Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-05-28
s.. Lonis Globe Dsm0cra!

Well rs Turfman-The Santa Anita
Ranch
s. L0uis Glo5r Democrat.
Lucky Baldwiu's possession from the
control Of mines on the Coms.ock have
gradually grown unta now he has halt
dozen great enterprises uOder full head
way. He owns the largest aud finest hotel
IN San Francisco, vita the single exception
of the Palace, and which contaiGsa theatre
within it. He has iNe summer hotel on
Lake Tahoe. and ne has shre~dly bought
I'D a large strip of the shore OF this beauu-
iul lake, which IN afew years will be sought
after for villa sires. Finally, he owns the
great Santa Anita ranch, near Los Angeles,
the breeding place OF the string OF swift
footed flyers with which be has just gone
East to contest for the prizes on the chief
racing circuits, and one OF the best general
fruit and stock ranches in the State. This
pripcely domain extends fourteen miles
sast and west aad twelve miles notth and
south, and embraces $4,000 acres. d.
shears Thousands of sheep every year,
raises wheat enough to charter eatire ships
TOR conveying it to Liverpool and makes
more brandy than any one else IN the
State, besides turning out large quantity
| OF excellent wine.
The men who are bearded on the ranch
get 81 a day, aud the few Chinese who re-
! ,sin-not over a dozen, all told-get 81
= d0v q I'd board themselves. What ADDS
- ~ TLsnass "a the Southern plantation
il the appearance of ,H"ng darkies driving
carts or herdiug stock Tue are mem mem,
bers of colony of North Carolina Me- "a,
whom Baldwin brought out here from their
old homes two years ago He paid their
| fares and made contract with
them to work for him for a term
of wears. He builJ them neat
houses, and here ore installed the ten fam
ihes, comprising about sixty members
They have made excellent hands III The
field and the orchard, because the women
and children can bs counted on for good
work in cultivstiug and picking fruit
They look on Baldwin ~ their Moses, VIII
has brought them TO the promised land
and the chances are that when their con
tract expires they will remain there.
The man who has charge Of all the prac
teal details of this huge place IS ). +.
Fulby, a shreWd energetic Californian,
who knows wheat growing aud teGlt cu!,
ture 40 thoroughly that he is terror to all
incompeteat hands, and who keeps bis
ANAL army Of workmeu under regular
military discipline. Judged blythe results,
MA management is the best Of any that L
saw the southern country.
The wine cellar is always an object OIL
curiosity TO the average tourist, but even
though one enjoys the compsnlonship OF
the manager and the hospitality OF the
ranch. il is very dangerous TO sample Csll
Eornia wines There is so much strength
in the Juice Of these lusty grapes, even
when mellow with age, that unless one Is a
seasoned vessel the chances are thst he
will bs overcome before he kloWs 1t. TIE
cellar is piled high with choice wines, many
# them ten years old. The port OF 1915
IA q wlns which would commend itself TO
,ouuoisseurs, while the Angelica OF the
same vintage is almost equal to the hnest
Eouors in its combination Of sweetness and
strength. OF clarets and white wines toe
cellar has many varieties which are no"
oretty we'll known even st the EAST the
Zinbandel and the Riesliug being the
ehief Baldwin's brandy has long divided
| rbe bonors in this State with the produc'
AZ NagIse's ranch Baldwin makes his
! brandy from the old mission grapes, and II
would be an exsCting connoisSeur Tno
could not find something to his taste II
| he various barrels ranged IN thus cellar
All the latest machinery for distiillng l:
here. aud the place is 10 charge OF trenct
expert of lifelong experience IN wine snC
brandy making in his native coustry
Baldwin has done much 20 raise the repu
tstion of California wine, aud IN this va!
he aided materially the smaller wine
growers.
Baldwiu's stables and his practice trscs
do not compare with those on stanford
Palo Alto ranch, or GA HaggIns Kanc6'
| AZ Psso. Baldwin has tried breeding tn
hnge Percheron horses for draughs AMI
mails but il is q doubtful question whethe
ehey viii do any more work than g stront
mpIe while there is no dou 1t whatever ths
thew will eat four times as much as tn
average mule.
Afesr one has seen the orange groves
thu orchards. vineyards, aud the other tes
tnras of the home place, he Is prepared I
s~tsnd his observations to tbs great vhes
and sheep ranches on the Santa Anis
Won NAG drive for miles through held
wbsre the wheat is now knee high an
sbovs An even stand which would delgt
|, the eve OF Dakota wheat grover. b
1 Sond he wheat farm the visitor comes t
the Puento sheep ranch, which comprise
! about 10000 acres Of gently Eollin
i Soot.bin land reachiog back
the mountains. The saeep tanc
il in charge Of hsrd-feature
: IA Scotchmau, named Cameron, who hs
!, cs-sd for sheep all his lie, going fro'
: scotland to New Zealand and from Ne
zssisnd coming here. lie is . man
v;Ss information, aud he seemed like a
: snschronism in this free and easy Cs6fornI
4 life for he sdheres strictly to the Cslul