The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-04-11
HORSE FOR THE PRESIDENT
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rush about in the vicinity OF the horse.
shouting and playing and waving ban
ners- Drums are rolled the big drum
beaten. and trumpet calls blown IN
deed, every kind OF noise is made, so
that when the charger reaches the East
ern city. il his nerves are not shattered
and his disposition ruined IN the mean
time, he may carry his imperial master
with unruffled dignity and imperturb-
ability through the accIaiming crowds
King Edward has given the horse HE
own title-Rex ImperatOr SO much for
this horse
II is not every day that a horse gets
a fortune. and case Of this kind 0c-
curing recently. IL IS worth calling at
tention TO IT, a lifelong lover OF dumb
animals. Miss Mary B. DuclOs Snow. a
wealthy and eccentric Boston woman,
who recently died in Hartford. Conn,
left $3.50 20 be paid in annual stipends
on the sliding scale" 10 her faithful
coachnlan, James MOriarity. for the care
of her pet horses. At the time when the
Will was made nine years ago. i've
horses. each mentioned BY name in the
legacy. were alive. and the VIII provided
that upon Mrs Shows death. Moriarity
should be paid a compensation OF 1900
a year from the trust fund so long as any
three OF the horses remained alive. and
that after the death OF four Of the horses
he should receive $3.50 annually until
the demise OF the last horse. When the
last horse died the coachman was to be
paid $500 a year out OF the fund until
his death Previous TO the death OF
Mrs. Snow all except one Of the equine
pets passed away. and now. TO continue
Fl vie n q
steed twenty-eight years old. decrepit, in
firm. and longing 10 give up the ghost.
has become the burning ambition Of the
old coachman. II Prince dies Moriarity' S
annual income will at once be cut 70
$500 AS long as the horse can be coddled
into continuing his existence he will
draw $500 by the terms OF the legacy.
Richard A Ballinger. Secretary Of the
Interior, some time ago bought Col
Roosevelt's horse Roswell, which Mr.
Roosevelt used for riding about this city
when he was President.
Secretary Dlckinson's selection by Pres
ident Taft as head Of the War Depart
ment has been the cause OF high ap-
proval By cavalrymen. as well as other
lovers OF good horses in that branch OF
the government. Secretary Dickinson has
been an admirer OF thoroughbreds all his
1 life. and at one time was the owner OF
the celebrated Belle Mead Stock Farm
near Nashville. II Is believed that SecTe-
/ tgry Dickinson viii do n Ich TO raise the
/ standard OF horses in thc army. In this
/ connection the great difference between
the cavalry Of the United States and Eng
/ land. France and Germany. Is pointed
/ out, and is by no means complimentary
( 70 the United States.
/ Emperor William Is probably the mos
magnihcently horsed monarch in Chris
tendon. This is due 10 the fact that as
King Of Prussia he has a right TO select
free OF cost, each year. as his royal per
auisite. thirty Of the finest horses-tha
is TO say. the pick Of the fock-from the
state stud AT Trakehnen. The latter IS Z
I national institution of worldwide fame
upon which the government. ever since
the days Of Frederick the Great, has Law
ished enormous sums. Every year SOM
Of the finest horses on the English, TIT
French, and the American turf are pur
chased. well nigh regardless OF cost, ant
ere carried of 10 this huge breeding fam
Of the German cavalry. The stations Sc