Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1886-07-03

In lie columns.
ar. D. n. Rowe Is the Santa Ana agent o.
the HERALD.
California Horses at the East
This wear and last our CalilornIn
horses ut the East have maintained
and extended their record oil the ola
time. San Francisco has given lively
expression to the awakened interest
In our California flyers. We quote
az follows from the leading journal OF
the Golden Gate;
"The interest in racing is becom-
ing year by year more intense in TINS
State, and judging from the present
outlook, it will be but short time
ere we shall become as enthusiastic
over the royal pastine az are the
habitues OF Newmarket or the ANA
tours of the bluegrass regions. This
revival OF interest dates from the time
when some OF our home-bred horses
were sent TO the East to enter the
lists against the finest thoroughbred
stock OF Kentucky, and as the partial
success they achieved encouraged
our owners to enlarge the field OF
their operations the horses and their
achievements have been followed
with increased interest, and now they
have become as household words in
our midst. This feeling is not con-
fined to those classes who seek ex-
element on the race course IN wit
Messing the various phases oil we'll
fought contest, nor to those who love
to back their judgment ON the result
The Californian has inherited the
true love for the horse, and he Is
proud to see that the finest specimens
Of the trotter and racer are to be
found in his own State, and he hopes
in few years to see this supremacy
acknowledged all over the Union.
Another reason why 10 much interest
il taken in the matter il that, thanks
to the efficient management OF the
Blood Horse Association, our citizens
have been able to judge themselves
OF the merits OF Our best thorough
breds. Ben Ali, Volante, Alta, Hi
dalgo and score OF other flyers at
tracted thousands OF spectators to the
spring races of the association, and 1t
il TO be hoped that during the COM
ing fall we shall zee them all again
on the same grounds after a most
successful season on the Eastern
tracks.
Thus far we have every reason to
be proud OF the achievements OF our
cracks in the best company. The
winnings this season may not form
quite 30 large an aggregate as in the
previous year ut the same period;
still, they have carried off all the
chief three-year-old events in which
they we're engaged. The fact IL that
from east TO west they have captured
all the famous Derby stakes, the
Kentucky, the st. Louis, the Cone>
Island and the Chicago trophies be
inc wrested from fields in which ny
ured the very pick OF the best three
year-olds in the country. The horse
men at the East are perfectlyastoundec
at this success and seek to attribute
the defeat of their fayorites to Other
than the true cause. They point to
the fact that Tyrant, the winner last
year Of the great double event, the
Belmont and the Withers, is Ken
tucky-bred horse, as is also that grand
specimen of the thoroughbred, Ben
All. who. in the opinion OF some OF
our best judges, when in tit cohdi-
ton can give five pounds and peat-
inc IN the best three-year.old in the
country. But these objections are, IN
the main, mere iallacies, as the Chr
cago Derby, with its valuable stakes
from nearly hundred nominations
has fallen two years in succession 10
California-bred horses, Nolante being
the winner in 1885, as is Silver Cloud
n 1886, and both sired by the same
orse, the famous Grinstead. Among
score of other Caliiornia-bred celeb
rites, from Mollie McGarty to Moilie
McCarty's Last, must be counted
Beaconsiield, who had the honor oil
figuring with the top weight IN the
Suburban handicap, in which all the
cracks of the country were entered.
Thus, il in five years we have made
such a notable advance in breeding,
it is, as before remarked, mere
question of time when our horses
will be unrivalled i'll the land
II must be confessed, however,
that there is a serious drawback to
our success in the sudden and violent
change of climate to which our
horses are subjected on their journey
TO the East to fulfill their spring en-
gaeements. The chief inducements
for trainers to winter their racing
stock in this State consist in the
mild, equsble climate, and the lux
uriant growth OF spring grasses Inc
horses can undergo their preparations
here when those at the East are con-
fined to their stables by the inclem-
ency OF the weather. They possess
thus great advantage in the spring
events, but there is also Il grave dis
advantage in the way the change OF
climate affects the horses, especially
among those of tender years. Even
in using the greatest precaution in
crossing the Rocky Mountains and
the bleak plains OF Nebraska, the
animals are generally attacked by IL
mild form OF influenza, that, ii not
zealously guarded against, developes
into an attack of pneumonia that in
some cases proves fatal. OF the draft
OF nearly hundred trotters sent
from Palo Alto to New York, five Of
the most valuable youngsters died on
tho rnnd and all rarp landed at Ihail