demagogue on 15/5/2012 at 17:38
Speaking of mounted police, reminds me when I lived in the Upper East Side of Manhattan (Jefferson's territory) I was a few blocks from their stables. I was just taking a walk around and ran into it and saw the horses, which was ... unexpected. I was surprised to learn that one of the oldest still-running stables in the US is actually in Manhattan surrounded by skyscrapers, well townhouses anyway. It's pretty big too.
LarryG on 15/5/2012 at 18:32
There are still several NYPD mounted unit stables in Manhattan, but the only public riding stable, the (
http://www.potomachorse.com/clarmont.htm) Claremont Riding Academy at 175 West 89th Street, closed in 2007. If you ever saw ordinary folk riding in Central Park, that's where their horses were stabled. It was a multi-story stables with both ramps between stories and, I kid you not, a horse sized elevator! But no more. :(
