Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1882-02-21

Slope Winery and stablss-Mr. Rose's
Stud-The Sierra kadrs Villa and
Pasadena,
Taking advantage of our only
day Of leisure-Sunday-a repre-
sentative Of the HERALD made q
flying visit to the San Gabriel val.
ley and Sierra Madre Villa. The
late rains have started the grass q
little. but certainly not enough to
boast Of. We encountered several
extensive fiocks of sheep and they
locked passsbly we'll. Only at rare
intervals could a dead lamb be
seen, while we failed to desory q
single dead sheep. The most ut.
traetive feature of the valley was
the fresh and vigorous appearance
of the grain fields. We saw
enough to safety US that, with q
few more showers in the San Cab.
riel valley, at least much hay and
a great deal of grain would be
made this year on the unirrigated
lands.
At the Sunny Slope Mr.. l.. J.
Rose is putting down drainage
pipes on a portion of his ranch
which he designs planting in vine.
yard this year. A portion of his
ranch is 80 moist that drainage
10 a necessity, while there are
other extensive tracts on which he
Is laying pipes for irrigation.
Notwithstanding the enormous
capacity Of his. great new ware.
house, Mr.. Rose will be compelled
to build new cellar at Sunny
Slope this year. B..
We had not visited Sunny Slope
since the splendid new stable was
erected. 1t is one OF the most com.
plete edifices of the kind on the
Coast, aud all its appointments
are the perfection OF equine luxury.
Some idea of its extent may be
formed from the fact that two
hundred tons of loose hay can be
readily stored ia it's lofts.
Mr.. Rose kindly directed his
grooms to parade his famous stud
for our inspection. First came
Sultan, the wonderful young stall.
lion, only six years old, who has
already sired such wonders as
Sweetheart and Eva. Sultan Is
not only useful but ornamental,
having about all the equine points
of beauty. The fame of his colts
has had it's legitimate effect, as
Mr.. Rose has refused an Offer OF
$25, 900 for him.
Mr.. Rose informed US that both
Sweetheart and Eva were in the
East, together with another prom
icing colt sired by Sultan, for
which an Eastern gentlsman gave
him $4,000. Both Sweetheart and
Eva are in the hands of the cele-
brated jockey Hickek. They are
entered for the Chicago races,
which open on the 9th Of July,
and their breeder has high hopes
of Sultan's colts taking the first
h0nors, and feels positively certain
that they will carry off the second,
in any event.
One Of Sultan's eolts-a yearling
lis regarded by the proprietor of
Sunny Slope as the coming wond .r
OF the trotting turf. sPbe stable is
full Of colts which are valued by
Mr.. Rose at from q $1,000 to $4,000
apiece.
Having taken a novice's fresh
delight in q survey of the trOttiHg
beauties of Sunny Slope, we next
drove to the Sierra Madre villa.
AS the bench on which this at
traotive resort is situated was
reached we began to have grave
doubts as to whether we might not
be approaching an outpost of Ice
land. The packed snow on the
adjacent mountain tops sent do wn
q succession of freezing zephyrs,
and we observed that the ladies
were moving about on the walks
closely muffied In sealskin sacques.
Ordinarily the climate at the villa
Is so delicious that one can we'll AZ
ford to make allowance for an Oc.
cssionsl chilly day.
The Lake Vineyard and Pasa.
dena settlements have made great
progress since We last locked upon
them. Any one who desires to
study the budded orange question
in the light of accom- pl ished facts
ought to HE him to the villa and
Pasadena. Il is an exhilarating
and instructive sight to ses the lit
tie trees, three and four feet high,
fairly bending under the weight Of
the golden spheres. Pasadena is
making steady advances In beauty
and productiveness, and we should
judge that the settlers there, in ad-
ditiOn to having created exquisite
homes, have reached the point OF
profit from their carefully tended
young plantations. An air of
home com fort, neatness and thrift
enfolds this charming settlem emit;
and the vision of its trim hedges
and cleaning young orange groves
will not soon fade out of ones rec
objection.
AS conclusion OF these brief
notes, we cannot refrain from stir
ring up the authorities on the sub.
ject of the road between Pasadena
and Los Angeles. It dly needs
attention, and there ought to be
some other mesns of obtaining ac-
cess to and egrsss from the city
than bv a street narrow at hest. |
which is obstructed by any num-
Der Of railway tracks, and on
which one is liable at any moment
to encounter q procession OF
screeching locomotives, possibly
with demoralizing results as to
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