The new daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1872-1873, 1872-09-12
THE GREAT TR0TTlNe MATCH At
SACRAMENTO.
GOVERNOR sTANFORD,s STABLES.

"oiusHutu Malu anu Lucy nave Dy tn1s
time arrived in Sacramento; and as theil
coming to the Pacific coast intensifies
the interest felt in the approaching con.
test between Governor Stanford's won-
derful horse ''Occident" and those feet
trotters We herewith give our readers
some general idea of the preparations
already made by the Governor for the
Immediately pending match as well as
such as may come hereafter.
About one month since, while in Sac
ramento for few hours, we took the
time to visit the Agricultural Park and
inspect the stables and paddock, near by,
where the Governor keeps his stud of
horses. First we visited 'Occident, :"
the famons horse who is such wonder
to all turfmen. This remarkable animal
is mahogany bay" nine years old,
fifteen hands and one inch and a half in
| hight; was sired by a horse whose sire
was Sinclair and was foaled by a
Mexican mustang mare. ''Occident" is
a splendidly built horse especially about
the chest and limbs; and he has now all
the appearance of having been, from his
earliest life, cared for as assiduously as
only horse trainers know how to attend
a favorite animal. He has made three
consecutive mile heats in the following
remarkable time: 2.19; 2.19; 2.191., and
it is shrewdly limited that he has made
several seconds better time than that
To accommodate this splendid animal,
Harris Covey, the well-known proprietor
of the Turf Gallery in San Francisco and
formerly President of the Agricultural
Park Association, has presented Gov
ernor Stanford with a beautiful sulky,
manufactured by Chas S, Caffrey of
Camden, n. J. This elegant vehicle. as
clean of limb as greyhound and as deli
cate In structure as the incest piece of
parlor furniture, weighs just tifty-eight
pounds. A new skeleton wagon also |
from Catfrey's manufactory, weighing |
but ~ pounds is also owned by the
Governor.
Besides this horse Governor Stanford
is the owner of Mayfy," beautiful lit
tie mare, the exact counterpart of soc
cident" only a size smaller than he. She
is by Sinclair, out of mare to US I'M
known. She is nine years old and has
,.Ia O v,i1a i,,o -2lIf o,,l |
of being a very fast and valuable animal
The wellknown stallion, Fred Low
is full brother to Mayhy." He is the
of Mark Hopkins, Esq, one of
Governor Stanford's associates in the
of the Central Pacific Rail
.oad
1.-The Albany Boy" sorrel PAGER, is
llso one of the Governors horses. He
has made his mile in 2 20, and his train
rs expect great things of him.
Governor Stanford also owns a sorrel
mare which was got by John Nelson"
md she can make it, SO they say, close to
80.
50 Occident'' is in the experienced
lands of Jim Eoff, and he can, if he will,
make him do as well as any driver in the
United States could do; and we have no {
eason to doubt that Jim will fall l
hort of his bestendeavors for he seems !.
Enthusiastic in his praises of the horse,
nd confident of making him win. If
be Maid arrives in Sacramento in
ood condition and remains so until the
ay of the race the match between her a..
nd Stanford's horse will be one of the
lost interesting events, and, doubtless,
ne of the most notable exhibitions of 1
peed ever witnessed in contest between !;
.otters. For those who are not familiar t
18th the time made by Goldsmith Maid" L
e will state that she is on the turf re-
ord as having gone a mile in match
ice with s. Lucy in 1871, at AIilwau-
ee in PAT that she subsequently made
at Minneapolis in 2:17H1a and that she
as trotted, lately, on one of the Eastern 2
purses, in 2;16 3-5. In their last match, o.
Lucy beat her. We have forgotten
le time then made.