Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-21

| agriculture, vineyards, orange groves aEd
; c<-Isising farms. Eighty five thou
san.i dollars was spelt TO perfect the
WISER system alone, which is one Of the
most complete in the world. The egri-
cultural department raises almost every
thing grown from the esrth, and fortune
| is realized therefrom every year. An idea
may De formed Of the vast extent OF its
cultivation from the fact OF the re:ping
machines being employed fOrty-hve con-
secutive working days 80 far away from
homo last harvest that the lAborers had
20 camp cut, cooK their oTr food and
sleep in tents.
The vineyards are the fiaest IN Celifor-
MIA. Brandies from two weeks TO twelve
and fourteen years old, and wines that
are IS expensive es the foreign brands are
stored in immense vaults lined with ave-
nues Of GINS thst hold assmuch sas 1900
gallons each. The orange groves, ex-
tending for miles, are said TO yield
profit Of $1,000 per anGum-not 70 say
anything of other fruits and nuts which
are raised in great abundance.
But Lucky BsldWin's pride is his
horses, and veritably Santa Anita ranch
ia their psradise. After his string of
racers returned from the east this fall
Miss Ford was turned loose in knee
deep alfalfa field, shoeless and alone, her
temper being such thst 1t was dangerous
TO let her be near other horses. Water
being close at hand, she soon avaIled her
self IF the luxury of rolling in the mud,
and looked anything but the speedy
"crack" she is when I saw her. Los
Angeles, Winons, f strella, Paente, Go
liah and several others were in an sdjoin-
I AL
enjoy taeir freedom, conpanionsbiD and
the sweet grasses immensely. Volante
and Emperor OF Norfolk were the only
two that had not been turned out, and, as
they were led out for inspection, looked
as If they bsd never run race. In the
stud is Gripstesd, Rutherford and GanO,
while in the haTem were Malaria, Cuban
Queen and CoTrigsr's jswel, Pearl Jen-
niugs. The mares Fallen Lest and Marie
Stuart slipped their foals on the occasion
Of our visit which leaves Jennie B, At
thols, jennie D., Glars d -, Sister Annie
(Volante's dam aud several others in
foal with possible FuturitY Stakes candi-
dates.
The two-year-olds in training are
Jsnovs, Vienta, Palols, Lady Lulu,
stable) and many others. They are sent
ont in the morning, an old horse in the
lead, In single file, and another old horse
bringing up the rear. Then they are
galloped by threes or tours until brought
face front across the track, the old horses
being used to set good example for the
younger ones to follow. They sre then
moved to the post and exercised in start
ing, breskaways to the whole forming q
very interesting sight.
Ii Is reported Volsnte will be allowed
TO serve two or three fsyorite mares this
season. Isaac Murphy is re-engaged TO
ride next yesr, and efforts sre being made
to secure little Barnes for lightweight.
X. W. Thomas, the new trainer, took
chsrge January !. It is clAimed that Nc
Clellaad, who trained last year, was not
exactly right in his mind, as ne worked
the horses almost to death, and Mr.. Bald
win never suspected snySBiog till he
found FOlAnte entered IN selling race,
which truly proved Mac was wrong some
where, if not In bis head.
RaldWiu'e defeat FOR the last Chicago
Derby is explained as follows: West, the
rider Of Miss Ford, had orders TO wait
tor Murphy Gu Goltsh, the farm bred
horse, who Was declared by McClel and
to be good enough 80 win. In following
out these Instructions West Wss compelled
| to wSit TOO long for horse that WIS
never prominent, and when be did come
through was beaten on the post by d nose
by II. TcdG. whose record shows the
Chicago race &c have been one OF the
greatest scratches on record Philadel-
mia prass