The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-11-01
WORLDS LARGEST
AUTO OWNER IS
GERMAN KAISER
HAS MORE CARS THAN ANYBODY
ON ANY CONTINENT.
OF THE GLOBE.
is VERY FOND OF SPEEDING
Fifteen Are for His Personal Use and
Twenty-Five chauffeurs Are EN-
ployed All the Tlme--Has 325
Horses.

BERLIN, Oct. 29-Emperor Will
liam has more automobiles than any
other sovereign in the world. He has
substituted the motor car for the
slower horses and carriages upon all
occasions excepting solemn state at
fairs and his constitutional is the
Tiergarten. Even for that he is row
more often seen in one CT his many
cars speeding through the park than
horseback.
The Kaiser is very fond of speed
ing" 1t is the talk in court circles
that his recent illness was directly
attributable to fast ride in an open
car. resulting in a severe chilling
from the sharp wind
There is no other sovereign whose
personal means of transportation ID
so up to date as that of Emperor VIII
liam. The imperial stables are d.
vided into three departments. Tho
saddle horse department is managed
by Captain Count Westphalen OF the
Regiment Gardes du Corps and Lieu
tenant Claim Of the Ulans. The car
riage department is in charge of Herr
Won Aschenbach and Lent. Prince Of
Thurn and Taxis OF the Garde CUR
rassiers. The chief of the imperial
automobile park is Capt Gayso of the
military transportation department.
The Kaiser has fifty-two automo-
biles in the imperial garage. OF these
fifteen are for his own personal use.
He has twenty-five chauGeurs, but
only two of these-Herr Schroeder
and Herr Werner, who have the title
Of chief chauffeur" are entrusted
with the life and safety Of the en-
peror. They know every within OF
their imperial master. It is seldom
that one of the other chauffeurs
drives the Kaiser. To pilot the car
Of the German emperor and that at
the speed at which he likes to be
whisked along through the streets, il
no small responsibility and severe
strain even upon steady nerves.
Empress Augusta, with character
istic German conservativeness, still
prefers the horse carriage to the mo-
tor car. The most of her pleasure
drives in Berlin, Potsdam and VII
helmshohe are taken in carriages.
For her journeys between the place
in Potsdam palace in Berlin, however,
she appreciates the speed and COM
fort of the motor car and uses one Of
the several that are for her personal
use.
In the imperial stables are 1876
horses-45 saddle horses and ESQ
driving horses for IS vehicles All
are as carefully trained as to make
the mas reliable as circus horses. De-
spite this, however, they become met
| tlesome from good feed and lack of
| work.
1T is devil of job to get horse
ready for His Majesty" remarked one
of the stable lieutenants to me.
"Since His Majesty has become SO
fond of automobiling he does not get
into the saddle nearly as much as in
former years. A horse has to be rid
den down" and exercised considera-
bly, be fore the Imperial Equery con-
siders it ready for the Kaiser. II
must show mettle yet be easily con-
trolled. With the Crown Prince it il
different He will mount the widest
horse in the stables. The wilder It
is the more he is pleased. Should
any one get on the back of horse
before he is to ride II he probably
would cause the mans dismissal"