, 1888-06-24

The most interesting department Oh
this great plant is the one in which horses
are broken to saddle and harness. Opera
lions are conducted under the
direct superintendent of Mr.. Force.
with Charley Hall. a broncho
breaker of considerable note as fore
man. Four men are constantly engaged
in tanning semi-wild animals. Each man
breaks four saddle horses every hour and
work animals are trained in much less
time. The horses are driven into a chute
and saddled or harnessed. Then the fun
commences.
Fine mile and halt mile tracks have
been made near the home ranch and ami
mails showing evidences of speed are
placed under the race saddle or in the
sulky. Hurdles have been built and
some prize jumpers have been sent to
New York from this ranch. At the ter
%ritorial fair here last fall racers from the
Pc ranch captured several events in the
speed ring, while all of their entries in
the show ring were ornamented with rib
bons.
One Of the handsomest horses on the
ranch is the thoroughbred Biloxi by the
noted sire of the same name. He is a
2.year-old and already easily distances
any animal about the place.
On this ranch is a pen of pedigreed
hogs and a kennel of dogs from imported
stock. The pets about the place are half
a dozen motherless colts, an elk, three
antelope, native hooking birds and a pair
of large eagles. These latter birds were
. captured after gorging themselves with
the remains Of a horse. They were una
BILE to rise from the ground, and were run
down by horsemen.
| The domestic arrangements OF the home
ranch are unexcelled in the West. The
managers quarters are splendidly fur
nished. Here is the central office for a
telephone system connecting the five
ranches with each other and the city. A
large refrigerator constantly contains a
supply of fresh meat, and a stone ice
house with a capacity of forty-iye tons
assists the men in keeping cool.
In the library is a selection of works
on the horse which could not
be duplicated. It contains all Amer
lean, French and English stud books and
numerous rare volumes, among them two
English publications issued 107 years 60.
In the ranch parlors are an organ, a piano
and several string instruments.
The bunk house for the help is comme-
dious and clean. The various foremen
occupy private apartments, while the re-
mainder OF the employees have iron cots in
one large room.
The stables are well worth a visit.
Their capacity is $50 head of horses, with
a large box stall for each of the blooded
animals.
One pleasing and quite remarkable fea-
ture of the ranch is the gentleness OF the
horses. The stations are loose in the
spacious box stalls. and even a stranger
may enter and caress the animals with
out fear. For the delectation of the
visitors Mr.. Force turned Clemenceau,
the magnificent coacher which attracted
much attention here at the territorial fair
last fall, loose in an enclosure. The spir.
tied animal came at call and followed him
about like a dog.
On the ranch are blacksmith, wagon
and harness shops sufficient for the needs.
By way of a parting shot to convey an
idea of the vastness. of the ranch it will DO
stated that the visitors travelled three
miles after entering the front gate to the
home ranch before reaching the house.
Just imagine a lawn three miles deep.