St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-02
STOCKING HER RANCH,
Mrs. Langtry's Manager Going to
Kentucky for More Horses.

MIS-. LanSCfy 8 hinaSeF OO1nS TO
Kentucky for More Horses.
San Francisco Examiner.
Charles w. Ably, manager of Mrs.
Langtry's big Lake county ranch, ar
rived in the city last night and Is at the
Baldwin. He is on his way to Ken
lucky to buy carload of thoroughbred
horses for the ranch, and will also go
back to California early in January.
1--WE have fine mares up there al
ready" said Manager Ably last night to
an Examiner representative, land l
want to get lot more. Besides l will
bring out st. Savior and Owas, who is
by RefOrmer, out of Maggie Beeke.
Also three fine mares that were saved
from the Port Jeryis wreck with st.
Savior. In fact, am going East to get
the best lot of horses that can be found.
Mrs. Langtry'S ranch consists of
1850 acres, being originally three
ranches. 1t is situated in Coyote valley,
just at the mouth of Butts canyon, and
two miles from the Napa county line, in
Lake county.
Il have no adequate words to express
the magniicence of the place, nor its
surroundings. The soil is very fertile
and the scenery is perfect, but there are
no roads and taxes are very high. Roa1S
are needed exceedingly. but the county
is slow. 1t is forty years behind the
times.
I'VE are improving the place gradual
1y-making new fences and using the
whitewash brush. There are several
good California barns. and Mrs. Lang
try has neat little eight-roomed cot
tage. 1t is just eight miles from the
little village which is Mrs. Langtry's
postoffice.
Mrs. Langtry will not be here till
June, if then. They are very anxious to
have her go to Europe this coming sum-
mer, and she may 90. Ii so, she will
make tour of England and France and
return to America for her regular fall
and winter tour. The summer of 1890,
certain, she will spend at the ranch.
Mrs. Langtry has about 800 graded
cattle Oh her ranch and 700 acres are
devoted to wheat, barley and oats.
Erred Gebhardt's ranch consists of
$500 acres. lying also in the Coyote val
ley, but separate from Mrs. Langtry's.
1.-The two residences are about 100
yards apart. Mr. Gebhardt has about
100 graded cattle on his ranch. There
isla fine lake on his ranch, too. covering
about $50 acres. Both ranches will
make magnificent places when they are
fixed up a little.
ut is popular delusion about Mrs.
Langtry's losing SO much money on
that wreck on the Erie. She lost but
one horse, which, with the trappings,
was valued at S1,500. The horse was a
present to her, and she thought great
deal of him.
''Fred Gebhardt lost ten horses, and
100000 wouldn't begin to replace them.
He had repeatedly been offered $4,000
for Eole, and he was but ten years old,
and was good for $1,000 a year for fifteen
years at least. which alone is $4,000.
Then Gebhardt also lost several fine
mares and two very superior stations.
But notwithstanding this he is suing
the Erie company for but 100000
probably the least sum they would bring
if the horses and equipments had been
put up and knocked down under the
hammer
. 'sMr. Ably said the suit was set for
hearing in January. Matt storms, who
was so seriouly injured at the same
time in this wreck, and who also lost
his horse, Grover Cleveland, was pres
ent as Mr.. Ably referred to the Langtry-
Gebhardt losses. He said that his suit
for $4,000 for injuries to himself would