Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1880-10-14
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Having been challenged rs 20
the propriety of our claims 80 10
the prominence Of Los Angeles
county rs turf center, we return
to the subject again, after having
quoted from the Ttsrf, FaeEd and
Farm yesterday, This leading
New York journal is very high
authority in such nattels. It
showed the highest achievements
of Kentucky breeders, and proved
that Mr.. l.. J. Rose had surpassed
them all. We had supposed that
this entitled us TO b. n little enthu.
siastic over Sweetheart and as to
Los Angeles turf promise, to cay
nothing of the present peiforma nee
of the breeders haieabouts. To-day
we quote the enthusiastic encoml.
ums OF the Spirit Of the Times, an
other eminent authority. We are
inclined to think that the San Diego
NeWs will be disposed TO admit,
after laying the outeide tribute
published yesterday and that
quoted to-day side by side, that we
were entitled to be warm and even
hyperbolical in our remarks. Con-
sidering that San Diego and Los
Angeles are both portions of South
ern California, we confess that we
had expected to see our contem-
porary reclprocate and re.echo our
enthusiasm. The Times says:
It is reasonable to expect that we
will shout joyous pecan over the
success of California bred colts.
For several years, in fact, as soon
after our arrival in California as we
could become acquainted with the
great advantages this State pre-.
sents for horse-breediDg, we have
predicted the day would come
when it would be California
"against the world" for fine aud
fast horses of every description.
We never for moment faltered in
this belief, never for an instant lost
faith in these saDguine eXpecta-
lions. 1t was doubted here, and
shack home" some sneered, and
our old-time friends charged that
we were stricken with a delusion,
incomprehensible in one who was
we'll acquainted with the resources
Of the vast country extending from
the Mississippi to the Atlantic, and
who had made frequent visits to
the paradise lying south Of the
Ohio. That was the greatest rea-
son for the obstinncy of the belief.
There was nothing lacking save
the vernal fields, of our Eastern
summer, and this was more than
compensated for by native herb.
age which was succulent for
greater number of months than
measure the springs and falls of
the Orient, and when cured by the
sun, wag more nutritious than the
richest Of blue grass. We have
seen colts gamboling in December
In pasiurage above their fetlocks,
and with singing birds, the hum of
bees and brilliant sunshine day
after day all through the winter.
Not alone. in sunny, sheltered
places was there such a wealth of
heritage, fields of hundreds of acres
were clothed with q thick carpet of
wild oats, clover and alfillerilla,
evergreen oaks with deep green
foliage the only shelter required,
and the December air an absolute
pleasure to breathe. A stream of
limpid water, crystalline aud pure,
flowing through the fields, resting
tranquil In q reservoir framed by
the padres hundred years ago,
and then leaping over the obstacle
In q miniature cascade, and
vineyards and avenues of
orange trees laden with the full
colored ripening fruit. Coleridge
sings:
"a pleasant noise till noon,
A noise like Of hidden brook
In the leafy month Of June,
That the sleeping woods all night
bingeth quiet tune"
Here were leafy woods, and the I
brook gurgling as liquid and pleas
ant . song In December, and not
only now and then, but through
January, February and "bluster.
Ing March," and with flowers in
bloom. Then there is
never = sweltering heat in mid
summer, nor breeze enough to
scare away the brilliantly.plu-