St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-01
Oak lawn Farm.

Thirty-one years ago Judge r. r. Nelson,
of the United States court. went out on
the Alton road, about three and half or
four miles east of the city, and selecting a
pleasant knoll, in the midst of a beautiful
grove of trees erected thereon charming
summer residence. In time social rela-
tiOns and personal considerations induced
the Judge to part with the summer retreat,
and it went into other hands. and year or
two ago George ". Sherwood and William
Knight purchased the place with view to
locating there stock farm, where they
could keep and pasture stock be-
longing to others at moderate
prices. and where they could also
keep stock for sale. These gentlemen have
fenced in the whole track, consisting of go
acres, and divided it into pasture lots
Sixty acres of this farm are wooded. and
through the whole farm, from east to west,
runs a stream of pure water, which is fed
al along its length by springs. The whole
farm has pleasant southern exposure, and
is capable Of being rendered very valuable.
They have erected two barns with box
stalls and other suitable accommodations
for about forty or fifty head. Other i'm
provementS of this character will be added
as required. In the rear Of the stable a
track has been laid out, where the stock
is exercised. 1t is rude in its present state,
but the soil is soft, and though the sur
face is rough, it is a grand place
upon which to exercise stock. Of course
it is not suited for speed and was DOT laid
out for trials. but simply for exercise. MI.
Weeks, who trained and brought out Mr..
Finkle's Lord Nelson, and who drove him
at Chicago, in a hard race, mile in 1864
at years of age, has charge of the stock
Oh the farm. Mr.. Finkle has sent Lord
Nelson down there and Mr.. Weeks now
has him and gives HIM daily exercise. This
fine animal is now years old and weighs
about eleven hundred. When a GLOBE
man saw him last Friday he was bright,
handsome, high-headed and vigorous ami
NAL full of life and spirit. About fifty or
sixty head of stock will be wintered on
this place this winter. and it is under
stood that the idea of Messrs. Sherwood &
Knight is to offer for sale from time to time
young stock. This is new departure in
this latitude, and there is no doubt that it
will be successful if properly managed.
The TrOtter is King.
The Breeders Gazette takes occasion to
draw lesson from the Rancocas and Glen
view sales of horses that is interesting and
may be useful if properly applied by breed
ers. The point of the lesson is that it pays
better to breed and raise trotterS than run
nerS. Several years ago Mr.. Lorillard, in
New York, and M. McFarran, at Glen
view. KY. commenced breeding horses.
The first bred running horses and the other
trotters. Both gentlemen bred Oh the same
general principles. That is, both were men
of good business ideas about breeding, both
bred TO get winners. both put large amounts
Of money into the business and paid large
prices for what they regarded as the best
they could get. The Lorillard stable of
runners and the McFerran stable of trotters
were two of the best collections of horses in
their respective classes in the United States.
Two weeks ago both these stables were
sold the same week, one in New York and
the other at Glenvlew. 1t would be diff
cult to conceive of fairer opportunity for
Judging Of the comparative value of trOt-
ting and running blood than these two
sales afford. There has never before been
so good an opportunity for comparison of
this kind, and Will not De again, probably,
for years to come, as it has never before
been the case that two great breeding es-
tablishmentS one representing the trotter
and the other the runner meet under the
hammer the same week. Beginning with
the stations, it will be noted that the three
highesr-priced sires at each place sold as
follows:
GlenvieW. Rancccas
PancoaSt. ...... SIS 600 IrOQuois. $50 COO
Nutwood. -, eco PiZarrO . 70Oe
Wicklife. ..... 5000 Mortemer . $500
Total. SIS, 900 $50 600
The eleven higheSt-priced brood mares
st each place were as follows:
Glen-ieW. Rancocas
Eeina Victoria ST OPS Aranza q ron