Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-09-23

wholly unconscious of the object of the nova.
ment. PRESIDENT Larue then recited ,bs s,;ft
to the Society of the Occident nists ro,,S
81, Coo. He also stated that an olS nnd;s .ii
charged obligation from the Society to Gov.
ernor Stanford, in the sum of 81 500 "a.
manned unpaid. He recited further tba.
Governor Stanford, in his generosity. had
agreed that the Occident plate and the bal
ance of 81 500 due him should constitute an
endowment the interest of which should be
used in the purchase of cup, to be called
the Occident Cup, to be given as trophy to
California colts and the State Board
OF Agriculture, desiring to testify to their
high appreciation of the generosity exhibited
by Governor Stanford, and believing that he
was entitled to the frst of the series Of Occi-
dent cups which would be offered and won by
trained horses, the Board had thought it fit-
ting that such cup should be presented to
him.. In the name of the Board, therefore,
President Larue presented Governor Stanford
with a splendid gold cup. Upon one side
was inscribed, Governor Stanford, from
the State Board of Agriculture.
State Fair. September, $780, Occident
Cup. On the other side q splendid etching
of the horse Occident in motion, copied from
a photograph taken for Governor Stanford by
the new electro. Photographic process. Gov.
ernor Stanford, very much surprised, re-
sponded. declaring that his surprise and
qualification could find no fitting expression
in language. He had always felt great in
terest in the success of the State
Agricultural Society, regarding it as one
OF the great instruments of public education.
He referred to the history Of the horse, dwell
ing upon his origin in Asia Minor and the
climatic conditions best adapted to the de-
velopment of a high strain of horses. He
declared that in his opinion California would
yet equal any part of the world in breeding
horses for the road, the turf and the farm.
He thanked the State Board of Agriculture
heartily and feelingly for their appreciation
of what they were pleased to term the favor
he had conferred on the Society, and he
hoped that the Occident Cup would fad
many competitors in the annual exhibitions.
To-DAY's RACES.
The races to-day begin at / P. NJ. sharp.
They will be trot for the 2;22 class. with br.
g. Bateman, b. 8. BrigadieT, ch. m. Magdal-
lah, b. q. Volney, br. s. Abbottsford; run
ming, mile dash, for two-year olds, with
Douglas, Appleby's filly, Jim Brown, Frank
Rhodes, Shannon colt, Duke of York,
Collier. Cosmo, May d., and Belshaw; run
ming, free handicap, 1s mile dash, with
Snowden, imp. Australian, Illusion, Lena
Dunbar, Euchre, Coombs' four-year-old,
Twilight, Matte Glen, Sallie Black, Lille
R., Clara d., Lexington, Jennie b., and
Pacheco's entry running, q mile dash, with
Lena Dunbar, Neapolitan, Conner, Clara d.
and Jennie B.
THE LADIES TOURNAMENT.
Prizes are now on exhibition in case at
the Pavilion. The tournament takes place
tomorrow, and the goods will be awarded
then. They are beautiful silver piece, from
w. X. Vanderslice & Co.; fine bonnet,
from the Misses Brothers cake basket,
Alderman Co.; a tray tea set, l.. l.. Lewis
4 Co.; Macaulays Essays, w. A & G. S.
Honghton glove case. L. Bein; side-saddle,
carver; toilet set in Bohemian glass.