Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-20
THE PRESIDENTS NEW TEAM.
photo by Staff Photography

has at present four at this point and two
resting up for the summers work at home
These horses are Roswell bay geld1ng, SIX
teen and half hands; Audrey, black geld
ing, sixteen hands; Fidelity, bay mare nj
teen hands; Mollie. bay mare, fifteen hands
and Algonquin, a Shetland pony: Fidelity
is Miss Ethels mount and Mollie is the
addle mare ridden by Mrs. Roosevelt. FL
deity is Thoroughbred Mollie is a three
quarters bred mare and was foaled In
Loudoun county, Va, where many OF the
best timber toppers are bred. Mollie Is
high-spiritcd animal that loves to follow
the hounds, but In the hands of a lady is
fairly tractable. Algonquin is a familiar
sight on the streets of Washington with
Master Quentin on his back. The pair make
a brave showing when abroad and are the
synosure of all eyes, especially the youth
full ores.
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The vehicles attached to the presidential
menage comprise a landau, brougham, sur
rey and depot wagon. Each vehicle is fur
nished with rubber tire and in finish, ma
terial and general equipment the highest
and best product of the wagonmakers' art.
The presidential harnesses are all of the
heavy leather designs and of the very best
quality. The mountings are of silver. Har-
ness and carriages all look spic and span,
as if fresh from the hands of the manu-
facturcr. The saddles, of which there are
d
also kept in the hest of condition and are
arranged on pegs at the entrance of the
harness room.
The entire establishment is under the sole
supervision of the veteran horseman, Ed
ward ]. Conover, native of Syracuse, N.
Y who has been with the President for up
ward of five years. Mr.. Conover has been
around horses and cared for them the bet
ter part of his life. For several years he
travelled the grand circuit with the cele-
brated Jack Feek, Gentleman Jack" Budd
Doble and other world wide-known trainers
and drivers, 1t is owing to Mr.. COnovers
wide experience and watchful care that the
" ate House stables and everything in and
about them present such neat and whole
some appearance. The Objectionable odor
usually encountered about stables is absent
from those attached to the White House.
In the private office of Mr.. Conover is one
of the largest private collection of shoes
owned by any one man in the United
States. They are hung in a closed case,
highly polished, and are of every design
known to the smithies' and trainers arts.
Conspicuous in the assortment is shoe
taken from the foot of Old Charley horse
ridden by Col. William H. Crook disbursing
clerk of the White House, during the time
he acted as bodyguard to Abraham LIN
coin. 1t is a plain shoe of about fifteen
ounces and is bronzed. A man bearing the
illustrious name of Washington, whose
front name is Joseph, is the Presidents
coachman
Visitors to the White House stables,
whether residents of Washington or from
abroad, have expressed surprise at the
modest housing of the encourage of the
President of the United States. To begin
with, the structure in which the Presidents
horses and carriages are kept does not
comport with the presidential residence nor
with the position of the chief magistrate of
the mightiest republic known to human
history. The sanitary condition of the
building is. and always has been, bad, ow-
ing doubtless, to defective drainage, and
there has always been a great deal of sick
ness among the horses stabbed therein. In
the matter of arrangement and comfort
and architectural design, the building does