The Hickman courier., 1872-08-31
thoroughbred St0ck fn Central
Kentucky.

thoroughbred StOck fn Central
kentucky.
sc. w. K, an interesting correspond.
sut of the st Louis Republican, under
date OF Lexington. August 5th," thus
writes of the leading, thoroughbred
stock raiser of Central Kentucky. Mr.
A. j. Alexander, and his trusted Super
intendent, Mr. Broadhead
ALRxANDER's PRIME MINISTER.
Tbs position is at present. and has
been Tor several years, held by Mr
Broed mead, gentleman of intelligence
and cultivated tastes, whom, however,
the casual observer would imagine to be
entifsiy too youthful to be intrusted with
such important duties. were not nssur-
ance given that his management OF the
estaieASs been markedly successful Pc
cuniaTily and otherwise. Visitors to the
farm win 6nd Mr. Broadhead courteous
aud attentive, willing at all times to show
them around. AS it is quite common
for parties of ladies to visit the Alexan-
der farm, it may not be a useless warn
ing for me to caution the unmarried lady
readers Of the Republican to guard well
! their hearts in case they should ever ac-
company such party, for this agrieultu
raj prime minister is single and himself
an ardent admirer of the fair sex. AT
present he occupies in solitary single
blesseduess the old homestead, formerly
| the residence of the AlsxaDders before
the elegant mansion now used had BET
.haaaH aHI -,
o.ng lady would fnd the combined at
fractions of the handsome and taleuted
superintendent, the 6ne old country
house, aud innumerable 6ue horses ut
command. somewhat difficult to resist.
On the day of my visit to the estate
found Mr.. Broadhead just outside the
trotting ables, one of the group OF
stock buildings which / have before de
scribed along the side of hill and down
in the hollow. Under his guidance we
lefi them for the time to pay our respects
FIRST to the big lion of the place. old
Lexington himself His stable was
time to obtain some interesting items re-
gaEding the farm.
PRINCELY ESTATE.
There are in all thirty two hundred
acres IN i, worth on al average one hun
dred dollars per acre. OF these twelve
to Efteeu hundred are uuder cultivation,
the remainder brings in grass for pas
'ure purposes. This year he has cult
waited about $50 acres Of oats, 275 acres
of corn. and 90 acres of wheat, along
with considerable quantities of hemp
IL ~ haa,,
very good in this section of country This
season, aud hemp especially. which Is
largely grown throughout Wuodford and
the adjoining counties.
Oats are also largely cultivated
throughou: this section of Kentucky y.
but TIC business of stock -breeding isso
exteneIyeiy followed that NOT enough is
raised 10 meet the local demand, the AL
exa nder farm alone consuming 5000 or
5000 bushels every year, and hence
large purchases are yearly made in Lou
i,vile
There are now upon the Alexander
farm ia all, something like 260 horses,
the gTeat majority of which are brood
mares. There are 7S thoroughbred
mares, eight of them imported. 48 trot
ting brood mares, f g thoroughbred stal
lions, and three trotting stations. Be
sides this, there are in training some 35
trotting mares and geldings. and there
we're foalded in 1871 about IS colts, of
which about 45 were thoroughbrods and
the remainder trotting colts. The tbor>
oughbred brood mares vary in age from
2 TO % years. 81 being over . years old.
and have borne as far as koown 34l colts
of which 175 were by Lexington. Bay
Leaf has been the most prolific mare on
the estate.
She il bay mare. foaled in 1853, and
has borne 12 colts. among which are
BayHower, Bay~water and Bayonet.
Among the other mares are some. such
as Bonita and Idewild. that have dis
tiDgui,hed themselves on the turf. and
the dams of whole troop of noted
high fliers. among which might be named
Harry Bsssett. IIelmbold Norfolk. Joe
Daniels. Bismarck King6she Metarie |
Sauna. Magenta. Msmona, Bonita. and |
Others. There are about ITO head of
bIooded Durham cattle on the place, he /
sides number Of common cattle. OF
fine sheep they count 500 head of im
ported SOuthdowns.