some time ago
and has been so timorous ever since that
the matter of selecting her horses has been
a subject for serious consideration. Prob
ably the King himself had to be called
into consultation on so grave a matter.
Constant association with and thought
for his horses may have had something To
do with the fact that the rich, aristocratiC
and eccentric Mr.. Paulet is continually
don't happen to know that, as the son OF
Lord George Paulet he is heir presumptive
to the Marquis of Winchester, the premier
marquis of England, whose envied function
ii is to carry the historic cap of mainte-
nance before the King on all state occa-
sions Although their names are spelled
differently. he is also related to the beauti-
full Rowena Orde-Powlett, who is now
Marchioness of Exeter, and to the youne
Earl Poulett-another change in spelling
whose title to the earldom lately was con-
tested unsuccessfully by his alleged half
brother, who became famous the world
over for the fact that he earns a living by
turning a hand organ in the streets.
1t Vas an American peeress. Lady Nal
colin of Poltallock. who remodeled her fine
old Suffolk county seat, Barnardiston Hall
so that her drawing room window should
face the stables in order that she might
keep her beloved horse always in view
eral respects. Until lately he kept ter
horses, with a groom for each two, and
with servants to wait on the grooms; YET
he usually feeds the horses himself anC
indeed his family" He has a house In
Charges street. which is quite the smallest
in the fashionable Mayfair district, bu
Park iane-the most expensive residence
street in all London-is the chosen home fol
his horses which are domiciled there il
grand style. Mr. Paulet will even leave al
Understandable supper party after th'
theater to rush back, change into hi
stable clothes, feed his family and Sc,
them comfortably arranged for the night.
GUESTS ALL GO TO THE STABLES.
Among the smartest affairs of the Lon
don season are Mr.. Paulets teas" t
which fashionable English and American
| are invited. And on these occasions tn
| horses are dressed in their best and every
| thing in the stables beautifully polishe,
| up. because in a body all the guests repai
| to Park lane on tour of inspection Mr.
| Paulet declares that the horses know per
| fectly well when these parties are comin
| off. and rejoice accordingly. because
means additional favors in the form O
sugar.
| AS a whip Mr. Paulet is famous. and
| to be seen driving about town in ever,
| kind of carriage. He has not only a four
| horse coach, but victoria, a buggy,
| private hanson, a pill-box brougham o.
| springs, an old-fashoped sociable dog
| carts without end and one of the only tw
| specimens of the curricle driven in Lon
| don. This is high imposing carriage dis
| tinctly reminiscent of the early days o
| the nineteenth century, when, accordin
| to Thackeray in vanity Fair" JOS Sed
| ley, one of the young bucks of the day
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