Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 September 1895 — PRESIDENT GRANT’S PHAETON. [ARTICLE]

PRESIDENT GRANT’S PHAETON.

Tho Yellow-Wheeled Carriage Sold by Auction for sl4i The old platform-spring park phaeton owned by Gen. Grant while he was President of the United states was sold by auction a few days ago for sl4. It was the carriage that was hitched to a four-in-hand team and conveyed Grant to the capitol for his second inauguration, and afterward did similar service for Mr. Hayes. During Grant’s administration the high-seated park phaeton, with the yellow wheels and yellowstriped body, was conspicuous on all the thoroughfares in and around Washington. Grant’s famous double team, Cincinnati and Egypt, the fastest pair of horses that ever occupied a stall in the executive stable, were usually hooked to it. Old residents in Washington recall with what apparent delight President Grant drove through the city in that yellow-wheeled conveyance. There was only one other like it ever seen in Washington, and that was brought here and used by the late Senator John P. Stockton, of New Jersey, who was a personal friend of Grant.—New York •Sun.