298 THE PALACE STABLE ()E D. EDCLVR CROUSE. 



round, a carriage elevator occupies one corner, of the Otis 

 improved pattern ; after an elaborate brass gate is opened we 

 may go on it, with or without a conveyance. This elevator 

 is more especially for carriages to he taken to the basement 

 for washing, and from there to the storage floor on the top 

 loft. 



An immense antique brass chandelier with three tiers of 

 burners is suspended from the center of the ceiling, reflecting 

 cither electric or gas, as both have been applied. 



A passage or runway leads to the basement where the 

 engine and its requirements are arranged, supplying steam for 

 heating, elevator, &c. &c.; also for running the dynamo ma- 

 chine. This runway- has a rubber flooring, thereby prevent- 

 ing horses from slipping going to and from, as the ring for 

 walking is laid on this floor, where even exercising is done 

 when stormy weather prevents driving out. 



We will now take "passage" on the rubber road to ascend 

 again to the carriage entrance in order to reach the home of 

 the thoroughbreds. We pass into a door to the east, where 

 vve find ten box-stalls, each ten bj fourteen feet ; above is a 

 polished brass spindle rail, which gives a fine and rich finish. 

 The floors in these box-stalls are covered in galvanized iron, 

 pitched a little to the center, where there is a drain ; hard- 

 wood slats laid in sections, movable, so as to cleanse when 

 required. Above each stall are gaslights of antique brass also. 



Four open stalls for the coach horses are each five feet 

 by eleven of similar construction. 



The side walls correspond with the carriage-room as well 

 as the oilings in every particular. 



An immense chandelier, of the first empire design, is 

 suspended from the ceiling, giving a brilliancy of light, enough 

 to make the animals fancy that night was turned into day, or 

 as Romeo would say — 



•' The ))inls would sing and tliiiik it were not niglit." 



Without this gateway toward the heavens, this portion 

 of the horse department would be incomplete, but while it 



