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Show -- - . f : - " - ; ' ' t ! i I ; " President Roosevelt rode In this carriage' which Is owned by Senator I ' Kearns. In the picture Senator Kearns and Mayor Thompson are seated '' 'in the landaq." .'..."' J '. ''.' . . .' . r. . ' ,. - " r ,-.-. V 1 - I'lt T; 7 II: deceived His w a. r a -, - L XauuIo. ..." c c r . n r, g ro s ' $ o c urAr.::. ' o HAirrroizz; TumrouT ", o cluzitd TzmzivLirr. o ' ' . . ." O The carrlac in', which. President ' O r.ooscvelV"15 ' driven; about the O city. Is a bran J-rew Brewster, landau . O recently puixhased - In the East. . O. It is en Id to have cost a small for-' tune and is beyond doubt' the'flnest, O carriage of Its kind ever brought to G Utah. Although the vehicle arrived re several weeks ago It was not 0 taken from the stable until today. -v The team which drew the carriage ) are both thoroughbreds and 'may V- rf'1 termed "high-steppers. Though spirited as a' result of the I . careful- attention and t excellent ' " treatment they have been receiving. since they came Into the possession. f Senator Kearns, the horses are - both as reliable as It is possible to; bo when ' in the hands of . their driver," Robert Buchanan. . s . .' . Robert Buchanan, ' Senator :- Kearns' colored coachman who guided. Presl-: Presl-: dent Roosevelt's carriage safely about the city, ia the proudest man In-Salt X&ke today . ' .' - . On returning to the stable after" driving driv-ing the President to the depot he was heard to remark, "Ah eurely is proud today 'cause ah been; driving for the President," . " - -' . ' And he .looked the .. part. , He was ro'ud from the.BOles of his feet to the top of his kinky head. It was & rare treat to hear him tell his dusky admlr- ing companions, ."how dem two horses Just minded me like dey knpwed dey was " beln' " bossed by the President's coachman. Has Driven Other MTotables. tlobert says this is not the first time ! he has had the honor of driving some very distinguished men. but it was his first experience on the box. when, a President was seated in the carriage. He says he felt proud two years ago when"-he . had the lionor- of driving Princs Henry of Prussia, brother of Emperor William of Germany, on the occasion of his official visit to the "White House. His pride that day -was hot a circumstance to what it is today. "Ah' has drove-all' kinds of people 7 from princes down to Just common, V -everyday men." he . said, "cause you know : I ' belong in Washington, D. " . .where you can see princes an dukes an counts an them sort every day, but dey ain't' nothing more dan common . trash- to- me if -I kin get a chance . to drive for "de President. I have been proud before, but this is the greatest honor I ever had,-surer. President liked the Horses. ' "The ; President is a fine man, an. I tell you. he, knows, a good horse when he sees one.' Down at the depot when he saw Brush an' Coalle he Just smiled and I know, he wished he could come an talk to them an' I believe' he would '- lfithere wasn't so.blg a hurry. . ' "No, sir,, there ain't no king nor v prince nor nobody that-1 would feel prouder to. drive than my President "Tou know a colored man don't have" . r ; chance to drive ' a President every day. and I consider it a great honor." , , ""What - would you have done if .the horses had become frightened and ran , away 7" he-was asked. - i . Horses Appreciated Attention. "Them horses would not do no foolish fool-ish thing like that," Buchanan de-, de-, .'clared. - "They got too much sense. They know they is all right when I am , around, and they knowed Just as .well as anybody else that r was driving them. Of course, you can't never tell just what a horse will do, but if they did get. bad scared .an' run an I couldn't hold.'em in,-1 would Just stay righf there on the box and try to keep em in. the - middle of the street. I would set right there just as long as 1 could hang on and keep - my head cool. If a .horse runs away and you keep him in the road he is sure going to stop some time. - No, I never 'would Jump or try to steer the horses into a post -xr a -wall, .cause if I did then someone would sure get killed." 1 Mr. .Buchanan is the fourth, in line for the position of coachman to the President, Presi-dent, and he is looking forward to the day .when he will have'the honor of I driving him' daily. |