Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1879-04-16
A MODEL STOCK FARM.
AN EX.GOVERNOR'S COUNTRY
SEAT AT MENLO PARK.

ings OF q C0mstock FavOrite-
Pedigrees Of TrOtters in Train.
ing for the Coming Summer
Etc.
While in San Francisco, recently, q
TIMES representative accepted an in
vitation extended by Frank Shay,
private secretary of ex. Governor
Stanford, to accompany him on q
visit to that gentleman's country resi-.
dence, at Menlo Park. Leaving the
Bay City about 8 o'clock in the
morning, the Southern Pacific train
soon reached the station, where the
Governors phaeton was waiting to
convey us to the farm. As We en-
tered the vehicle tall lady, whose
hair was turning gray, and dressed in
very plain black, alighted from q
spring wagon to greet her visitors
two gentlemen and lady. The tall
lady so modestly dressed was Mrs.
James G. Flood, who also resides at
Menlo, in grounds adjoining those of
Governor Stanford, and where pala-
tial residence is being constructed
for Mr.. Flood at cost of about
$225,OOO.
A few minutes drive brought us to
the grounds. This was ascertained
without going to the trouble of ask.
ing questions, as one of the first
sights which met our gaze as the
horses stopped vas the name of the
estate (Palo Alto formed by yari-
colored flowers growing in the center
of the lawn 10 front Of a subtantial-
looking house. After brief stay in
this vicinity and couple of miles
drive through fields and lanes, the
main object of our vi.it--the stock
farm-was sought. 1t is situated
about a mile and half from the
house, comprises $50 acres of land.
and includes mile track forty feet
wide, which is kept soft on top and
in good order by being thoroughly
sprinkled every other day, and har-
rowed every day. On this track the
horses In training are driven, every
fine day, by Charles Marvin, the man
who, with II. R. Convey, Superintend-
cnt of the stock farm, has charge Of
all the horses, at home or abroad.
There are, besides, training stable
having twenty.six stalls, extensive
stables for stations and horses not in
training, nursery for the colts, an
other for the FLIES, paddocks, and all
the requisites of first-class stock
farm. Improved pens and yards for
hogs and poultry of the choicest
breed are also to be seen, but these
arc comparatively embarrassing to
the ordinary visitor, who concludes
that where so much is to be seen
something must be neglected, and as
the horses cannot be, the hens and
hogs and cattle must.
At the date Of our visit, there were
between $50 and 500 horses and
colts on or near the farm. Ut this
number over 100 were brood mares
(of which 81 are thoroughbreds, the
balance being thoroughbred crosses),
10 were colts 70 being by Mohawk,
4 by Electioneer, by General Ben.
ton, 2 by Contractor, and one by
Dictator), II were fillies Is by Mo.
hawk, by Electionser, 2 by Gen.
eral Benton, by Contractor, and 2
by, a number were stations,
about thirty were trotting or rum
ming horses, and the remainder were
two, three, four and fivs.year.old
colts and driving or workin 8 horses.
THE TRAINING STABLE.
The stable where the horses In
training for this year are kept, pos.
sesses more interest for the casual
visitor than any other portion Of
the stock farm. There is where
Abe Edgington, Occident, Elaine
and other noble animals which have
already made the name Of Califor-
uia respected on tho race courses Of
the Union, are kept and taken care
Of. Occident aud Abe Edgington
are both we'll known to Nevadsns.
The first IL . California horse. Abe,
however, Is emphatically Comstock
horse, and a. such, possesses special
interest for our readers. Purchased
for . small sum by Abe Edgington
when Superintendent of the mills Of
the Bank Of California, he was driv.